Archive for March 9th, 2010

The National Organization of Women has just put out this call for President Obama to support passage of CEDAW. CEDAW stands for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. General Recommendation #19 of CEDAW addresses Violence Against Women, but says nothing about violence against men: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/recommendations/recomm.htm#recom19 Here’s the NOW... »

Want proof that you can make any ridiculous claim you want, as long as you say you’re stopping DV? The proposed International Violence Against Women Act defines domestic violence to include: “physical, sexual, and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the government of the country of which the victim is a resident.” (Section 4,... »

Woman Charged in Breast Milk Assault on Jailer Associated Press March 8, 2010 OWENSBORO, Ky. — A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she... »

Girls Too Coerce Others into Sex NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands) 5 March 2010 A new study has found an impressive number of young people force others into having sex. Surprisingly, girls are almost as bad as boys…. The scientists were surprised to find that more than 10 percent of all boys and 8 percent of... »