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"Marital Rape Exemption" Persists in Many States

Caroline Johnston Polisi, Women's eNews: "Studies indicate that between 15 and 25 percent of all married women have been victims of spousal rape and some scholars suggest that this type of rape is the most common form in our society. Unfortunately, for survivors like Regan Martin, modern US law still retains vestiges of a misogynistic past."

Amber Waves of Blame

Media commentators love to reduce everything about women to catfights about sex, so it's not surprising that this belittling and historically inaccurate way of looking at the women's movement--angry prudes versus drunken sluts--has recently taken on new life, including among feminists.

L'Oreal Discriminates

French cosmetics company L'Oreal was found guilty of racial discrimination

Legislation to Make Office for Global Women's Issues Permanent

Amnesty International today urged the Senate to act on legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday that permanently establishes a State Department office focusing on preventing epidemic levels of violence against women worldwide.

I Know What Rape Really Looks Like; How Can the Media Glamorize It?

Rape is vicious, cruel, painful and damaging. I shouldn't have to explain this to you. But from the way our media treats rape, apparently I do.

DEMAND--see the film online!

Shared Hope International's explosive new documentary, featuring investigative footage of the dark and hidden world of sex traffickers, pimps and buyers. "DEMAND" exposes the men who buy commercial sex, the vulnerable women and children sold as commodities, and the facilitators of the sale within the marketplace of exploitation.

The Legacy of George Tiller

"It comes down to who is the patient. Is the woman the patient, or is the fetus the patient? One or other is the patient. I've never heard a fetus talk to me. I've heard thousands and thousands of women share their pain, their desperation, and their hopelessness." These words were spoken to me some twenty years ago by Dr. George Tiller, as I was researching a book on abortion providers' experiences before and after Roe v Wade. Tiller, who was brutally assassinated in his church on May 31, was one of the most compassionate-- and feminist-- individuals I have ever encountered. "Trust women" was his well-known motto, prominently displayed at his clinic in Wichita, Kansas.