Submitted by Minuteman on Tue, 2015-12-08 13:03
Link here. From the Position Description:
'Classification HEO8 {AU$88,126 per annum}
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Scope
The scope of this role extends to all areas of the University and its activities aligned to achievement of gender equity. The role will connect with the Gender, Equity & Diversity (GED) Committee, faculty based gender equity roles and committees forming to support the Dornwell Framework. Planning and decision making will extend to the shaping the approach for both the Athena Swan application and the Employer of Choice for Gender Equality Citation, as well as the delivery of the annual WGEA Report. The opportunity to influence and guide direction in relation to gender equity matters will be significant.
Promote a strategic and coordinated approach to gender equity initiatives
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Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2015-12-07 17:09
Article here. Excerpt:
'The evangelical drive to teach boys to be feminists reached a new high last week with the news that every 16-year-old in Sweden is to be given a free copy of the book “We Should All Be Feminists”.
The short essay, based on a 2013 TED talk by the Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has become a sacred text for those who share Yvette Cooper’s belief that “we need our sons growing up as confident feminists”.
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However, as a straight, white male from working-class roots living a fairly middle-class lifestyle (a demographic one of my mates describes as “half-classed”), I’m left wondering if there is a stage anywhere in the world where a young man could be applauded for saying:
“I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my maleness and for my masculinity and I want to respected in all of my maleness because I deserve to be!”
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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2015-12-06 20:13
Article here. Excerpt:
'Tashfeen Malik, the Pakistani woman involved in the California mass shooting last week, may have influenced her American husband toward violence, said Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Sunday.
Malik's relatives in Pakistan have said she appeared to have abandoned the family's moderate Islam and become more radicalized during years they spent in Saudi Arabia.
Malik, 29, and her U.S.-born husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, stormed a gathering of civil servants in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday, opening fire with assault rifles and killing 14 people.
The pair were killed two hours later in a shootout with police SWAT team members.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2015-12-05 21:33
Article here. Excerpt:
'Known primarily for three highly regarded novels, “Purple Hibiscus,” “Half of a Yellow Sun,” and, most recently, “Americanah,” Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a 2013 TED Talk about the difficulties—and necessity—of being a feminist in Nigeria. The talk soon became a minor Internet sensation, amassing more than 2.3 million views to date.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2015-12-05 21:32
Article here. Excerpt:
'Feminism in many cases has done women proud, and eradicated gender based discrimination –but in some cases it contradicts the very essence of egalitarianism.
I have seen many women who paint men with the same brush and deem them – as a whole –too conservative and old fashioned. At times, I feel bad for my class fellows being shut down by female students while discussing feminism. Many of them, including my professor share a bigoted viewpoint regarding men.
I recently interviewed a few localities from my neighborhood and asked them the same question, whether feminism promotes hatred against men or not? I received varied responses.
“I think our country has outgrown women’s rights crisis. In my village, matriarchy is dominant,” said Hasan Jabeen, a local school teacher.
“I believe women do have a bias against men. I’ve seen it in public. I can hardly put into words the way they stare at men. It’s pretty bad. But above all, they make them doubt themselves as humans which is sad!” said Javeria Hussain, a graduate student.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2015-12-05 21:27
Article here. Excerpt:
'Following his announcement that he is opening all positions in the U.S. military--including all combat positions--to women who can meet the standards, Defense Secretary Ash Carter was asked on Thursday if that means women will have to register with the Selective Service, just as men must do.
"It may," he said.
A reporter asked Carter, "Mr. Secretary, does this decision now lead to a -- a greater debate about whether women need to register for Selective Service?"
"It may do that, Phil," Carter replied. "That is a matter of legal dispute right now, and in fact, litigation. So...I don't know how that will turn out."
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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2015-12-05 21:02
Article here. And people still think mass murder/terrorism is a "man's game". Nothing "game" about it, and nothing all-male about it, too. Excerpt:
'Ten out of 71 recruits for the Islamic State terror group arrested in the U.S. since 2014 are women, according to a new report which demonstrates that the role of women in the extremist group’s ranks is increasing.
Since March 2014, 71 individuals have been charged with Islamic State-related activities, 56 were arrested in 2015 alone, a record number of terrorism-related arrests for any year since 9/11 according to the report from George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.
Although a majority of Islamic State recruits and supporters tend to be male, an alarming number of women are joining the extremist group and helping to carry out its jihadist agenda.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-12-04 23:41
Article here. Excerpt:
'Last month, a group of 19 Harvard Law School professors issued a press release denouncing the film The Hunting Ground as “propaganda” and condemning its “unfair and misleading portrayal” of the case of Harvard Law student Brandon Winston. Winston was dismissed from the law school for an alleged sexual assault, but later reinstated after faculty reversed the decision.
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In a statement emailed to The Harvard Crimson and reported yesterday, Hunting Ground director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering suggest that the professors’ criticism of the film may constitute actionable sex discrimination in violation of Title IX:
`“The Harvard Law professors’ letter is irresponsible and raises an important question about whether the very public bias these professors have shown in favor of an assailant contributes to a hostile climate at Harvard Law,” Dick and Ziering wrote.`
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-12-04 22:15
Article here. Excerpt:
'The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has sent a letter to the Education Department formally opposing affirmative consent, or "yes means yes," policies at colleges and universities.
FIRE has written against the use of yes-means-yes policies previously, as the rules define nearly all sex as rape and provide little recourse for accused students to prove their innocence.
"Given [the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights'] repeated acknowledgment that colleges' and universities' implementation of Title IX should not impinge on students' due process rights, the agency should clearly and publicly censure any consent standard — including the 'affirmative consent' standard — that seriously undermines an accused student's ability to defend himself or herself in a fair hearing," wrote FIRE's senior program officer, Susan Kruth.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-12-04 22:14
Article here. Excerpt:
'“Innocent until proven guilty.” The serial killer. The terrorist. The pedophile. All are accorded the presumption of innocence with the exception of one: the college-age male accused of sexual assault. Unfortunately for him, it’s “guilty until proven innocent,” where the blameless are sacrificed at the ideological altar of radical feminism.
Devoid of facts and eager to add renewed vigor to their flailing movement, the rabid feminists loudly proclaim and denounce the so-called “rape epidemic” on college campuses, all the while ignoring the “justice epidemic” they have created. At the hand of feminists, college campuses are quickly becoming microcosms of injustice – where no rape accusation is a false accusation and all men are guilty by virtue of their gender.
At the helm of this mob justice is none other than Hillary Clinton, who issued a battle cry to her feminist sisters on Twitter last month: “Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported.”'
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Submitted by el cid on Fri, 2015-12-04 16:51
Story here. Excerpt:
'The White House announced Friday that it will consider making women eligible for the draft, one day after the Pentagon’s historic decision to allow women in all combat roles.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said officials at the Pentagon are deliberating on the change and will work with Congress on the review on the selective service law.
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that all military jobs will be opened to women, including the most dangerous combat posts.
The outcome of a federal lawsuit challenging male-only registration also could play a role in determining whether women will be required to register for the draft. The case, National Coalition for Men vs. the Selective Service System, will be considered Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, Calif.
But Carter said the lawsuit won’t stop the Pentagon from moving forward.'
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2015-12-03 21:53
Story here. And were those accusing Bill actually disproven, Hildebeast? Don't recall it. My how she changes her tune whenever it becomes convenient. Excerpt:
'During a campaign event in New Hampshire today, Hillary Clinton was asked about the women who accused her husband of rape and sexual assault.
The woman pointed out how Clinton recently said all rape victims should be believed, and then asked, “Would you say that about Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and/or Paula Jones?”
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Clinton responded by saying, “I would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence.”'
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2015-12-03 19:53
Story here. The positions are open to women, but there's no mention of enacting the same policy of assigning women to combat roles whether they like it or not. (Hey, don't all rush to put in for an MOS change at once!) Excerpt:
'Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women, rebuffing requests by the Marine Corps to exclude women from certain front-line combat jobs.
Declaring that "we are a joint force," Carter said that while moving women into these jobs will present challenges, the military can no longer afford to exclude half of the population from grueling military jobs. He said that any man or woman who meets the standards should be able to serve, and he gave the armed services 30 days to submit plans to make the historic change.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2015-12-03 14:12
Article here. Excerpt:
'At Brown University, in Providence, R.I., there is a secret forum in which students may discuss potentially controversial issues freely. Let me say that again: At Brown, there is a secret forum in which students may discuss potentially controversial issues — or anything they want — freely.
Yes, there is an underground group whose purpose is to allow kids to say what they ought to be free to say above ground.
As David Frum remarked on Twitter, when he read the magazine piece, What is this? Warsaw 1983 or America 2015?
The group came about in this way: Last year, Brown was to host a debate on the issue of campus rape. In one corner was Jessica Valenti, a radical feminist, and in the other was Wendy McElroy, a radical libertarian. It was suspected that McElroy would deny there was a “culture of rape.” And this was intolerable to some students, who protested mightily — in advance, mind you.'
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2015-12-03 00:06
Article here. Excerpt:
'We’ve all heard about the “rape crisis” on our college campuses. We’ve heard that one in five young women are assaulted during their college years. It’s a staggering number, one that hits home for parents of college-age kids. I was about to send a daughter off to school when I heard that statistic. I was horrified.
But other studies contradict that finding and claim the real number is far lower. No one really knows for sure. Another study claims that young women who do not attend college are more likely to be raped than those who do.
Still, many assaults go unreported, and – of course – one rape or sexual assault on any campus is too many. No one thinks this is not a serious issue. No one wants any college student to be assaulted or raped on campus.
But neither does anyone want a college student to be falsely accused in an effort to help the school look like it’s taking the issue seriously. Lives are being ruined. Something must be done.
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