Sea Lion Woman

Oct 05, 2007 11:57

"...Oliver Wendell Holmes explained that the law does not exist to tell the good man what to do, but to tell the bad man what not to do. Holmes was interested in the distinction between the good and bad man; I cannot help noticing that both are men. Most of the time, a criminal law that reflects male views and male standards imposes its judgment on men who have injured other men. It is "boys' rules" applied to a boys' fight. In rape, the male standard defines a crime committed against women, and male standards are used not only to judge men, but also to judge the conduct of women victims."
--Susan Estrich
Yale Law Journal (1986)

Also, I remeber once reading about how sex toys are banned in Alabama but I must've forgotten and now that this article reminds me I'm pretty horrified/tickled by it... can you imagine a world without sex shops??? so crazy! http://www.slate.com/id/2175308/nav/fix/
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