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Original Technorati articles tagged “rape culture”

• in Technorati Women
  Rape Culture Celebration on T-shirts
  How computers take the blame for offensive sexist T-shirts that are celebrating rape and violence while the companies producing and selling them get to keep calm and carry on.
  by karmenca / on Mar 4, 2013
• in Technorati Women
  Stripping Off her Dignity With a Click
  How Stüssy's sexist campaign inviting Facebook users to strip the female model with their likes.
  by karmenca / on May 4, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “rape culture”

 

• Rape Culture: The War At Home*

  
  DMKW — Authority: 114
  I. When it comes to matters of gender-based violence, most Kenyan men say ‘these are women’s issues.’  Conversely, many Kenyan men wonder aloud if having a woman as the Defence Secretary and another woman as Foreign Affairs Secretary is a good idea.  These men opine that women in general know ...
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• Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Senior Male Athletes at Phillips Andover

  
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  Phillips Academy Andover, more commonly known as Phillips Andover,  is a prestigious and highly selective boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts whose students are known more for the high acceptance rates to elite and ivy-league universities they enjoy than for feminist activism. The high school’s Wikipedia page ...
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• What The Military Is, And Isn’t, Doing To Address Its Sexual Assault Crisis

  
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  Kumar Ramanathan is an intern at ThinkProgress. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey addresses Congress (Credit: AP) Sexual assault in the military has come under heavy scrutiny in recent months after a series of scandals and a Pentagon report that estimated 26,000 cases of unwanted ...
  4 days ago

• From The Magical Land Of Douchebag Dudebros Comes A Whole New Level of Slut Shaming

  
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  You guys remember the best time ever we had when those awesome DoucheBag DudeBros (Hashatg: #DouchebagDudebros) sent me all these great e-mails about the  rape culture in Tarpon Springs  and we all get to school them on rape culture and lulz were had by all? WELL, WE GOT SOME MORE! And this time it comes courtesy of ...
  4 days ago

• Steubenville Rape: Sex offender hearing for Ohio football players

  
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  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A judge was ready to classify as sex offenders two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl last year after an alcohol-fueled house party. The hearing Friday scheduled by Judge Thomas Lipps at Jefferson County Juvenile Court in Steubenville is a possible first ...
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• Fail, Fail, and More Fail

  
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  [Content Note: Rape culture.] It isnt just the US military that is having a difficult time, ahem, effectively dealing with its widespread and pervasive sexual violence problem. US universities arent doing such a hot job, either . Chronic failure across multiple institutions to effectively prevent sexual assault ...
  5 days ago

• Quote of the Day

  
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  [Content Note: Rape culture.] "The Army has to be an inclusive organization, in which every soldier, man and woman, is able to reach their full potential and is encouraged to do so. Those who think that it is okay to behave in a way that demeans or exploits their colleagues have no place in this Army. ... If that ...
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• Thursday Links

  
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  * 21st Century America summed up in a single headline:  Why Is a Defense Contractor Paying for Sesame Street’s Parents-in-Jail Lesson? * If Only This Goes On: science fiction and modernity in Russia. * Intact fallout shelter discovered in California backyard.  More links follow the image. *  ...
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• California Teacher Fired For Being A Victim Of Domestic Abuse

  
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  Carie Charlesworth. (Credit: NBC San Diego) California teacher Carie Charlesworth was fired for the “crime” of being a victim of domestic violence, according to letters obtained by NBC San Diego. The firing was prompted by Charlesworth’s abusive ex-husband Martin Charlesworth, who invaded the Holy Trinity ...
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• Feminist Comic of the Day

  
  It's Always Sunny In Patriarchia — Authority: 92
  [IMG: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aW1ZqbmVzig/UbmWaICSHaI/AAAAAAAAAWs/8_yyhm16d7M/s1600/Rape.jpg]
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• Hephzibah man shot by his fiancee in domestic violence incident

  
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  Augusta man shot be fiancee HEPHZIBAH, GA — A man is in grave condition at the all-new Georgia Regents Medical Center after he was shot by his fiancee. Just after 15:00 today, police got a call to the 4400 block of Forest Rd after reports of gunshots and one person laying down afterwards. They found the ...
  5 days ago

• Thanks To Student Activists, Pressure To End Rape Culture On College Campuses ‘Is Not Going Away’

  
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  Credit: New York Citys National Organization for Women Over the past year, a growing number of prestigious colleges have made national headlines over their administrations’ failure to effectively handle issues of sexual assault on campus. That’s not necessarily because rape culture on college campuses ...
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• Gillibrand amendment killed by Carl Levin

  
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  WASHINGTON — Rape cases will still be at the mercy of a military chain of command that just does not get it, thanks to a certain DINO Senator from Michigan. Sen. Carl Levin defeated the bill in the Senate Armed Services Committee. If passed, it would have been added to the write up of the 2014 NDAA. Senator ...
  6 days ago

• Wednesday Links: Cold War Modern Art, The Cutest Kitties, and More

  
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  * Modern art as weapon in the Cold War. And they say the humanities are worthless! Why did the CIA support them? Because in the propaganda war with the Soviet Union, this new artistic movement could be held up as proof of the creativity, the intellectual freedom, and the cultural power of the US. Russian art, ...
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• GOP Congressman Channels Todd Akin: ‘The Incidence Of Rape Resulting In Pregnancy Are Very Low’

  
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  Despite Republican strategists’ efforts to keep GOP politicians from making insensitive comments about rape victims , Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) channeled former Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) infamous “legitimate rape” comment during a committee hearing on Wednesday. Defending his proposal to ban all abortions ...
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• Rape Jokes – Can We Stop Now (myself included)?

  
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  Ive always considered myself a pretty ardent feminist. I know some women really flinch at that word, but I dont know a better one for supporting womens equality, equal pay, reproductive rights and defending womens integrity and standing in the world. That being said, I just got called out professionally for a rape ...
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• With Allies *cough* Like These...

  
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  [Content Note: Sexual violence.] Despite the onslaught of news about the US militarys endemic sexual assault problem, and continuing revelations that the military itself is [CN: rape culture; misogyny; homophobia; disablism] not taking this shit seriously , a proposal "to place military sex assault cases in the ...
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• Gaming and Institutionalized Misogyny

  
  It's Always Sunny In Patriarchia — Authority: 92
  Microsoft has recently come under fire from several ends which has led to the revelation of  "institutionalized misogyny"  present in the gaming culture. (I have also been updating my Facebook with relevant articles on the topic as well, you may follow me  here .) First,  The Feminist Frequency  blog pointed out ...
  6 days ago

• A response to: Why we think women activists should change their attitude of “wear what you like”

  
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  The post linked below explains that rapes are caused by men turning into rapists after being sexually aroused by women they find attractive, after which they go and hunt for victims and rape children. And that’s a valid reason for asking women to wear clothes that don’t make them look attractive to men. Let me ...
  6 days ago

• Quick Hit: What not to say to a friend who has been assaulted

  
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  Feministe published a great piece by Harvard undergrad Anahvia Mewborn on 20 things never to tell a friend who has been assaulted. I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely heard many of these before. Some highlights include: 2. “Was he DRUNK?” The emphasis on the “drunk” part comes off as though ...
  1 week ago

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