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ifeminists January 19, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Complex Issue Requires Complex Solutions There is no 'one-size-fits-all' solution to a complex and varied phenomenon like domestic violence. Answers will vary depending on specific situations. Both men and women fall victim to domestic violence. |
ifeminists August 27, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
Abused Women Have Choices ...Part of the standard view is: Women who "stay" have been brainwashed, and so are not responsible for that decision; and, leaving the relationship is always the right choice. I dispute both claims.... |
ifeminists September 9, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The Personal Is Personal What does "the Personal is Political" mean? The theory underlying the motto is that all actions and attitudes, however personal they may seem, have political significance and impact society. This is the stripped-down core of political correctness. |
ifeminists June 17, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
A Conscientious Objector to the Gender War Future feminists will look back in disbelief at today's false notion of a built-in Gender War between men and women, in much the same way we regard past theories of a flat Earth. |
ifeminists April 8, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Peace is Hell "Winning the peace" in Iraq is a media focus. The domestic peace is equally important and it will depend upon an atmosphere of respect for dissent and diversity. This means eliminating both the laws that punish attitudes and the imposed policies that discriminate. |
ifeminists November 10, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Domestic Violence: Behind the Stereotypes Male and same-sex victims, victims of one-time abuse... these people are being ignored or damaged by the current approach to domestic violence. There is no excuse for ignoring the reality of victims who need desperately to be heard. |
ifeminists March 10, 2008 Carey Roberts |
Harsh Domestic Violence Laws Recall Jim Crow Abuses Our nation's crusade to stop domestic violence has been a magnificent flop. |
ifeminists August 31, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Gender Bias in Domestic Violence Treatment The oldest battered-women's shelter in New England is setting precedent and making many feminists nervous in the process -- by launching a "gender-neutral" search for a new executive director. |
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Ray Blumhorst |
VAWA - One of the Biggest Taxpayer Fleecings in the History of America Those who deal with domestic violence according to gender feminist ideology have been less than effective in dealing with the true dynamics of violent domestic relationships, and now they are going back to congress to ask for billions more in funding for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). |
ifeminists November 26, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
Feminist Fighting: Aren't We All Women? How do you view women who say they've been battered by their husbands or sexually harrassed? Do you feel a stab of skepticism at the accusation and wonder whether the man involved will be treated fairly in court? If so, you may be experiencing a consequence of PC feminism. |
ifeminists October 12, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Victims Versus Victimhood Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that American society can still respond with kindness toward innocent victims. The compassion fatigue that seems overwhelming may be more a reaction to victimhood than to victims. If so, as the politics of victimhood fades, perhaps compassion will shine. |
ifeminists March 9, 2005 Trudy W. Schuett |
Everybody Deserves Better Allowing prejudicial, deeply biased and regressive domestic violence programs to continue unchecked will only serve to add to the numbers on the welfare rolls, in the jails and under the care of government-sponsored child protective agencies. |
ifeminists July 28, 2009 Trudy Schuett |
Domestic Violence 101. The personal v. the political The 2005 document put out by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence with federal funding is entitled, Action for Social Change. There are sources cited that once again blame men and the "patriarchy" for the continuing oppression of women. |
ifeminists May 13, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Cut Men: Do They Not Bleed? Male bashing -- the stereotyping of men as brutal, stupid or otherwise objectionable -- is commonplace. The assault against men must stop. But how? |
ifeminists April 20, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Good women must speak out Stand up for the values that have been ravaged by PC feminism: freedom of speech, parental control of children, the rights of men, and the ability to rise through merit alone. |
ifeminists October 14, 2009 Carey Roberts |
Judge KOs Shelter Kickback Scheme A judge has ruled the entire abuse shelter industry in the state of West Virginia is wracked by conflict of interest, gender bias, and financial kickbacks. |
ifeminists October 1, 2009 Carey Roberts |
Partner Abuse Industry Flirts with a Hateful Agenda Each year, over one million Americans are hit with a trivial or false accusation of domestic violence. |
Job Journal February 21, 2010 Hollister & Babcock |
A Time of Monumental Change Profound changes in the American workplace were triggered by Affirmative Action. |
ifeminists October 20, 2004 Tom James |
The Invisible Victims of Domestic Violence As a culture, we prefer to make male victims the subject of levity and jest, not offer them help. Mostly, though, we would prefer to believe that they simply do not exist. |
ifeminists August 21, 2007 David Heleniak |
PC Feminism and the DV Courts Studies of domestic violence have consistently revealed that women are at least as likely as men to commit domestic violence, but PC feminists have pushed the idea that women don't commit domestic violence so far that they've influenced the courts. |
ifeminists July 10, 2008 Gordon E. Finley |
Facing Reality on Domestic Violence The national implications of Chief Adderley's domestic violence case are that we must forgo our gender based stereotypes, face the empirical reality of Domestic Violence, and completely revise Domestic Violence policy and law. |
ifeminists March 14, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Woozles in the Name of Protecting Women? What if the truth came out that our country's War on Domestic Abuse was flatly ineffective in reducing violence, that it ignored the wishes of victims, and that it sometimes placed women at greater risk of abuse? |
ifeminists June 7, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
AB 2051 Moves California in Wrong Direction on Domestic Violence The California Assembly just passed a misguided bill which puts ideology over evidence by reiterating the state's mulish definition of domestic violence as something which only women suffer. |
ifeminists December 29, 2004 Ray Blumhorst |
Make the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Gender Inclusive, or Dump It! The exclusion of male victims from the help they should be receiving from domestic violence law is a cycle of endless battering that has been created by VAWA to endlessly torture the minds, bodies, and spirits of countless innocent men. |
ifeminists July 8, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The PCspeak of Diversity The U.S. Supreme Court's ambiguous affirmative-action decision might seem to encourage open discussion but political correctness sometimes seems determined that debate will not occur. PCspeak, like Newspeak in George Orwell's classic novel 1984, forms an effective barrier. |
ifeminists March 29, 2008 Terri Lynn Tersak |
Congressional Guidelines for Abusing Women This report examines the many problems the author finds inherent in local and national services and legal protections that are designed to help victims of domestic abuse. |
ifeminists April 22, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The Great Lie "Woman as victim" is one of the Great Lies of our time. Those who care about women's welfare should correct the damage done by this lie because, today more than ever, women need to acknowledge their power and take control of their lives. |
ifeminists June 23, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Afraid to Say What We Think Political Correctness is an implacable force that we must come to terms with, or else accept the reality that our First Amendment freedoms may become irrevocably lost. |
ifeminists May 16, 2007 Leving & Sacks |
Equal Rights Amendment Yes, 'Women's Equality Amendment' No Unfortunately, the bill's sponsors have changed the ERA's name to the Women's Equality Amendment. There's a major problem with that, because when considering injustices based on gender, today men and fathers can lay claim to many of them. |
ifeminists January 28, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
There Ought Not to Be a Law On most of the issues I address, my underlying message is "there ought not to be a law." This is because the issues involve personal ethics, not public policy. |
ifeminists December 21, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Campus Conscience Police? A new Guide -- the fifth in a series of ideological survival manuals for American college students -- describes both the manner in which the right of conscience is being attacked on campus and how the tide is turning toward individual rights. |
ifeminists February 23, 2005 Ray Blumhorst |
For Battered Men their Batterings Never End The pervasiveness of gender feminist ideology in indoctrination sessions (classrooms) on college campuses is only the tip of the iceberg of the influence that gender feminist dogma, such as that concerning domestic violence, exerts over societal institutions. |
ifeminists February 15, 2007 Terri Lynn Tersak |
Senator Joseph Biden: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing Senator Biden needs to be reminded what we call those who use violence to suppress the will of their own people and impose their ideology on them. This is how VAWA has operated here at home. |
ifeminists August 24, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Will Colleges Respect Your Child's Rights? As parents hustle to buy clothing, repair secondhand cars and otherwise fret about college, they should consider how their son or daughter's human rights will fare on campus. Their freedom of speech is particularly vulnerable. |
Reason October 2005 John Hood |
Racial Blind Spots Book Reviews: The affirmative action path not taken -- The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action, by Terry H. Anderson... Affirmative Action Around the World, by Thomas Sowell... |
ifeminists December 10, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
Affirmative Action Insults Immigrant Contributions The crossfire of commentary about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review affirmative action makes one thing clear: The Left thinks it owns the concepts of "justice," "equality" and "freedom." |
ifeminists January 21, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Gambling with Race and Gender Cards The race card -- the accusation of racism -- is back on the table again. Like the gender card, it is being played too often. |