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'A proposal to put a National Women’s History Museum on the National Mall is gaining steam on Capitol Hill. It’s a scheme that advances because few congressmen have the courage to say no lest they be called sexist, misogynist or maybe even treasonous. Who else would be against an institution to recognize the contributions of women to American history?
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Mrs. Bachmann, in a speech to the House, cited the left-wing bias in an online exhibit on the museum’s website, in favor of liberal women and feminists, including “a glowing review” of Margaret Sanger, the enthusiastically racist and eugenicist [link added] founder of Planned Parenthood. “They leave out the pro-life views of the early suffragettes.” We don’t want to think how such a museum would depict modern conservative women, if indeed they depict them at all.

President Obama and V.P. Biden have started a new initiative called "Not Alone" to support victims of campus sexual assault. You can see it here: https://www.notalone.gov/

While we applaud efforts to serve victims, we have a problem with the exaggerated statistics used to kick-off this initiative. Sounding a lot like"rape-culture" promoters, the Pres. and V.P. claim that 1-in-5 women will be victims of rape or sexual assault during their time in college.

Think about that...ONE IN FIVE. Who would send their daughter to college if this were true?

Like we explained in our April 10th e-lert, "Rape Culture" is a Fraud, Prove it to Yourself," about 3% of female students are victims, far from the 20% claim. If you haven't yet, do the math yourself: http://www.saveservices.org/2014/04/e-lert-rape-culture-is-a-fraud-prove-it-to-yourself

Please tell the White House their sexual assault numbers are way off!

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'At a fundraiser on Thursday night, President Barack Obama chided Democratic voters for their “congenital defect” of turning out in presidential years but often staying home during midterm election cycles. In a segment on MSNBC in which the guests pondered ways to enthuse Democrats ahead of November, MSNBC producer Dafna Linzer suggested that Democrats are hoping Republicans call former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify on Benghazi and reignite the “war on women.”

“So, you want to know how you fire up the Democratic base? Here you go,” Linzer began. “You fundraise off Benghazi. That’s a great idea. As soon as the Republicans start doing that, that fires up the Democratic base.”

She added that it would be beneficial for Democrats if Republicans on the Benghazi select committee subpoenaed Clinton. “I would just love to see a table of Republican men question the Secretary of State all over again.”

“More war on women as a strategy to fire up the Democratic base,” Linzer concluded.'

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'This has been going on for years. Granted Twitter’s only been around for almost eight, but sometimes it takes a sensational number and the right gender to have the world consider something important enough to be outraged about.

"At least 59 children have been killed in Nigeria after Islamist gunmen opened fire at a boarding school before burning it to the ground, officials say. Members of the Boko Haram group targeted secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory, police say.
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The police chief said all the victims in Monday’s attack were boys, and the school’s 24 buildings, including staff quarters, had been completely destroyed by fire."

That incident happened in late February but barely a peep from the media or any of our political or entertainment class. No hashtag for any of the killings last year…

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Presumed Boko Haram gunmen shot dead seven secondary school students and two teachers in Damaturu in June.

Scores have been killed this month, including in the north-eastern town of Benisheik in Borno state, where at least 142 people were slaughtered by presumed Boko Haram fighters who came disguised as soldiers, set up checkpoints and fired on motorists and bystanders."

Ironic how the Nigerian government once claimed to have “decimated” this Islamic group and how that declaration also was proven inaccurate. It’s also sad that when young women were abducted in a number too big to blow off, the war-on-women became more than just a bumper sticker slogan.

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'A judge told 20-year-old Jennifer Capes that "for real victims of these cases the chances of getting a conviction are worse when other people, such as you, commit offences of this kind"

A woman from Thorpe Green who falsely accused a man she met on the internet of raping her has been jailed for nine months.

Guildford Crown Court was told last Friday (May 2) that Jennifer Capes, 20, of Luddington Avenue, had admitted perverting the court of justice after making the claims on June 8 2012.
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Richard Bentwood, defending, described the case as "tragic" for both the complainant and Capes, who has a six-week old daughter.

He said problems during his client's "formative years" had led her to be diagnosed with acute stress disorder and went on to suggest that the judge should consider a suspended sentence.

Judge Neil Stewart said: “For real victims of these cases the chances of getting a conviction are worse when other people, such as you, commit offences of this kind.”

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'If you want more women in your organisation, advertise jobs that are designated for women only. That’s what Delft University of Technology did.
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To increase the number of women on their faculty, Delft decided in 2011 to hire the ten best women researchers they could find. Applicants could be at any stage of their careers and in any field of research covered by the university. These new employees received favourable conditions to push their research projects forward.

Crucially, the program was open only to women. Needless to say, there were legal challenges on the grounds of gender discrimination. But, as the rector of the university, Karel Luyben, described in a recent speech, he was able to convince the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights that it was essential to have more women faculty members and that more gentle measures had not succeeded.

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'CLINTON: The seizure of these young women by this radical extremist group, Boko Haram, is abominable, it's criminal, it's an act of terrorism.

INGRAHAM: Well, that's a change. As the "Daily Beast" reported today quote, "The State Department under Hillary Clinton fought hard against placing Boko Haram on its official list of foreign terrorist organizations.

Terror experts are now saying that that decision may have hurt our ability to confront this vicious terror outfit which has been brutalizing Christians and others for years. This past February, the group burned 59 young boys to death in northeastern Nigeria. No loud calls to intervene then. But now suddenly political elites want U.S. action.'

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'The kidnapping of the 276 Christian schoolgirls by Islamic terror group Boko Haram is an atrocity, but it is not the first atrocity they have committed. It is just the first one to trip the West’s interest switch. A girl’s right to an education has become an important pillar in western ideology, and an important pawn in the battle against radical Islam. It is why Malala has seen herself elevated to an almost saint-like position.

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'CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. - The January death of a 5-year-old Rockland County, N.Y. boy has been ruled a homicide and his mother is under investigation, sources tell CBS New York's radio affiliate WCBS 880.

Garnett Spears, of Chestnut Ridge, died Jan. 23 at Westchester Medical Center. Before his death, sources tell the station, doctors found the boy had suspiciously high levels of sodium in his system.
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Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the Westchester District Attorney's Office, told CBS News' Crimesider on Tuesday that the Westchester Medical Examiner ruled Garnett's death a homicide about a month ago.

At this point, Chalfen said, the death remains under investigation by the D.A.'s office, Westchester County Police and the Ramapo Police Department.

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'On Friday, April 25, 2014, both houses of Connecticut’s legislature unanimously approved a bill that restricts judges in family court matters. Parent who have been unfairly denied access to their children, given restricted access and bankrupted by the court turned out in large numbers to testify in favor of the legislation. The legislation points towards fundamental changes in Connecticut’s family court system.

The bill passed on April 25 deals with technical issues associated with the court appointed Guardians Ad Litem (GALs):

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'A former University of Michigan student is suing the school, claiming an investigation into a sexual misconduct report that resulted in his suspension violated his constitutional rights.

Twenty-one-year-old Drew Sterrett, of New York, filed lawsuits in both federal and Washtenaw County courts in late April that say the university committed numerous violations while looking into a sexual encounter that occurred between Sterrett and an unnamed female student at Mosher-Jordan Hall in March 2012.

Sterrett was never criminally charged and the woman didn’t report any misconduct until August 2012. The lawsuit alleges the sex was consensual and the woman only reported it as misconduct after her mother found a diary chronicling the times she had sex.

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'Twelve women entrepreneurs, and women leaders of organizations that support entrepreneurs, from Latin America will visit the United States on the Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas) International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) from May 5-23. During their stay, the participants will explore the vital role of women-owned small and medium enterprises as catalysts of economic development. They will also strengthen their skill through site visits, training sessions, and workshops on topics that include leadership development and growing successful businesses. President Obama announced the WeAmericas initiative at the Summit of the Americas in April 2012.

The participants are all successful business owners or work with organizations that promote women’s leadership in business.'

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'A University of Cincinnati student accused of raping a woman and attempting to rape another is suing the school and its assistant dean for ignoring evidence that he says absolved him, according to court documents.
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According to Peloe’s lawsuit, surveillance video obtained by police shows the two women “were not intoxicated and led Peloe to their room.”

The suit also states text messages obtained in the investigation called “significant portions of the students’ stories into question.”

“For example, although the students claimed to be passed out, they still sent a number of text messages,” the lawsuit states. “In addition, later messages joked about the case.”

Peloe said another female student was in the room when the alleged rape took place, but that student did not witness anything illegal.

Rape kits were submitted to a crime lab for analysis.

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'Controversy has once again hit the campus of UNC-Wilmington. This time it's not my fault. The controversy is actually the fault of a student. His crime is simple: He decided to behave like a feminist behaves every day on campuses all across America. Unfortunately for him, he chose to do so without the proper genitalia and without the approval of the UNCW Women's Resource Center.

I was introduced to the controversy shortly after a student of mine finished taking her final exam of the semester. After she had left my 2 pm exam, she came into my 3:30 class and, as discreetly as possible, told me that a male student had just walked up to her and asked if she wanted to have sex with him. It took me a few minutes to figure out that she wasn't joking. So I asked her to give me more information as we walked out into the hall to look for the offending student.

Apparently, the young man had been working his way through the building asking every female student he saw if she would like to have sex with him. ...
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Fortunately, the visibly shaken student found a concerned psychology professor who went downstairs with her, found the male student, and told him to knock it off. The propositioning student became incensed and told the professor he needed to get over his hang-ups about sex. The student's argument was pretty simple: Asking someone to have sex is no different than asking them to engage in any other recreational activity such as playing basketball.
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But what crime did the desperately horny student commit? Did he sexually harass these women in a traditional sense? No, this was a case of creating a hostile environment in the workplace. Had he done this in a bar, rather than on campus, there would be no controversy. In other words, the venue made a difference.

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In January, the White House announced the creation of a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. On April 29, that task force came out with its first report, Not Alone, which is intended to “help schools live up to their obligation to protect students from sexual violence.” There is no doubt that sexual violence on campus is a serious problem that requires action. But it must be addressed in a way that also protects the rights of students being accused of these very serious offenses. Unfortunately, the Task Force Report will almost certainly worsen the already critical due process crisis on our college campuses.

Like so many discussions of campus sexual assault, the Task Force Report leads off with the shocking statement that “one in five women is sexually assaulted in college.” This figure has become an article of faith among those calling for greater government intervention into colleges’ handling of sexual assault claims: President Obama cited it when he announced the creation of the task force back in January, and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights cited it in the April 4, 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter requiring colleges to use a “preponderance of the evidence” (more likely than not) standard when adjudicating claims of sexual harassment or sexual violence.