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Monthly Archives: October 2001
Should Americans Have More Babies for the Fatherland?
Some Islamic extremists claim that the United States is doomed because of our cultural degeneration, best exemplified by the general toleration (if not formal legal sanction) of homosexuality and casual sexual relationships. Conservative author and columnist Maggie Gallagher agrees with … Continue reading
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Pornography Is Just Like Terrorism — It Destroys a Society
The Salt Lake Tribune ran a profile recently of a Utah group that calls itself Women for Decency. Formed earlier this year, the group campaigns against pornography, which its director, Janalyn Holt, seriously compared to the 9/11 terrorist attack. According … Continue reading
Ms. Magazine: Rush Limbaugh is “Like The Taliban”
On its web site, Ms. Magazine recently posted an article in which it bizarrely compared Rush Limbaugh to the Taliban. The author of the article, Marcia Ann Gillespie, wrote, No, they are not the Taliban. No, our internal terrorists aren’t … Continue reading
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Feminists and the War Against the Taliban
In an op-ed piece for The Washington Post, Amy Holmes wonders why the National Organization for Women seems to be largely ignoring the United States’ war against the Taliban. Holmes notes that NOW did put out a press release a … Continue reading
Are Female Executives Too Tough?
In August the New York Times ran a bizarre story about female executives attending a Silicon Valley program designed, essentially, to teach them to be less confrontational and more “lady like” at work. Called, Bully Broads, this is an absurd … Continue reading
Does a Genetic Disorder Cause Some Anorexia Cases?
A claim popularized by feminists is that anorexia (and other eating disorders) are caused by unhealthy media images of thin women. In the past decade this claim has been undermined by cross-cultural studies of societies with very different ideal female … Continue reading
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Man Arrested for Violating a Restraining Order At His Own Wedding
In another example of the bizarrely inflexible nature of restraining orders, John Yount was recently arrested for violating a restraining order that Kim Schreckengost had obtained against Yount on January 18, 2001. Yount was arrested at the Meadville district court … Continue reading
Is Providing Fertility Information A “Scare Campaign”?
Marjie Lundstrom wrote an op-ed a couple months ago about an odd effort by some feminists to restrict information about female reproductive health. They objected to an ad campaign sponsored by the American Infertility Association and the American Society for … Continue reading
Mexico Overturns Law That Allowed Men to Claim Rape Vicitims ‘Provoked’ Them
Women’s groups in the Mexican state of Chihuahua recently won an important victory when they pressured the state legislature into repealing a noxious law which had provided for lighter sentences for rape if the defendant could prove that the victim … Continue reading
Kansas State Senator: Women’s Suffrage Is a ‘Symptom’ of a Sick Society
Kansas state senator Kay O’Connor, a Republican, made headlines last week for asserting that the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote, was a mistake. O’Connor had been invited by the Johnson Count League … Continue reading