Monthly Archives: July 2002

Outrage Over Idaho’s Topless Car Wash

The Associated Press ran a story earlier this month about efforts by civic and community leaders in the Moscow, Idaho, to shut down a topless car wash. The controversy actually started several years ago with another group of women who … Continue reading

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Does Michigan’s Sexual Harassment Law Violate the First Amendment?

Wayne State University Law School professor Kingsley Browne wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News earlier this month arguing that Michigan’s sexual harassment statute violates the First Amendment. He was specifically referring to Burns v. City of Detroit in which … Continue reading

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Hilariously Hypocritical Big Brother 2 Lawsuit

Krista Stegall, who was a contestant on “Big Brother 2″, has filed a lawsuit against CBS over the criteria it used to choose contestants. In one episode another contestant, Justin Sebik, apparently put a knife to Stegall’s throat and ask … Continue reading

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World’s Outrage Directed at Pakistan Rape Case

Pakistan bore the full brunt of world outrage this month after published reports that a tribal council sentenced a 30-year-old woman to be forcibly raped by four men as punishment for her brother’s alleged affair with a woman of a … Continue reading

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South African Education Minister Calls for Women Only Train Cars

South African Education Minister Kader Asmal this week suggested that female-only train cars need to be created in order to reduce the level of violence directed at women on South Africa’s public transportation system. Since the end of apartheid, South … Continue reading

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Cathy Young on Disparities in Punishing Male and Female Killers

As usual, Cathy Young weighs in the July issue of Reason with an excellent examination of disparities in how male and female killers are treated by the American justice system. Of particular interest is the fact that feminists almost never … Continue reading

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Abortion=Suicide Bombers

Star Parker has a column in USA Today in which she compares women who have abortions to suicide bombers. Parker opens up her column by claiming that, After Sept. 11, some evangelical ministers suggested the moral state of our country … Continue reading

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