
“Ma’am, give him the children and there won’t be any trouble. Alright? Do you understand? Just give Mr. Duckworth the children.”–Kentucky State Trooper Elliot
The Greatest Story Never Told

“Ma’am, give him the children and there won’t be any trouble. Alright? Do you understand? Just give Mr. Duckworth the children.”–Kentucky State Trooper Elliot

100 lashes for a young girl for ‘fornicating’ with her stepfather – who was raping her. Being made to confess to ‘fornicating’ in front of the registrar of the Juvenile Court – no doubt a man. Another woman shamed and forever damaged.

(CNN) — A Spanish study found women are more susceptible to guilt than men, and suggested that in the interests of equality, men should accept more guilt, women less. Equality considered in such terms is a shibboleth. Guilt is bad stuff; it poisons life, saps resolution and crushes orgasmic potency. No psychologist ought to wish more guilt on anyone of any sex.

Information on Sex Ed is vital – along with menstrual hygiene. According to Elisa Stein’s book, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation, when women gained accessed to feminine hygiene in the U.S. the two greatest movements in women’s history took place: Women fought for and won the right to vote – and the birth of the women’s movement took place. Lack of menstrual hygiene education and products demoralizes women.
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“It’s a Girl” is a new and provocative film that tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters’ lives, and of other mothers who would kill for a son. Join Leslie Carol Botha on Monday night, April 1 when she interviews a It’s a Girl director, Even Grae Davis as he discusses this ‘gendercide’. Holy Hormones Honey! audio streamed on KRFC FM Fort Collins
6 to 7 pm MST.

One Billion Rising began as a call to action for one billion women and men throughout the world to rise, strike and dance in order to call attention to the horrifying statistic that one in three women, which adds up to one billion, will be beaten or raped during her lifetime.

Men talk openly of my ‘rape potential’… why are they so vile to clever women like me? Cambridge undergraduate tells of shocking abuse by male students at elite university

On the same day that thousands of women stood up to participate in One Billion Rising, billed as the largest mass action to stop violence against women and girls, the sad news came from South Africa that yet another woman was killed.
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The interview with Kairos Youth Home and Family Services founders, Loren Fardulis and Bill Cremen is now posted. Their goal is to break the cycle of sex trafficking by providing restorative care and empowering the young victims caught up in this hideous crime.

A masculinised sex ratio has instead amounted to the increased likelihood of girls and women contending with rape, abduction, bride-sharing, trafficking, forced marriage, and various other forms of violence and discrimination