Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2016-04-02 21:40
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'She may be 84, but Fay Weldon's work as a novelist, playwright, TV dramatist and scriptwriter still sparks debates in many a book club and beyond. Weldon, whose work includes the hit series The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil and The Cloning Of Joanna May, has lived long enough to be confident in her views on contemporary life, and today talks airily in detached tones about what "one" does and what "one" thinks.
Her outspoken opinions on feminism have often courted controversy, but after a lifetime spent people-watching, three marriages, four children, four stepchildren and a clutch of grandchildren, she's come to the conclusion that men are now under the cosh. Both men and women may have suffered as feminism has evolved, she reflects.
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"Feminism has certainly undermined men," she continues, "if only because women now want to have girl babies, not boy babies, because their lot in life is better."'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2016-04-02 01:25
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'A drunk woman dialled 999 with a false rape claim because she wanted a LIFT HOME, a court heard.
Claire Hollins picked up the phone and asked a Derbyshire Police call handler if she could be driven from Derby to her home in Stoke.
The 22-year-old was hung up on - but called back a second time to say she had been raped.
However when officers spoke to her she admitted nothing had happened and that she "just wanted a lift home".
Hollins was pointed in the direction of a Derby taxi firm, but when the driver refused her fare, she caused £500 of damage to his cab.
Hollins pleaded guilty to a public order offence and to criminal damage and was handed a 12-month community order. She was also ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 19:06
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'Macalester College was sued last February by a former student who accused the college of violating his right to due process and failing to provide him reasonable accommodations for his disabilities. The student, Alec Scott Jackson ’18, was being investigated by the college for an alleged case of sexual assault, and the lawsuit charged Jackson’s rights were violated during that disciplinary process. Jackson’s appeal for a restraining order against Macalester, which would have prevented them from carrying out his investigation while the suit was pending, was denied, and Jackson withdrew the lawsuit a few days later. Jackson no longer attends Macalester College.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 19:05
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'The “Campus Witches,” a feminist group at the Ankara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, has suddenly garnered newfound popularity after video footage showing female students from the group physically assaulting a male student and accusing him of sexual abuse went viral.
As the video posted on the Campus Witches’ Facebook page on March 29 shows, security officers came to rescue the male student after members of the group began to physically assault him.
Another student addressed the crowd watching the scene, elaborating on the reason for the reaction to the male student, identified as E.Ç.
The group accused him of writing insulting messages addressed to his ex-girlfriend on his Twitter account and sexually assaulting her. The group also hung printouts of the messages.
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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-04-01 19:04
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'Finally, a federal judge has strongly condemned the lack of due process and fairness that students accused of sexual assault face on college campuses.
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that Brandeis University "failed to provide a variety of procedural protections to [the accused student], many of which, in the criminal context, are the most basic and fundamental components of due process of law."
In his 89-page decision, Saylor criticizes Brandeis for a number of due process violations, including denying the accused student access to the evidence against him or even a detailed explanation of the charges against him.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 19:02
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'What if due process of law as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution ceased to exist the moment that students stepped foot on college campuses?
Practically speaking, it stopped existing on campus several years ago, according to legal experts who spoke to the Cardozo School of Law chapter of the Federalist Society on Tuesday.
The systems in place to evaluate accusations at most colleges and universities are severely limited, and arguably unlawful, they told law students: Mere accusations are leading to expulsions and career-stunting social stigma for students who find themselves in the cross hairs of campus sexual-misconduct investigations.'
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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-04-01 18:05
Story here. Pretty faces, ugly souls. Further proof that one need not be big, strong, or male to seriously hurt others. Tell feminists that, though. Bet they do no time for it, too. Excerpt:
'Three brawling babes in bikinis were collared in South Carolina for a riverside beach fight.
Arlinda Craft, 18; Anns Leigh Hill, 19 and Megan Williams, 20, were charged with second-degree assault and battery by a mob after they allegedly beat a female victim on a Columbia river beach, according to police.
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The victim told police that one assailant pulled her by her hair and threw her down on river rocks before she passed out.
Her coworker said that two of the women held her down while the other pummeled her.
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The 20-year-old victim of the latest attack, whose name has not been released, suffered a concussion, two black eyes, a bloodied face and a shattered nose.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 10:27
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'Judge Horkins delivered his verdict last week in the high-profile trial of R vs Ghomeshi in Toronto. He acquitted Jian Ghomeshi, a high-profile radio presenter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), of four charges of sexual assault and one charge of choking involving three complainants, between December 2002 and July 2003. He also tore into the complainants’ evidence, leading to an animated debate about whether the criminal-justice system oppresses victims of sexual violence.
Ghomeshi was sacked by CBC in 2014 following an allegation that he had injured a woman. Perhaps unwisely, Ghomeshi posted a self-justificatory Facebook article after his sacking, insisting that, while he liked rough sex, his encounters had always been consensual.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 10:26
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'Yes, the title is an exercise in hyperbole. Explaining campus rape culture goes far beyond the musings of a college junior. It is rooted in social structures that perpetuate sexism, in a culture that promotes the mistreatment of women, and can never be fully solved with a simple solution. Regardless, the administration seems to have overlooked a fairly obvious solution that could mitigate, though not end, the rape culture that afflicts our campus—adding a women and gender studies course as either a stand-alone requirement in the Core Curriculum or as an option to fulfill the Global Core.
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On campus, women’s socialization to take up less space—physically and in conversations—has manifested itself in some female students and faculty feeling an obligation to minimize their presence. In our classes, female teachers who are stricter are more harshly judged by students than their male counterparts, and female students are less likely to speak up, due to a lifetime of conditioning to be more complacent. In our hookup culture, women who are sexually active are referred to as “sluts,” while men are “players.” In cases of sexual assault, while students may not obviously blame victims, they do often insinuate how the victim’s poor decision-making may have resulted in their rape—how dressing too tightly, drinking too much, or staying out too late should be avoided to not get raped. Rape culture is ultimately not a Columbia-specific issue, but it is a problem that Columbia has a responsibility to address.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-01 10:05
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'Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office arrest records from 2011 to 2015 show that while the number of male arrests for domestic violence charges hovers between 60 and about 75 a year, the number of female arrests has doubled.
In 2011, there were 20 women arrested for domestic violence. In 2015, there were 42.
Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eric Erhardt said there’s not enough data to say this is a trend or if it’s just random.
However, he said societal opinions on domestic violence have shifted dramatically since the 1970s and 1980s and it is now comprehensible that a woman could be the aggressor.
In eras past, no one would believe it or a man would never come forward to admit being victimized.
Regardless of who is the aggressor, if it’s not dealt with, domestic violence escalates over time, Erhardt said.
Sonora Police Chief Mark Stinson said the cycle of male versus female arrests increasing is hard to follow, track and explain one way or another.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2016-03-31 22:21
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'Several Democratic senators are requesting additional funds for the Education Department to continue policing the sex lives of college students.
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Kaine, Claire McCaskill and Mark Warner have written a letter calling for increased funding for the Department's Office for Civil Rights, which has been investigating schools for alleged violations of the anti-sex discrimination law known as Title IX. The senators are requesting a budget of $137.7 million for OCR. Last year, the office's budget was $100 million, which means the senators are asking for a nearly 40 percent increase in funding for this one department.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2016-03-31 15:14
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2016-03-31 15:10
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'Lawyers representing a former University of Virginia student who claimed she was the victim of a gang rape in a discredited Rolling Stone story have asked a judge to cancel her scheduled deposition in a lawsuit against the magazine, arguing that she would be “re-traumatized” if she is compelled to recount her ordeal in proceedings under oath.
The former student — who in court papers is referred to only by her nickname, Jackie — became the central figure in a 2014 Rolling Stone article that described her account of a vicious sexual assault during her freshman year, an attack she said was carried out over several hours by seven men in a fraternity house bedroom. The 9,000-word exposé highlighted Jackie’s case as a devastating example of rape on a college campus and the struggles she faced while seeking help from members of the U-Va. administration, including the associate dean responsible for handling sexual assault allegations.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2016-03-31 11:08
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'It seems like a promising way to fill a market niche: an Uber-like service that aims to give female passengers peace of mind by ensuring that another woman is always behind the wheel.
But there is potentially a big problem. Civil rights lawyers say the new service being touted by local entrepreneurs, Chariot for Women, would probably conflict with Massachusetts’ antidiscrimination laws.
“This company sounds great. Whether it’s legal or not is a different question,” said Joseph L. Sulman, an employment law specialist based in West Newton.
SheTaxis representatives did not return messages seeking comment. But the company has previously said it would address gender-discrimination questions by routing ride requests from men to alternate car-service providers.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2016-03-30 06:34
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'When hearing from women about dating and relationship challenges, I’m often stunned at all the man-hating out there. Lots of women HATE dudes. When confronted, most insist they do not. But you do. You totally do!
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