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Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
March 25th, 2016 - 8:00 am § in Misc.
AAUP Opposes Excessive Feminism
Dear AAUP Member: Today, the AAUP is releasing an important draft report, The History, Uses, and Abuses of Title IX. We strongly encourage you and your AAUP colleagues to read it and send us your comments. The report was written by a joint subcommittee of Committee A on Academic Freedom and T[...]
March 25th, 2016 - 7:49 am § in Misc.
Gender Politics … because he is a male running against a woman.
(abstracted from Washingtn Post) Rep. The women’s group Emily’s List is committing at least $2.4 million from its super PAC to help Rep. Donna F. Edwards defeat Chris Van Hollen because he is a male.running against a woman. Van Hollen, a leading member of the Democratic leadership in the house[...]
March 25th, 2016 - 1:34 am § in Misc.
Tolerating Rape or Tolerating Hype?
Quotations Out of Context: Professor Unni Wikan on rape from blog Islam in Europe In the debate about rapes by Muslims in Norway, you will often find a quote by a “Norwegian professor” who said that “Norwegian women should adapt”.I myself have referenced this attitude in past[...]
March 23rd, 2016 - 1:58 am § in Misc.
ISRAEL: Lady Soldiers need to be protected from cheredim?
Somehow I think the Rabbis who wrote the Talmud did not find an example in the Torah to derive Halacha when it is a lady holding the sword. Female Israeli soldiers barred from mess hall due to presence of ultra-Orthodox troops ‘If a female officer can’t sit in the mess hall, we’ve gone crazy,�[...]
March 22nd, 2016 - 5:56 pm § in Misc.
Sorry, no sex we are Communists
Plunging oil prices mean Venezuelan women are running out of birth control Shortages of basic goods such as milk, rice, corn and diapers have resulted from state price controls . Another victim? Birth control pills and condoms. Venezuelan women looking for birth control pills have turned to [...]
March 12th, 2016 - 7:21 am § in Misc.
Is Miss Israel A Barbi Doll?
Avigail Alfatov (Hebrew: אביגיל אלפטוב; born 1996) is an Israeli national fencing champion and soldier, who won the title of Miss Israel 2014 for Miss Universe 2015. She will represent her country at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.[...]