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Emily Kane Talks About The Gender Trap 21 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Feminist Conversations is a regular feature here at Feminists for Choice. Today we are talking to Emily Kane, Professor in Sociology and author of The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising ...
13-Year-Old Accused of Egging on Her Abuser 21 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
This past week Rape Crisis England and Wales reported on the treatment of a 13-year old rape victim who was severely victim blamed in court. The 13-year old was described, by the sentencing judge, as ...
Nudity on the Cover 21 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Most female musicians, no matter how talented they are, tend to become more sexualized over time from when their career starts to when they “peak.” This sexualization is especially noticeable in photo...
Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws Apparently Misinterpreted 14 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
Lately, a lot of media attention has surrounded the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sotji, Russia, where concerns have been raised over the new anti-gay laws recently passed by President Vladimir Putin. T...
5 Tips On How To Avoid Rape 9 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
When I saw a poster outside my apartment complex with big letters saying “5 tips on how to avoid rape,” I thought that this would be further the ideas of victim blaming. Instead, this poster was aimed...
Days After Restrictive Abortion Law is Signed, North Carolina Clinic Has License Suspended 1 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
Remember how, when Pat McCrory ran for governor of North Carolina last year, he promised not to pass any new abortion-related restrictions? Don’t worry, neither does he. And barely two days after McC...
Update: Victim of “Infidelity Check” Receives Justice 28 Jul 2013 | 02:47 am
Earlier this year we reported on a story in which a man’s sexual assault of his girlfriend, in order to check for evidence of her being unfaithful, was not deemed a rape act and was instead treated as...
Ross Douthat’s European Vacation 24 Jul 2013 | 03:52 am
Earlier this week, the New York Times’s Ross Douthat wrote an op-ed about the “Texas abortion experiment.” While the conservative columnist acknowledged that Texas’s new law could make “first-trimeste...
North Dakota’s “Heartbeat Law” Temporarily Blocked 23 Jul 2013 | 09:14 pm
We’ve written before about North Dakota’s attempts to pass the most restrictive abortion law in the nation: a ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected, which can be as early as the s...
Women, You Are Your Looks 17 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Right now the Euro 2013 Games are underway, and women’s soccer is receiving loads of attention. The Swedish soccer team has already played a few games, and a sexist backlash of homophobic comments imm...
