Some useful things you might teach your children in our rape culture
This particular nugget comes from Pharyngula, where a post from PZ addressing rape culture led to a predictable influx of the usual victim-blaming rape myths as if they were commensense truths, leading to a predictably forceful pushback from the Pharyngulites, who do not let that crap stand. If readers would like to add their own favourite links addressing rape myths/culture in comments, I’d really like to see them.
Internet Misogyny Datapoint: the hatefest aimed at Anita Sarkeesian
Every time women on the internet point out how routine it is for a woman’s mere presence on the internet to provoke squadrons of flying he-man-she-hater monkeys to post floods of vile abuse, someone reckons that it’s not really that bad and women should just get thicker skins/lighten up/stop whining etc.
This is a reality, and it doesn’t go away if we don’t talk about it.
s.e.smith has an important and powerful post up at Tiger Beatdown regarding our collective habit of silence about the hate mail bloggers receive.
Some of this bloke’s friends will be defending him right now
Man admits to elaborate online stalking campaign against girlfriend: will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty at Southampton magistrates’ court on Monday to a charge of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Femmostroppo Reader April 6, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Nina Funnell on the festive spike in domestic violence
A combination of financial strain, families spending more time together, and increased alcohol consumption contribute to the rise in figures. It is timely then, that this month NSW Minister for Women Jodi McKay launched a new website to offer information and practical support to victims of domestic violence and their supporters.
Assault and battery on the Amazing Race
Does anyone here keep up with The Amazing Race? I’ve just been completely wigged out by the casual showing of partner-on-partner abuse, including assault and battery. No one on the show said a word or attempted to intervene. Just expected “rougher than usual handling”, I suppose? Justified in the pursuit of a million dollars? Only [...]
Utah OB practice declares its misogyny up front
The Birth Whisperer (and just about everyplace else in the birthosphere) has published a sign posted in the Aspen Women’s Center in Utah, USA. Description: A teal sign on an office wall, reading: Because the physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care about the quality of their patient’s[sic] deliveries and are very concerned about the welfare [...]
Horrendous abuse of PWD in NSW State hospital
Concord Hospital in Sydney has admitted that they did neglect an elderly, ill man, and the New South Wales government is once again feeling the heat over healthcare standards. Cut with WARNING, for horrific negligence-inflicted injury to a person with a disability. Related posts: Horrendous autism “advocacy” video “Harmonisation” of disabled parking schemes: What are [...]
What cheeses me off – “parking permit abuse”
I bet this post is not what you think it’s going to be. What cheeses me off is Temporarily Able-Bodied (TAB) folk leaping to attribute accessible parking problems to “permit abuse”. (This can be broadened to other disability accommodations, also.) This is often their first and only response. “People With Disabilities (PWD) can’t find parking? [...]
Werribee rapist resurfaces from counselling with a musical boast
*** trigger warnings for Werribee gang-rape *** The Herald Sun carried this story yesterday, bylined Anthony Dowsley and Kelvin Healey. “Werribee sex DVD ringleader’s hate-filled rap song on web” (The title was “Sex bully taunts victim” yesterday.) And the opening line? [emphasis is mine] “A TEEN who posted a hate-filled rap about the Werribee sex [...]
Where to now with the #mencallmethings momentum?
By tigtog on November 11, 2011
The gendered cyber harassment campaigns are rank intimidation aimed at silencing us. We have to keep on talking about it so that they do not succeed.
Posted in ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, violence | Tagged abuse, blogging, comments policy, cyber-stalking, cyberbullying, harassment, intimidation, moderation, silencing tactics, threats | 7 Responses