February 13, 2012
First, a disclaimer. I used to work as a sub-editor on the Australian edition of FHM, a men’s magazine that was not exactly known for being politically correct. But while I may have written off-colour captions, including an alarming reference to Chuck Berry’s penis and a spooky prediction of the death of Michael Jackson five ...
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Facebook censorship,
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FHM,
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Hooters,
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Leveson Inquiry,
media,
News of the World,
objectificaiton of women,
rape,
rape apologist,
rape joke,
Rupert Murdoch,
sense of humour,
sexism,
Unilad,
women's rights
February 2, 2012
If a woman is completely drunk then she is incapable of giving consent to sex, right? Well not according to Emily Yoffe aka Dear Prudence. In her web chats this week she completely dismissed a scenario where a woman stated she had been date raped on the basis that she had gotten very drunk in ...
Tags: "real rape",
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date rape,
Dear Prudence,
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law,
rape,
rape convictions,
rape-rape,
too drunk to consent,
women's rights
November 3, 2011
Julian Assange lost his extradition appeal in London, and will be on his way to Sweden within ten days. There the Wikileaks founder will be questioned over alleged sex crimes. Assange became a household name in 2010 after the publication of US Embassy Cables leaked by his organization. Almost simultaneously, he was accused of rape, ...
September 28, 2011
Whether you’re married or not, no means no. Rape in marriage is a sex crime that should not be taken lightly. But it seems it means something different in 2011 than it did in the 1960s. Fifty years ago, an Australian woman accused her husband of rape. Today, it looks like the case, which has ...
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High Court,
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marriage,
marriage vows,
modern standards,
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no means no,
obligation,
perpetrator,
protect women,
rape,
rape-in-marriage,
sex,
sexual violence,
to obey,
victim
September 7, 2011
Dear Madame X, I like to remember my conquests and I often record these escapades with a hidden camera. Sometimes I tell the girls, if they look like they’ll be up for it, but usually I just keep quiet. What’s the harm, I’m the only one going to see it anyway, right? I hired a ...
July 18, 2011
Porn is not just adults having sex in front of a camera. It’s not quite that simple, or innocent. At least that’s what UK Feminista is hoping to show with the tenth anniversary screening of Hardcore today. However, the porn documentary has sparked a controversy in the feminist community. The drama over the film being ...
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Hardcore,
Max Hardcore,
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porn documentary,
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rape,
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sexual assault,
UK Feminista,
used and abused
June 10, 2011
The intactivist movement has a strong candidate for a new spokesman in Russell Crowe, who went on a violent rant against male circumcision on Twitter yesterday after one of his followers asked him if he should get his son circumcised. Calling the practice “barbaric and stupid,” he indiscriminately shot down any objections his followers made ...
Tags: Anti-circumcision,
anti-semitism,
boys' rights,
consent,
foreskin,
HIV/Aids transmission,
intactivist movement,
Islam,
medicine,
paraphimosis,
penis,
phimosis,
pro-circumcision,
Russell Crowe,
STD,
syphilis,
Twitter
February 25, 2011
A convicted rapist will get no jail time because the judge believes “sex was in the air.” The victim, or woman in heat, apparently confused the rapist by wearing suggestive attire and flirting. I guess she shouldn’t have worn her “No Means Yes” t-shirt and “Rape Me” jeans, because we all know that what a ...
Tags: Canada,
clothes,
communication,
consent,
date rape,
enthusiastic yes,
inviting,
Justice Robert Dewar,
Kenneth Rhodes,
Manitoba,
no means no,
rape,
sentencing,
sex,
sexual assault,
wait for the enthusiastic yes
January 21, 2011
Sargent David Gutierrez had HIV and also liked sex. The problem arose when he went to swinger parties and assured his sexual partners that he was HIV free and didn’t use condoms. He has been charged with seven counts of “aggravated assault and violating his commander’s order to notify partners about his HIV status and ...
November 9, 2010
A man had sex with an unconscious woman, who is now claiming that he raped her. The catch is that he claims she consented to it. Now the case before the Supreme Court of Canada is whether a person can give consent in advance for things that occur while they are unconscious. The woman passed ...
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erotic asphyxiation,
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