Yearly Archives: 2001

Sisterhood is Powerful — Unless You Happen to be Stuck in Afghanistan

At the end of October, the Village Voice ran an interesting article by Sharon Lerner examining feminist attitudes toward the war against Afghanistan. In hindsight some of the comments look downright silly, but women’s rights advocate Hibaaq Osman’s take on … Continue reading

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Canada Gives Parents a License to Kidnap

A recent decision by a jury in a Canadian child kidnapping case gave a new meaning to the word bizarre. The case started with Carline Vandenelsen, 39, who kidnapped her three children from her husband, Craig Merkley, 45, who had … Continue reading

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Ann Quindlen: Women Should Have to Register for the Draft, Just Like Men

Newsweek columnist Anna Quindlen wrote a column the other day noting that although 1 in 5 new military recruits are women, men are still singled out and required to register with selective service for a potential future draft. Quindlen argues … Continue reading

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9/11 Attack: Remember the Women?

For some inexplicable reason, Caryl Rivers, who works with the National Organization for Women‘s Legal Defense and Education Fund, saw it necessary to write an article casting the 9/11 terrorist attacks along sexual lines. According to Rivers, Working women are … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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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