According to a large-scale study conducted by Baylor University, more than 3% of women who attend religious service have been sexually harassed by a religious leader. Three percent may not sound like a lot– but the study shows that the numbers are much higher than predicted. Reuters shows another way of looking at the figure: [...]
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There has been so much written and reported about Gates over the past few days that I have had a difficult time coming up with what I wanted to say. But I do know that I needed to say something. Then I came across this post by Shark-Fu at Feministing. I realized that her angle [...]
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I began my morning by reading some local news. I’m in the Dallas area right now, and came across a blurb on Friday night’s raid on the Eagle, a Dallas gay bar. This raid comes only a few weeks after the police raid of a Fort Worth bar on anniversary of Stonewall. The latter involved unnecessary force [...]
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Men competing with other men to bed their female colleagues for cash prizes– Though this “Sex Game” might sound like a high school scandal, this is exactly what men in the Australian Navy are accused of participating in. Male sailors on HMAS Success apparently turned their female colleagues into commodities and sex objects, ranking and ‘pricing’ [...]
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