Monthly Archives: May 2002

Women’s Studies Course at the University of South Carolina Requires Loyalty Oath

CNSNews.Com recently reported about a women’s studies graduate seminar at the University of South Carolina that apparently requires students to adhere to the ideological views of the professor teaching the class. The class is taught by professor Lynn Weber, who … Continue reading

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Saudi Arabia Confiscates Risque Abayas

The BBC reported earlier his month that religious police and commerce officials in Saudi Arabia were cracking down on what they thought were risque abayas. The abaya, of course, is a head to toe black cloth government that women are … Continue reading

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Indian Agency Campaigns Against Child Marriages

The BBC reported this month that India’s National Commission for Women is trying to highlight he issue of child marriages in that country. Thousands of children, including some infants, are married on Akha Teej, which is considered one of the … Continue reading

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New York Times on Pakistan’s Application of Islamic Law

A few weeks ago I wrote about Zafran Bibi who was convicted of adultery by a Pakistani court and sentenced to death by stoning. The New York Times‘ Seth Mydans recently wrote an in-depth look at Zafran’s fate as well … Continue reading

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Laura Doyle Is Back With ‘The Surrendered Single’

Laura Doyle, author of the much touted/criticized book The Surrendered Wife, is back with a follow-up directed at unmarried women, The Surrendered Single. Doyle’s advice is predictable — if the way to have a happy marriage is through female passivity, … Continue reading

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Jordanian Woman Granted Divorce

The BBC reports that a Jordanian woman recently became the first to receive a divorce under a new law that allows women as well as men to seek divorce. Jordan used to allow only men to seek divorces — a … Continue reading

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A Sign of a Non-Competitive State? How It Treats Women

Radical feminists like to pretend that the only people who care about the rights of women are the socialist and Marxists that have dominated their movement for too long. But a 1998 article published in, of all places, the US … Continue reading

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Feminist Censors Try to Shut Down University of Connecticut Student Television Show

Do campus feminists have any respect for freedom of speech anymore? Certainly not at the University of Connecticut where 17 women filed sexual harassment charges against a student-run television show for allegedly creating a “hostile environment.” Certainly University of Connecticut … Continue reading

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Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 9 Years Now Hounded by Texas for Child Support

Clarence Brandley was wrongfully imprisoned by the state of Texas for 9 years. When he finally won his release in the early 1990s, the state of Texas had a message for him — he owed the state for child support … Continue reading

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