I would have more respect for (individuals or groups) who claim to support/further men's rights, who may start of talking about things like underfunding/lack of attention to prostate cancer (which it is and more men [and women] should be mobilizing to bring more public attention)...

If they didn't (seem to inevitably) follow up with shit like ( Read more... )

"Politically incorrect" is the PC term for "Reactionary Asshole."

Community: I'm Politically Incorrect!"In my wanderings (and wonderings) and ponderings over the years I see--more often than not--"politically correct" used as a buzz word, a red herring, a straw man ( Read more... )

At Personhood Conference, Anti-Choice Movement Struggles for Direction

She believes the personhood framework can be adapted to battles like abortion, stem cell research, fetal alcohol syndrome, "fetal homicide" (laws that criminalize accidental or intentional death of a fetus), and emergency contraception.

Do I need to utter the B-word again?

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There's a new book coming out.

Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape

There's a semi-ish review over at Pandagon. Along with a link to the recent Savage Love column which has a letter from an 18 year old girl who was raped by her ex.

From the review:

Why do we tolerate a culture where, even if rape is ( Read more... )

Last post for today, on the civil rights/politic side, at least. But this was really good and I wanted to excerpt some of it.

Chris Crass, Going Places that Scare Me: Personal Reflections on Challenging Male Supremacy

What am I afraid to admit? That I struggle everyday to really listen to voices I identify as women’s. I know my mind wanders ( Read more... )

Pro-feminist men are sympathetic to feminist understandings of society. We believe that women as a group suffer inequalities and injustices in society, while men as a group receive various forms of power and institutional privilege. The current, dominant model of manhood or masculinity is oppressive to women, as well as limiting for men themselves ( Read more... )