The SlutWalk has now become a worldwide phenomenon as women take a stand against those who believe that dressing provocatively is an invitation to rape. Recently, Jakarta’s governor Fauzi Bowo incited the ire of Indonesian women when he said that “women must not wear revealing clothes to avoid being raped or victimized.” Apparently the message ...
; A Libyan woman burst into the hotel where the international press were having breakfast, swearing that she had just escaped from being gang raped by 15 of Moammar Gadhafi’s men. “Look at what Gadhafi’s brigades did to me. My honor was violated by them,” said Eman al-Obeidy, exposing her bruised and bloody thigh. She ...
Some say the world is growing more callous, less feeling. A 16 year old girl was allegedly gang-raped by 5 to 7 males after being drugged. Someone filmed it, and now the images of her assault are going viral on the internet. “The very public discussion about this victim and the taking and subsequent sharing ...
Wanting to have group sex in certain (consensual) situations tarnishes a woman’s credibility. A British woman was allegedly raped and the judge thought “her credibility was shot to pieces” after her online chats praising group sex. She was obviously a dirty lying whore who deserved to be gang raped. The judge in this case “ordered the jury ...
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...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
