Category Archives: violence

Feminism Friday

April 14, 2007 · by · in Feminism Friday, op-ed, victimhood, violence

I haven’t managed to come up with a particular Feminism Friday post myself this week. Luckily I came across a couple to recommend: A specific Feminism Friday post from Erimentha on melding Western feminist theory with Indian feminist action: Here and Now A serendipitous find – a thoughtful post and thread from an Anabaptist blog […]

Blog Against Sexual Violence Day

April 11, 2007 · by · in Sexuality & Health, Solidarity & Sisterhood, violence

was April 5, and I missed announcing it here. Hopefully lots of you already found links to it elsewhere, and I’m sure that if there’s a post just hanging around inside you waiting to be written that it won’t matter if it’s a week late. Click on the image below to go to abyss2hope’s blog […]

Women online: coping with abuse, threats and cyberstalking

April 2, 2007 · by · in gender, objectification, op-ed, sexism, sleazebags, violence

There’s been a lot of discussion of the threats made against Kathy Sierra online over the last week. Many other women online know how it feels to be objectified and have your arguments trivialised or mocked because of your gender, and a substantial number also know about graphic threats of sexualised violence and brutal death. […]

FAQ: Does feminism matter?

March 15, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, feminism, gender, introductory, sexism, victimhood

Hell yes. 1. Society deals with gender in a way that, on balance, harms women. 2. This is a problem that must be corrected. [yami (Green Gabbro): Feminisms] Related reading: All FAQ articles below have links to further reading on other sites Harm to women: FAQ:Isn’t feminism just playing “victim” politics? Gender inequity: FAQ:What is […]

FAQ: What’s wrong with suggesting that women take precautions to prevent being raped?

March 15, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, introductory, Sexuality & Health, violence

This FAQ has been updated with an addendum 2010-04-27 Short answer: Because it puts the onus on women not to get themselves raped, rather than on men not to do the raping; in short, it blames the victim. [From Grendelkhan, in comments, emphasis added] Why taking precautions doesn’t work Melissa McEwan points out that whether […]

FAQ: Isn’t feminism just "victim" politics?

March 10, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, FWW, oppression, Sexuality & Health, victimhood, violence

updated 01May07 No. Women as a class are subjected to real hardship and oppression just because they are women. This is unjust. Pointing out that women are disproportionately victimised is accurate analysis, not “playing victim”. Witchy-Woo on the “will you women just stop whining” subtext: I think that those who would rather avoid acknowledging the […]

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