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Category: 5. Rampant Sexism

  • OK Gov Signs Intrusive Abortion Reporting Act

    On May 21, 2009, Oklahoma’s governor signed the Statistical Reporting of Abortion Act pdf. The act requires, as a condition of having the procedure done, that each woman fill out an “Individual Abortion Form” containing personal details, including age, county where abortion was performed, race, marital status, years of education, state of residence, number and […]

  • 40 Years as a Nun, Mentions Ordaining Women, Banned from Teaching

    How do you reward a Catholic sister for nearly 40 years of service to the cause of peace and justice? If you’re the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, you tell her to shut up. This is the same woman outgoing Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk has banned from teaching at archdiocesan parishes and institutions because she supports the ordination […]

  • Florida Anti-Abortion Group Drives to Outlaw Birth Control Pill

    A nationwide anti-abortion group launched an effort in Florida Friday to outlaw all abortions and certain types of birth control, including oral contraceptives and the morning-after pill…. The amendment seeks to outlaw all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. Also criminalized: the morning-after pill and oral contraceptives taken by women, known as the […]

  • Spouse Abuse as a Pre-Existing Condition

    But, in DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that “domestic violence victim” is also a pre-existing condition. via SEIU – Service Employees International Union

  • Right-Wing Dog Whistles

    #5. Sovereign: In the right wing, this term has two meanings. The most troubling refers to a notion called “sovereign citizen,” a term popularized by the violent Posse Comitatus militia formation in the 1970s to argue that white people have a superior form of citizenship to that of black people. More commonly, the term “sovereign” […]

  • Founders Like Me

    Beck has a very clever way of being racist without actually directly saying anything racist. He’s always applauding the Founding Fathers as brilliant, wonderful men who are, most importantly, Beck will stress as he leans toward the audience, “just like us.” And he’s right, in that the only people in his theater are old and […]

  • Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Abortion Ultrasound Law

    An Oklahoma judge has overturned a law that would have required doctors not only to perform ultrasounds on all women seeking abortion, but to describe the resulting images. via Jezebel

  • Afghani Husbands Can Starve Disobedient Wives

    Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands’ sexual demands via guardian.co.uk.

  • Don't Touch My No-No Square

    The Grenada Middle School cheerleaders performed their catchy cheer “Stop, don’t touch me there! You know this is my no-no square,” outlining the shape of a box around their shorts. via God And Abstinence.

  • Psychologists: "Reparative Therapy" For Gays Is Useless And Harmful – Reparative therapy – Jezebel

    It’s also bull to say that religious beliefs are more fundamental than sexuality, because you do not choose to be gay or straight, but religious views are completely socialized. Babies don’t come flying out of the womb crying “Save me Jesus!!” via Comment on Jezebel on the APA Declaring “Reparative Therapy” For Gays Is Useless […]