Violence against women

Violence Against Women: When Facts Won’t Subvert Justice

Jonathan McLeod July 22, 2014

Jonathan McLeod looks at two recent court cases, noting the existence of rape culture and male privilege...

A Billion Rising (Or 51% of America, Anyway): The GOP Is Killing Itself With The Violence Against Women Act IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.zonnebeke-102

A Billion Rising (Or 51% of America, Anyway): The GOP Is Killing Itself With The Violence Against Women Act

Tod Kelly February 14, 2013

In 1978 in Salem, Oregon, a married woman who had been a victim of domestic abuse accused...

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Polytechnique

Jonathan McLeod December 6, 2012

Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. December 6 is a...

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North in reply to Marchmaine on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsYou wouldn't believe some of the shoe-string weddings without a bride I've been to.
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025There is utterly no point in running around mopping at the puddles and streams of anti-Israeli senti…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025You're not thinking clearly if you think that is ever, remotely, going to happen. The prize Israel w…
North in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025You say that about the West Bank but you have no idea. If the populace of the West Bank were as rabi…
Marchmaine in reply to North on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsHeh, weddings without the bride would be much more sensible... waaaait a minute.
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