Monthly Archives: September 2003

Nigerian Man Avoids Death By Stoning for Rape

A man who plead guilty to committing rape in Nigeria recently had his death by stoning set aside after his lawyers plead insanity. Salimu Mohammed Baranda admitted that he committed the rape of a nine year old girl and apparently … Continue reading

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Dowry Demands Still Major Problem In India

The BBC has done some excellent reporting over the past few months about the continuing problem of grooms and their families demanding large dowries from brides and occasionally resorting to violence if the dowries are not forthcoming. The issue was … Continue reading

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Violent Crime Continues to Decline, Though Rape and Sexual Assault Levels Off

In August, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the results of the 2002 National Crime Victimization Survey. Crime rates from the latest NCVS survey were the lowest ever recorded since the survey began in 1973. The number of rapes and … Continue reading

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Two Feminist PACs Endorse Carol Mosley Braun for President

The National Organization for Women’s Political Action Committee and the National Women’s Political Caucus both endorsed Carol Moseley Braun’s candidacy for president in a move that really underscores where both groups are. First, Braun is largely a symbolic candidate who … Continue reading

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Library Settles Internet Sexual Harassment Case

A Minneapolis decided in August to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against it by 12 librarians. The case nails the final coffin in any pretension that sexual harassment law is anything but a call to censorship. The librarians sued … Continue reading

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Secular vs. Religious Forms of Feminism

Wendy McElroy wrote earlier this year about how Islamic feminism presents Western radical feminism with a number of problems precisely because of Middle Eastern feminists tend to ground their activism in Islam. For example, in an interview with Pakistani newspaper … Continue reading

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Man Files Lawsuit Over Access to Domestic Violence Shelters

Eldon Ray Blumhorst, 42, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against 10 battered women’s shelters in Los Angeles that denied him a place to stay. Blumhorst called the 10 shelters in December saying that he needed shelter from domestic violence, … Continue reading

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