I found this incredibly helpful. It is amazing the amount of guilt we can place on ourselves after such horrendous events. I really found the information to be incredibly eye-opening and it gave validation to my own experiences. Oh now I wish I'd had this knowledge all those years ago. When I think of all the guilt and blame that survivors have had ( Read more... )

The problem I see with socialist feminism is that it subordinates women's issues to the state which is controlled by men. So much for feminism, in that case. The same goes for some types of Islamic feminism, for the same reason. Not to speak of strong, outspoken Islamist fundie women who are the Islamic equivalent of Sarah Palin...and just as ( Read more... )

Why is the patriarchal system so anxious to defend some women from rape while the same system also condones and exonerates some rapists? The key issue is whether the rape victim is under the control of the patriarchy.

Jamie Leigh Jones, who was raped by other Americans while serving in Iraq, writes: A sexist male (or female), views of rape ( Read more... )

Mysa: "It's shit like this that makes me wonder how any woman stays sane in this world ( Read more... )

(mirrored from Feministing)

The Saudi woman who was raped and subsequently sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail has been "pardoned" by King Abdullah. (Pardoned is in quotes because I can't bring myself to repeat rhetoric that frames this woman as somehow guilty of something ( Read more... )

Jamie Leigh Jones, the woman who ( keep reading, unless you have triggers... )

More of what Bush's illegal intervention has meant for Iraqi women--

Iraqi policewomen are told to surrender their weaponsBAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government has ordered all policewomen to hand in their guns for redistribution to men or face having their pay withheld, thwarting a U.S. initiative to bring women into the nation's police force ( Read more... )

(mirrored from Feministing)

Women activists in Saudi Arabia are protesting the recent ruling that sentenced a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes and six months in jail for being in a car with a man who wasn't her relative.Activist Wajiha al-Hweider said "[T]here is injustice against women in courts. It is a bitter situation that Saudi women have to ( Read more... )

I am constantly accused of being a sexist man-hater every time I try to discuss my difficulties with masculinity. I swear I am not out to bash men, and my ability to relate to men has improved a lot since I've been working on this. But if I can't find a way to discuss my problems with masculinity openly and respectfully, how am I supposed to work ( Read more... )