Give women control of their fertility and overpopulation and undereducation will fall. Give women financial independence and they will have the means to free themselves and their children from dangerous men.
Menstrual Shame in India Killing Girls
May 4, 2013 by 3 Comments
Like tens of thousands of girls and women across Nepal’s mountainous western districts, Sharmila was practising chaupadi – a Hindu tradition in which menstruating women and girls are isolated because they are deemed unclean.
The Million Dollar Question
April 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Leslie Carol Botha: Stephen Colbert really has nailed what is going on with girls and women in this country and across the world when he asks the million dollar question. How different would your life be if you felt good about yourself? If you did not wake up to negative messages about your body Continue Reading …
Mother Jailed for Sobbing in Court after Losing Custody to Abusive Father
April 16, 2013 by 25 Comments
“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 Bible, Impurity Laws and Menstruation Influence Medical Practices
April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The menstrual taboo has a long historical legacy and the Bible itself is not shy about tackling the “problem” of menstruation. Given the prominent position that this collection of books is accorded in our society as well as the number of people who claim to live by its literal interpretation, it is critical to examine what the Bible actually says about menstruation.
15 Year Old Given 100 Lashes for being Raped by Stepfather
April 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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.
Freedom from Shame – The Fifth Essential Freedom
April 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
(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.
Are US Women So Crazy they are Prescribed Psych Meds?
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Can so many US women really be mentally ill? Perhaps some are wrongly pathologised, but there is a rational explanation.
Global Collectives Rise to Defy Controls over Feminine Sexuality
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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.
Women Suffer Shocking Abuse from Elite Male Students
March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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
