Good news for a change. Check out Little Bones’ analysis of the Forced Marriage Act recently enacted in Scotland. Yesterday the Forced Marriage (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act, passed in March by the Scottish Parliament, came into force. Based on Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the act aims to protect vulnerable ...
Rape statistics in Delhi are the highest amongst Indian cities. The same is true for kidnapping, dowry death and domestic abuse. It’s difficult to say if this means more women are raped and assaulted in Delhi, or if more women report sex crimes to the police. The statistics are based on 2010 figures and are ...
Being a supporter of grassroots animal rescue organizations, it has been hard not to notice the disproportionate number of women who are leading these organizations within my community. Research focusing on canine rescue concludes that my local, four-legged loving, lady activists are no social anomaly; indeed, it is predominantly women who are leading and staffing ...
We know that domestic violence is a strain on society. It’s way too common, incredibly complicated to deal with, and it’s also expensive. The aftermath apparently costs Canada 6.9 billion dollars a year. That includes emergency room visits, chronic health issues, and increased doctors appointments. But the end of the violence is not the end of ...
I may have had her do obscene things and wear mismatched outfits, but I loved playing Barbie when I was a little girl. When I saw Barbie and Ken’s wedding album on the blog “Rock N’ Roll Bride,” I was thrilled. Her and Ken look cute, happy and (as always) her dress fit perfectly! Then ...
Tales of domestic abuse don’t often garner this much attention, but what happened to Rumana Monzur, 33, a graduate student at the University of British Columbia, while she was home for the summer in Bangladesh visiting her husband and daughter could not have gone unnoticed. She was beaten by her husband earlier this month and ...
Everyone gets pissed at their boyfriend sometimes. You may have wanted to slap him, push him against the wall or throw something in his face, but the truth is you know better. Good relationships aren’t based on violence and and just because it it a guy getting hurt doesn’t mean that it’s ok. So why ...
You would assume placing your hands around someone’s neck and cutting off their air and blood supply would already be considered some pretty substantial violence. But in the past it was extremely difficult to prosecute for strangulation due to the lack of visible physical injuries. New York recently upgraded choking from non-criminal harassment or battery ...
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This is the first of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Day 16, Human Rights Day, is December 10th. So take a moment today and think about all the women who have been victims of abuse and rape and think of what you ...
We all know that the world of Facebook has meant a lot of people sharing a lot of personal information that maybe would be better off kept private. But one woman has used it to out her abuser in the hopes that she will help other women (as well as show evidence to incriminate the ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
