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Number of States in Which Rapists Can Sue For Custody & Visitation Rights — 31 — & Other Shocking Rape Facts
From Alternet by Soraya Chemaly Remember facts? Remember facts about rape? Because it turns out that a whole lot of people know less than nothing about the subject. Indeed what they think they know is a whole lot of something that is wrong and dangerous to our heath,...
Threats to Your Vote
12 threats to your vote Intimidating letters. Pressure from employers. Phony mailers. Dirty tricksters are trying to steal the election (FROM SALON) BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD With just 10 days left to go until the election, this is where the campaign can get a bit sketchy as...
New Zealand’s Example
Let's take a look at the impact of decriminalizing prostitution in New Zealand. They have allowed decriminalized prostitution since 2003. Below is a summary of recent news reports on the topic. Please go to original article to read ARTICLE LINKS: A review of our...
The Sexualization of College Girls
by Marissa Reed *Trigger warning: graphic quotes and pornographic-like material is associated with the webpage of critique It has been a few years since I’ve been on my state college campus as a student, but that doesn’t block the memories from my undergrad years. ...
The Importance Of Trivialisation In Cementing Social Control
By Colin Todhunter Countercurrents.org Knowledge in modern societies has expanded to the point whereby specialisms and sub-specialisms are the norm. It is just not possible for one person to have in-depth knowledge of every discipline. We must rely on others to convey...
Your Right To Access Birth Control
http://youtu.be/ImyDEmZ1XBQ AND. . . Find out How Romney and Obama differ in the areas of Religion, ERA, Violence Against Women Act, Saundra Fluke, and Planned Parenthood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W05OhsipqDw
Poor Electorate Disenfranchised
A Swing State Disenfranchises Its Poor Electorate By Aura Bogado As we noted on Thursday, the issue of poverty was conspicuously missing from the first presidential candidates’ debate. While the term “middle class†was traded more than thirty times between Obama...
Day of the Girl
Why a Day for Girls? “We want to be seen as equals, in the eyes of others AND in our own eyes." Why a day just for girls? Because girls can save the world. And we deserve a bigger part of it. A Dozen Reasons As girls, we experience inequality in every aspect of our...
Rose Bean Simpson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fpwy2old8us http://www.newmexicopbs.org - Rose Bean Simpson tells us what beauty is and what beauty is not. From a lineage of artists, including Roxanne Swentzell and Nora Naranjo-Morse, Rose was brought up...