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'This evening I will be arguing that contemporary feminism has taken a wrong turn. In my view, the noble cause of women's emancipation is being damaged in at least three ways by the contemporary women's movement. First, today's movement takes a very dim view of men; second, it wildly overstates the victim status of American women; and third, it is dogmatically attached to the view that men and women are essentially the same. In the time I have with you, I will try to explain and justify these criticisms, and conclude by offering what I think is a reasonable and humane alternative to current feminism. I will also extend an olive branch to the feminists I criticize. But first a few words about my background. . . .'

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'GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana baby sitter is charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors say she put a baby into a spinning clothes dryer for disturbing her television watching.

Nineteen-year-old Arielle Smith was indicted by a grand jury Thursday for the baby's September death in the New Orleans suburb of Harvey.

Authorities said 5-month-old Andre Jenkins died at the scene from skull fractures and burns suffered in the dryer.'

Did it ever occur to her that babysitting means being responsible for the safety of the children?

Side note: As much as anyone is capable of child abuse, here is a conversation on HotJobs Q&A about stereotypes preventing men from taking jobs with children.

MANN story here. Seems comments on her article generated a reaction from "the management"; read here. Excerpt:

'The comments have exploded on some of my recent posts relating to men's rights groups, divorce and custody, child support and paternity issues. Many of them remain unpublished -- not by me but by the Star's Kommentariat Bureau, aka The Goderators -- who assume responsibility and control of these matters.

If it were up to me, I would post them all, including the obscene and hateful ones. I think being called a ''feminazi whore'' and worse by those who purport to seek fairness and justice kind of reinforces my point that some guys have anger issues.
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...There used to be a time when women, before feminism gave them the opportunity to have decent careers outside the home, also got alimony automatically, along with sole custody and child support.

Remember that?

I do.

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'Youngsville police arrested a woman Monday after she allegedly shot her boyfriend in the back in front of police officers.
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The suspect, Carronda Lynette Syon, had apparently called 911 dispatchers and told them her boyfriend was coming to the residence, according to Youngsville Police Chief Earl Menard.

Menard said there was some indication that the suspect did not want her boyfriend there.

When an officer arrived, both the victim and suspect were standing on the porch.

The victim started walking toward the officer when Syon allegedly shot him in the back, according to Menard.'

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'A 47-year-old local woman is arrested after police say she shot her son in the face.

Winnebago County detectives say it happened inside this home on Horace Avenue.

Nicholas Bryant, 24-years-old, was then taken to Rockford Memorial by family members.

After some questioning, investigators arrested Felicia Washington-Graves. She's facing several charges including attempted murder. Detectives have also recovered a weapon. No word on Bryant's condition.'

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'SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 40-year-old southwest Missouri woman is accused of trying to kill her husband by spiking his tea with a half bottle of Visine eye drops. Greene County deputies said the woman was jailed Thursday night on $100,000 bond on a first-degree assault charge.

She was arrested late Wednesday after a co-worker told Greene County deputies that the woman told her about the plot to kill her husband.
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Authorities say the woman researched other means of killing her husband when the first attempt didn't work.'

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'A Huntington woman arrested last week after being extradited from Iowa for the 2003 shooting death of her husband has made bail.

Angelina County Jail records show Shelly Anne Dorsey's attorney, Ryan Deaton, posted a $100,000 bond Monday afternoon.

An Angelina County grand jury indicted Dorsey, 37, in late October for the murder of 30-year-old Alvin Dorsey II, who died after being shot in the chest outside Little Jim's night club, off U.S. 69 south, on Sept. 12, 2003.

Following the indictment, law enforcement in Story County, Iowa arrested Dorsey on the charge, and she refused to waive her extradition to Texas, said Angelina County assistant prosecutor Art Bauereiss in a previous interview. Governors of both Texas and Iowa signed off on her extradition and she was transported back to Texas and booked into Angelina County Jail Dec. 31.'

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'WELLS -- Police have charged a woman with arson after a fire in her apartment left her husband burned over 85 percent of his body.

Police said they arrested Kimberly Spampinato, 42, when she turned herself in at the Wells Police Department shortly after the Harbor Road fire was reported after midnight.

Police said her husband, Christopher Spampinato, 39, was asleep when the fire broke out. Police found him sitting on the front steps to the apartment house, critically burned, when they responded to the report of the fire.
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She is charged with arson, which was filed by the state Fire Marshal's office, and violating bail conditions, charged by Wells police. McCausland said she had been arrested late last year on a domestic abuse charge involving her husband and was currently out on bail.'

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'ORANGE LAKE - A 67-year-old woman accused of hitting her husband was arrested by a sheriff's deputy and charged with battery on a person over 65, according to a Sheriff's Office report.

The man reportedly suffers from dementia. According to the report, his shirt had blood all over it and his left cheek was swollen. He refused medical treatment.

His daughter told a deputy Thursday that her mother hit her father in the face so hard he fell out of his wheelchair and was bleeding. She said the two had been arguing about women the victim had been with during their 49 years of marriage.The deputy noted in her report that the daughter said the beatings occur frequently.'

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'PLYMOUTH — A 22-year-old Plymouth woman has been arrested for stabbing her husband in the arm.

...Investigators learned the victim, Joshua McNeal, had been stabbed once in the arm by his wife.

...Amber McNeal ... admitted she stabbed her husband during an argument. She was arrested and taken to the Marshall County Jail.

She now faces charges of domestic battery and battery with a deadly weapon.'

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'Incoming Girls School Association head Jill Berry said parents were worried about achieving a balance between school achievement and happiness.

Mrs Berry also said that girls could put themselves under a lot of pressure.

A poll of 1,000 parents surveyed for the association said their top concern was their daughter's education.

Girls tend to outperform boys in all stages of their education, and this can lead schools to assume all girls will do well.

Mrs Berry said: "There is no doubt that many mothers and fathers are worried about getting the balance right between their daughters realising their academic potential while at the same time being happy and safe."'

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'A crack-addicted woman was handed a 13-month conditional sentence yesterday for corrupting her developmentally challenged daughter, who was used for sex and given cocaine by other crack-users at the family's Rexdale flophouse.
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"A mother has totally failed her daughter in the worst kind of way. She was sexually assaulted and became a drug addict by being given drugs over a 12-month period," said Strasberg, who demanded a prison sentence in the "range of 18 months."

Strasberg said the mom would be smoking crack in her room while the daughter performed sex acts in the living room. Drug testing confirmed the girl's drug use with "high level of exposure."

Justice Lloyd Budzinski rejected the prison term and agreed with defence lawyer Donald F. McLeod's call for a stay-at-home sentence. The judge said the remorseful mom pleaded guilty, sparing her daughter the anguish of reliving the horror from the witness stand.

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'WASHINGTON – The House has passed legislation to assure that employers live up to their four-decade-old legal promise to provide equal pay for equal work.

Democrats led lawmakers in approving a bill making clear that women who are victims of gender-based discrimination can sue for compensatory and punitive damage.
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"Equal pay is an issue of fundamental fairness," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. "But as families grapple with difficult economic times, equal pay for equal work is often about daily survival for millions of families."

Republican opponents saw the measures, introduced in the first week of the new Congress, as an incentive for people to file lawsuits that will benefit trial lawyers. It's "little more than an earmark for the trial bar," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.