November 5, 2010
A man in Oklahoma is being charged with kidnapping, domestic abuse, and a misdemeanor domestic abuse case. He says it was all consensual, he didn’t do what they say he did, and it’s discrimination against his bondage/dominance/sadomasochist (BDSM) lifestyle. It is true that BDSM is not well understood. To most of us the idea of inflicting pain on ...
Tags: abuse of power,
abuse trial and BDSM,
BDSM,
bondage,
domestic abuse,
dominance,
master,
personal boundaries,
sadomasochism,
safe word,
sex slave
September 30, 2010
The marital spat has always been comedy’s bread and butter. Because it comes from a place of love, spouses can say things that a stranger would never get away with. Within half an hour the couple are snuggled up in bed and the credits roll and everyone feels good. It is the conflict which produces ...
Tags: abuse,
Amber,
choking,
domestic abuse,
domestic violence,
Gary,
hitting,
pushing,
smacking,
Teen Mom,
violence
September 7, 2010
Everyone always seems to forget than men can be victims of domestic abuse. And it can be physical, emotional, or sexual. According to a new report men make up 40% of reported victims. The problem is that many men don’t report what is going on and don’t get the help they need. Often they are ...
September 1, 2010
No one has ever accused Disney of feminism but these adorable videos illustrate exactly what these princesses are teaching our daughters about womanhood.
Tags: Advice from a Cartoon Princess,
Ariel,
baby talk,
Belle,
bestiality,
body image,
Brother Grimm,
Disney,
domestic abuse,
fairy tales,
Hans Christian Anderson,
how to be a woman,
interspeciality,
misogyny,
obsession,
Princesses,
self respect,
sexism,
teaching girls,
The Beauty and the Beast,
The Little Mermaid,
womanhood
August 6, 2010
Eminem and Rihanna have teamed up to produce a song about domestic violence. It has already come under fire for glamorizing abuse, by casting Megan Fox and including passionate kisses. But what if that is an accurate depiction of abuse? The video opens with Rihanna standing in front of a burning house, yearning, singing the ...
Tags: domestic abuse,
domestic violence,
Eminem,
I love the way you lie,
Megan Fox,
music video,
relationships,
Rihanna,
video,
watch me burn,
women's shelters
February 19, 2010
Almost half of marriages end in divorce these days. “Why?” you ask. Well clearly it’s because women no longer submit to their husbands! At least according to Rev Mark Oden in Kent, England.
Tags: conservatives,
domestic abuse,
equality,
gender roles,
housewife,
husbands,
religion,
Rev Mark Oden,
sex discrimination,
sexism,
submissive wives,
UK,
women's rights
December 21, 2009
In the Twilight series Bella Swan shuns the attention of a smitten werewolf and falls madly in love with Edward, a local vampire. His behaviour has been labelled abusive by critics, who worried that teenage girls were getting the wrong message. However, fans are falling hard for the werewolf, played by pumped up Taylor Lautner. ...
November 18, 2009
A new public awareness campaign has viewers smack a woman multiple times, causing her to moan in pain and develop bruises, to move from pussy to gangsta.