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'Angry Brides' Takes on India's Dowry Culture - India Real Time - WSJ
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:59 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)
“We wanted to raise awareness about the ills of dowry, a tradition that is still very closely related with marriage,” said Ram Bhamidi, head of online marketing at Shaadi.com, a popular website that helps individuals and their families find a suitable partner. Mr.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews and the Modesty Fight - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:29 PM EST (The New York Times)
IS it possible for a religious demand for modesty to be about anything other than men controlling women’s bodies? From recent events in Israel, it would certainly seem that it is not.
5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:43 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
"To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth."
Daily Kos: WA Gov. Chris Gregoire will introduce marriage equality bill
Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:03 AM EST (Daily Kos)
"It's time, it's the right thing to do, and I will introduce a bill to do it," Gregoire said in a statement."Our gay and lesbian families face the same hurdles as heterosexual families -- making ends meet, choosing what school to send their kids to, finding someone to grow old …
Unnatural selection: Is evolving reproductive technology ushering in a new age of eugenics? - The Globe and Mail
Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:57 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Recent breakthroughs have made it possible to scan every chromosome in a single embryonic cell, to test for genes involved in hundreds of “conditions,” some of which are clearly life-threatening while others are less dramatic and less certain – unlikely to str …
Biology isn't telling anyone to deprive women of reproductive control
Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:05 PM EST (Pandagon)
Emera suggests [the reason why women menstruate] is entirely evolutionary, and involves maternal-fetal conflict.
Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope
Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:25 PM EST (CANOE -- CNEWS)
Pope Benedict said on Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined “the future of humanity itself”.He told diplomats from nearly 180 countries that the education of children needed proper “settings” and th …
New Zealand Church Billboard Features A Panicked Virgin Mary With Pregnancy Test In Hand
Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:38 AM EST (Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.)
Yes, that absolutely is the Virgin Mary with a terrified look on her face, holding a pregnancy test in her hands.
Pharmacist Refuses To Sell Man Plan B For His Wife Because He 'Might Be Giving It To Rape Victims' | Crooks and Liars
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 7:09 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)
This is absolutely crazy. These sex-obsessed busybodies need to get their noses out of everyone else's sex lives and just do their jobs - instead of trying to obstruct access to contraception and punish them with unwanted pregnancy.
Can Women Escape from Men? | Radfem Hub
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 5:09 PM EST ()
If women as a group were able to escape male violence, we would not be men’s victims. Women as a group have obviously not yet found a way to stop or escape rape, wife abuse, incest, sexual harassment, or other forms of male tyranny. (Dee Graham, in Loving to Survive)
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