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December 23, 2004 08:20 AM posted by lisa : track it (0)

Will the GOP Nuke the Constitution?
The plan to do away with judicial filibusters is an out-and-out power grab by the president and his Congressional accomplices.

Down and Out in Discount America
To effectively battle corporate criminals like Wal-Mart, the public must be engaged as citizens, not merely as shoppers.

Black Women's Maternal Health Gets New Look
African American women's harder time with pregnancy and infant mortality has been documented for many decades. Now a study--involving business leaders, social workers as well as doctors--probes the problem from many directions

Spouse Abuse Laws, Mores Changing in Bulgaria
In the last decade, Bulgaria has begun to acknowledge domestic violence as a major problem. But, with no laws on the books and only a handful of organizations working to aid victims, battered women have few places to turn.

TV Makeover Shows Are Prime-Time Madness
In "The Swan" and "Extreme Makeover," women undergo plastic surgery and public humiliation on TV in a supposed effort to feel better about themselves. Sheila Gibbons calls it the merchandising of self-worth and a big prime-time lie.

One Study Finds AIDS Virus Transmitted Orally
The AIDS virus spreads very quickly after oral exposure, according to a new study of monkeys. If confirmed, the finding could be of grave consequence to women and girls around the globe who breastfeed or engage in unprotected oral sex.

Understanding of Painful Cystitis Grows
After decades of dismissing interstitial cystitis as an "emotional disturbance," the health care industry is finally addressing this all-too-real bladder problem, which strikes mostly women and triggers debilitating pain.

Gender-Bias Victories Pay More than Money
Gender-bias suits enjoyed a banner year in 2004 despite an increasingly unfriendly legal and political climate. Successful litigants, lawyers say, often measure victory more in terms of boosted confidence than dollars.

A True Safety Net
Social Security is the foundation of women's economic security in retirement – without it, half of older women would be poor

Les Fleurs du Mall
The pagans had Yule, the Romans had the Saturnalia, we have Christmas. And with it, extended mall hours and an excuse to go nuts

Girls, interrupted
In 'Growing Up Fast,' documentarian Joanna Lipper offered a piercing look at teen motherhood. Now her book lets six young mothers tell their stories in their own words.

What Our Troops Want for Christmas
The time has come to stop being cowed by accusations that criticizing the war is the same as criticizing the troops and to start speaking the truth.

Unmarried gay couples lose health benefits
Massachusetts companies, some of which pioneered so-called domestic-partner benefits for unmarried, same-sex partners, said they are now withdrawing them for reasons of fairness: If gays and lesbians can now marry, they should no longer receive special treatment in the form of health benefits that were not made available to unmarried, opposite-sex couples.

Controversial federal judge to step down
Federal judge Charles Pickering, appointed by President Bush less than a year ago without congressional approval, said late Wednesday that he will leave the bench.

Bush elevated Pickering, 67, with a recess appointment in January, which temporarily sidestepped the confirmation process. Some Democrats accused Pickering of being racially insensitive and harboring anti-abortion views.

Wells College accepts first male students
Wells College, the former all-women's school, has accepted the first male students for the 2005 academic year.

The students applied under the school's early admissions program after the board of trustees voted in October to make Wells coed, drawing protests from female students.

New lawmaker proposes death certificates for all abortions
A new member of the Montana House is sponsoring a bill that would require death certificates to be filed for all abortions that occur in the state.
But abortion rights advocates called Rep.-elect Roger Koopman's bill "mean-spirited" and predicted it will be defeated.
Koopman, a Bozeman Republican elected to the House in November, said he is introducing the measure because he believes women who choose to get an abortion should be made aware of the consequences.

Naked woman in rape protest
Artist "Lucy P" bared more than her soul to drivers on State Highway 50 near Napier yesterday in her bid to stop rape.

Landlord loses sex-for-rent case
A landlord was ordered to pay more than $66,000 in damages Thursday to 10 women who accused him of violating federal Fair Housing laws by demanding sex in lieu of rent.
The award against John Koch was far less than the $1.9 million the U.S. Justice Department had sought.

Arnie has learnt his lesson
Arnold Schwarzenegger says sexual harassment lessons have cured him of inappropriate behaviour towards women.
The Terminator star was hit by 16 "sex pest" claims while running for the governorship of California.
Although he denied being a serial groper, Schwarzenegger admitted there was "no smoke without fire" and started an anti-harassment course.

Most OB-GYNs sued at least once; settlements costly
About 70 percent of Maryland's obstetricians and gynecologists have been sued at least once, with the average settlement exceeding $1 million, a study shows.

Cambridge launches mentor group for women tech researchers
The group has devised a programme of career development activities including regional and national workshops, mentoring and networking. Later this month Women@CL is holding a meeting in London, where there will be a series of presentations from women engaged in computer science research.

Iran 'to execute disabled teen'
Amnesty International says Iran plans to execute a mentally disabled 19-year-old woman for "acts contrary to chastity", the alleged crimes stemming from her having been forced into prostitution as a child.

Amnesty cited reports in the Iranian newspaper Khorasan that said social workers had estimated that the woman, identified only as Leyla M, had the mental capacity of an eight-year-old child.

Intellectual Diversity in the Classroom
Although conservatives complain loudly and often about liberal bias in the mass media, the truth is that one is far more likely to read a conservative perspective in the New York Times than hear it from a college professor. At least the Times publishes an occasional conservative on its op-ed page. At many universities, just finding a Republican anywhere on the faculty is problematic.

Where has all the Girl Power gone?
Since at least the Andrews Sisters in the '40s, girl groups have been one of pop music's most formidable forces, talent- and sales-wise. From the Crystals to Labelle to the Bangles to Salt-n-Pepa to Babes in Toyland, they've also been a petri dish for feminism. In between odes to the rush of crushes, they've crafted anthems for Cherry Bombs and Independent Women, and provided working demonstrations of female bonding — aka, "girl power."
And in 2004, they're an endangered species. A survey of the MTV hopefuls in October revealed that these women in their teens and 20s could think of only one girl-group role model: Destiny's Child

Wakey, wakey
Sleeping Beauty hasn't always been a docile object, says Lyn Gardner. She's had to face a cannibal queen, a rapist king - and even a Nazi prince

In a voice rarely heard, 38 women speak for Mexico's silent generation
In the so-called developed Western world, every generation of women seems to get the book it deserves, or demands, whether it's "A Room of One's Own," "The Second Sex," "The Female Eunuch," "The Bell Jar," "Fear of Flying," "Sex in the City" or, heaven help us, "Menopause for Dummies."

But in Mexico, things haven't exactly worked that way. Forty years after Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" sparked a massive consciousness-raising movement among American women and helped launch a publishing sub-industry, many Mexican women are awaiting their feminist ur text.

Mother Wins Permission to Challenge Abortion Guidelines
A mother-of-five has won permission to challenge guidelines that allow abortions to be carried out on young girls without their parents’ knowledge

Parents kicked out of 'gay day'
Two parents who objected to a Massachusetts high school's homosexual-awareness day were expelled from the campus after a mother began videotaping a session.

Being Jane Launches Explosive Online Community
Being Jane Inc. announces the launch of www.beingjane.com, an online community dedicated to shattering the preconceived notions of women in society and the evolving roles that women are forced to play.

San Antonio Strippers to Wear Permits
Strippers in this city will soon have to put on something they can't take off - a business license.
The City Council on Friday approved a measure requiring exotic dancers to apply for permits and wear them while performing

Boy gymnast wants
to be on girls' team
A Wisconsin boy looking to compete on his school's girls' gymnastic team is now taking legal action to gain access.
Keith Michael Bukowski, a junior at Stevens Point Area Senior High, and his mother, Janine Olszewski, filed a summons and complaint against the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association for rejecting his membership on the team.

'No regrets about losing breasts'
Vikki Jones says she has no regrets about losing both of her breasts to prevent cancer.

Fox TV Asks Adopted Woman: 'Who's Your Daddy?
A young woman given up for adoption as a child will try to pick her long-lost biological father from a lineup of impostors -- and win $100,000 -- on a Fox TV program announced on Tuesday called "Who's Your Daddy?"

Early release of 'wife-beating' imam slammed
The Spanish deputy prime minister has attacked the decision to free a controversial imam who was jailed for writing a book which advised readers how to attack women without leaving any marks.

Uncivil war over girl's Confederate prom dress
A high-school senior who was barred from her prom because she showed up wearing a self-designed sequined dress patterned after the Confederate flag has filed suit, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated.

AIDS, war and women
WAR troops, consisting of men, are usually young, sexually active and separated from their normal partners. They often have greater access to resources than the civilian population and may frequent commercial sex workers. The military ethos of risk-taking can undermine HIV prevention even when soldiers are aware of risks. The macho attitudes that are part of military socialisation leads to casual indifference to protection as much as leads to exploitative abuse of power, including sexual violence. Military camps also attract sex workers and other risk-prone camp followers.

Ten myths about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide seems to be picking up a head of steam in the UK, with the Mental Capacity Bill's stormy passage through the House of Commons on Tuesday 14 December.

Dems' fake to the right
on abortion
Democrats must recruit pro-life voters if they plan to become the majority party again. So stated staunch abortion advocate John Kerry while addressing party supporters shortly after Thanksgiving at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Backfire: Turning Pickets Into Pledges
It's an ingenious idea. Create a no-win situation for anti-choice protesters — the more picketers who demonstrate outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, the more donations the Planned Parenthood clinic receives.

Still suffering in silence
Most may be too humiliated to report it, but PAUL BOWEN bears testimony to the fact that men endure domestic abuse at the hands of their female partners

Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Despite the five million extra tons of trash generated between Thanksgiving and New Year's, many people plan to 'go green' and give environmentally conscious gifts.

Her Kinsey Obsession
Judith Reisman believes sex researcher Alfred Kinsey is responsible for all the cultural decay and sexual permissiveness that she sees. And she's got the ear of the Christian right and the White House

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