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• I think that many items on this list are a sad inventory of everyday sexism that women face; it was very nice of your uncle acknowledge how difficult it can be for women to get equal treatment in today's world.
  (posted to Why Men Are Happier, Or: Why My Uncle Should Never Email Me Again)
• I agree with you 100%. The article is on the victim's recovery and survival, and the victim blaming in the comments is shocking. From the comments, I gathered that I should never go running or even leave my house alone
  (posted to Victim Blaming / Consciousness-Raising)
• Good for you! Standing up against family members is hugely difficult. The wording could have been a bit better, but I'm sure your cousin got the message. Its nice that she has a such a good role model who speaks
  (posted to Six Flags fun turned into my stand for gay rights )
• *spoilers* I saw this movie and I considered it to be fairly misogynist.It was interesting when the movie just concerned the zombie girl, but I thought it got really bad when the boys began to look for a "suitable" (i.e.
  (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
• did anyone else read about the woman at University in Brazil who was expelled and harassed for wearing a short dress? The way other students treated her is scary and horrible http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33771623?GT1=43001
  (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)

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• This is a little nit-picky, but could we call the "Men's Rights Groups" what they are and refer to them as "Anti-Woman Groups"? Men have their own set of inequalities to fight, whether it's registration for the draft, stigmatization of (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• I don't take DoubleX seriously (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• Kristol called BPA “a synthetic estrogen” and “a chemical variant of estrogen.” Neither is true. Calling BPA “a synthetic estrogen” implies that it is somehow intended to be an artificially made estrogen, and this is quite simply false. Part of (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• I agree a different name that denotes the true nature of their goals and activities would be more appropriate, but "Anti-Woman Groups" is too broad. It could be applied to a great many other groups that aren't in line with (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• I just picked up Jessica's book "Yes means Yes!". I have the hardest time putting this book down. The essays I've covered have been phenomenal to say the least. My favorite article thus far is Thomas Macaulay Millar's essay "Toward (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)

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