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I cannot remember a time that sex discrimination did not bother me. I started my fight against it when I was 5 (1980) when my father told me I could not join a soccer team, like my brothers had, because I was a girl. "Girls take ballet & boys join sports", he said. hmmm. Education/Experience: Culture.Gender Studies.Criminal Justice. Interests: Human Rights, Social Justice, American Culture, Gender Studies, hiking, writing, Researching, Lilac City Roller Derby Affiliations: Food Fat Feminism: a great Blog..., Amnesty International, MADRE: Women's International Rights URL |
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A victim must fight against, not only her attacker, but her society, which, incidentally, is the root cause of her violation.
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Born into a very religious Mormon family, I was taught to accept very traditional gender roles. I witnessed first hand, the double standard that is the traditional marriage and family structure.
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I work at a dual-diagnosis drug treatment facility. It is a 60 day in-patient treatment center where the clients are court-committed. This means that they have committed (usually) some sort of drug re...
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has a very long and controversial history. When a comparison is made between the 1920's and the 1970's, the opposition to the ERA was extremely vocal, strong, determin...
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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court overturned a Texas ruling that refused women the right to seek out abortions. This class action lawsuit affected the majority of the States in the Union by decla...
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"Throughout their histories, police departments have remained remarkably stable, white, male institutions.... The entrance of women in large numbers changed the mix but police departments still tend t...
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Society fears the criminal. People do not want to be the victims of crime. So the idea that our government is 'tough on crime' makes people feel safer.
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I am a firm believer and I live my life as a radical feminist. Our culture has subjugated women in an effort to control her sexuality and reproduction potential.
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The most significant resource for victims of Domestic Violence in Spokane and Spokane County is The Spokane County Domestic Violence Consortium.
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