tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40500542719919411002023-11-16T09:56:19.985-08:00The SheSheetSheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-14264247649850750982013-05-30T13:22:00.001-07:002013-05-30T13:22:48.950-07:00A Call to Action: Facebook and Gender-Based Hate Speech<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As I will be leaving college and entering the
dreaded work force I have been contemplating what I choose to share via social
networking sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often find myself on
Facebook and will find college friends posting drunken pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First I think, wow it looks like they had a
fun night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second thought, maybe that
picture shouldn’t have been shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
person who I think spends too much time on the Internet and in general,
Facebook, I find myself thinking about the politics of disclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As social networking is replacing face-to-face
conversations I’m beginning to think we are reinventing social interactions and
all use social networks for different reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some want to create Facebook pages for their pets, use Facebook to find
a partner, share every day drama, post pictures of their babies, and/or keep in
touch with friends and family members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why do we share what we share?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Countless times, I have found myself typing a status and end up deleting
it because I don’t know what a family member would think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With hashtags appearing on Facebook and memes
are popping up everywhere via the inter-web we are weaving in and out of
images, quotes, humor, sarcasm, admiration, news, social activism, and even
hate speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scrolling though the
Facebook feed is easily done with a click of a button, but what makes us stop
in our tracks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I’ve chosen to follow
feminist media who are on Facebook and that is where I get some of my daily
news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t help but stop in my
tracks when I was scrolling down my feed and saw a photo that was not removed,
but it was blatant hate-speech (Referring to the picture seen here).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If something offensive is posted on Facebook
it can be reported, but it may not necessarily be deleted due to their terms
and conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On May 21<sup>st</sup>
Women, Action & the Media (WAM), the Everyday Sexism Project and
author/activist Soraya Chemaly launched a campaign, call to action on Facebook
to take effective action to stop gender based hate speech on the website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The campaign has over 100 women’s movement
and social justice organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over
60,000 tweets and 5,000 emails have been sent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Facebook has responded to the
open letter with, “a important commitment to refine its approach to hate
speech.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a statement, “Facebook
addressed our concerns and committed to evaluating and updating its polices,
guidelines and practices relating to speech, improving training for its content
moderators and increasing accountability for creators of misogynist content.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds like kudos may be given to Facebook
for adjusting their policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, it
has taken this long for Facebook to refine hate-speech?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are adjusting policies because WAM, and
the Everyday Sexism Project would shame them until it changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As social networking websites are changing
our social interactions and impact our lives, hate-speech and acceptance of
violence against women should not be apart of our exchange of
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the campaign continues,
many companies and organizations have pulled ads from Facebook to show they do not
agree or condone hate speech, abuse, and violence against girls and women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some companies like Dove, American Express,
and Zipcar have not pulled their ads that are displayed alongside hateful,
violent, and abusive content.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
would like to support this campaign, tell the companies what you think via
Facebook or Twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use the hashtag
#FBrape on Twitter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Here is the Open Letter to
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that pulled ads: </span><a href="http://www.womenactionmedia.org/facebookaction/campaign-wins-updates/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">http://www.womenactionmedia.org/facebookaction/campaign-wins-updates/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></div>
SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-54912602068766831912013-05-30T13:20:00.000-07:002013-05-30T13:20:15.972-07:00Break the Silence, Stop the Violence<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Sometimes we take one step
forward and two steps back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately,
quite a few sexual assault cases have made national news showing empathy for
the perpetrators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is rape
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the Steubenville verdict;
the perpetrators never apologized for raping a girl but only for getting
caught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rape culture is victim-blaming,
slut shaming, and condoning the idea that sexual assault is a “women’s issue.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Another
large step forward, The Violence Against Women Act that recently passed again,
now includes Native Americans, and LGBT survivors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VAWA also keeps judges from being able to
rule in rape cases that the victim was allegedly “asking for it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rape culture seeps into news broadcastings,
TV sitcoms, politics, college campuses, workspaces, etc. Needing a law to
prevent legal victim blaming is rape culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need to keep a steady progression against rape culture, against
sexual assault, against rape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a
choice of picking battles or is it a matter of always interrupting oppression?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-43432986901961681102013-03-08T14:58:00.003-08:002013-03-08T15:00:24.179-08:00What is Rape Culture?<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Sexual Assault Awareness
month is nearly approaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find
myself asking what exactly is rape culture?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How did this enter into people’s vernacular?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does it mean to be living in a rape
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">A crucial aspect of the definition
of rape is the absence of consent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Culture has many meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
define it as a full range of learned behaviors and patterns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The degradation of women becomes the norm
through acceptance of misogyny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
rape culture images, conversations, and laws validate and perpetrate rape. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Validating rape culture in the media excuses
rape and reinforces myths about rape and/or sexualizing rape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shaming and silencing survivors of rape
allows the perpetrator to ignore the actions and the survivor is left with
guilt and shaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Viewing mass media daily
through images and advertising becomes naturalized going unquestioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to people asking, “Violence
against women is still an issue?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
rape culture majority of people think this is the way it is and no one can
change it or people ignore that it occurs daily at an astonishing rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Re-examining advertisements, music,
television, laws, macho-masculinity, speech and language are steps that need to
be taken. Being surrounded with these images, ideologies, and laws can seem
overwhelming and shaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Re-examining,
creating self-awareness, and naming the problems need to happen to end rape
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of teaching girls to
not get raped, there has been a shift on telling men to not rape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What made him think this was acceptable and
okay to commit rape?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is removing
the blame on women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By Gretchen D. Hawker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I came across this article “Ten
Things to End Rape Culture.” I suggest you take a look at it: </span><a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/172643/ten-things-end-rape-culture"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">http://www.thenation.com/article/172643/ten-things-end-rape-culture#</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></div>
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Alone, I close the door behind me</div>
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And let the image scatter</div>
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Let go of the smile, and the frown</div>
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Let the mask relax</div>
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Beyond words and expressions</div>
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Only me</div>
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Peel back the layers one by one</div>
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Back before this body</div>
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Before humanity</div>
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Before good and evil</div>
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Through naked primal forces</div>
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To when there was only blood.</div>
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The hot water falls red with it</div>
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It is the reddest thing I’ve ever seen</div>
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The original, universal, stark against white</div>
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Screaming its vitality as it flows toward the drain</div>
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No difference</div>
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If it is birth or death</div>
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The blood pushed out with a healthy newborn</div>
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Blood pumping from a man’s chest as his eyes stilled</div>
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I’ve seen both, and it looked the same</div>
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Inseparable</div>
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In this time, for this moment of every day</div>
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Such distinctions do not exist</div>
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Unity running red down my legs</div>
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The pain I have suffered, the pain I have caused</div>
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The gifts I’ve been given</div>
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And the gifts I have to give</div>
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All are embodied here</div>
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My life</div>
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Not draining out of me</div>
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Flow over me until the water runs clear</div>
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And step out feeling</div>
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Renewed</div>
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SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-25837174181505386722013-02-18T15:20:00.001-08:002013-02-18T15:20:15.560-08:00Reflections on Lauren Faust's defense of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'll admit something here that may sound a little silly. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic reminded me of something very important to Feminism: Female capability can take many forms. It's extremely harmful to the progression of womankind to degrade another female for not being "The right kind" of woman. This was especially important to me because I was wont to look down on other women for being too "cutesy", writing them off as shallow and pedantic.<br />
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Which is why I was agog when I heard that Ms. Blog (the online component of Ms. Magazine) ran post claiming MLP was "homophobic, racist and smart-shaming": <a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/12/09/my-little-homophobic-racist-smarts-shaming-pony/">(My Little Homophobic, Racist, Smart-Shaming Pony)</a> for which the creator of the show, Lauren Faust, wrote a rebuttal (<a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/">My Little Non-homophobic, Non-racist, Non-smart-shaming Pony: a rebuttal) </a><br />
(If you only have time to read one, read the second one- Faust makes a lot of great observations about modern feminism and what she calls the "Token girl syndrome" in TV where a female must be everything everyone wants in a women and ultimately makes for a terribly boring character.) <br />
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The greater theme overshadowing this exchange is the Feminist Movement and it's identity crisis. Richter seems to think all the ponies ought to look angry to show they're formidable- But really, <i>should</i> they look angry? Does not appearing defensive mean that they'll be easily bowed over and rendered incapable?<br />
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In the past, it may have been necessary to that all Feminists appear on edge- ready to defend their cause - because there was a good chance that their very right to be anything other than a subservient vessel for pleasure or pleasantries would be challenged at any moment. But is that defensiveness necessary now? Maybe. But not toward everyone. Being hostile probably won't win any sympathizers to the movement.<br />
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I remember an exchange I had with my estranged mother when she told me that her childhood Mormon mantra for womanhood was "be sweet", and was shocked when I was not particularly offended. Sure, it's not ideal, but sweetness doesn't necessarily bar you from capability. It isn't anymore progressive to say women <i>must</i> be aggressive than it is to say they <i>must</i> be docile. We ought to stop building new boxes for femininity and learn to accept women and girls for who they are.Varied human beings.<br />
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-By Elle Kelsheimer<br />
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P.S. Another related article: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5984756/blonde-self+tanning-essex-teen-girl-has-higher-iq-than-einstein-and-it-sucks-that-everybodys-so-surprised" target="_blank">http://jezebel.com/5984756/<wbr></wbr>blonde-self+tanning-essex-<wbr></wbr>teen-girl-has-higher-iq-than-<wbr></wbr>einstein-and-it-sucks-that-<wbr></wbr>everybodys-so-surprised</a> SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-5863528065325575252012-08-28T14:05:00.002-07:002012-08-28T14:43:42.485-07:00"What if your mother..."<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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not too distant past that abortion, while a still a divisive issue, was not
consistently divided among party lines. Believe it or not, groups like
Republicans for choice and the WISH list still played a role in elections.
Republicans like Olympia Jean Snowe, whose open letter concerning her decision
to retire may be found <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/olympia-snowe-why-im-leaving-the-senate/2012/03/01/gIQApGYZlR_story.html" target="_blank">here</a>, still served as example for me as to
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<span style="font-size: small;">As recently as
2008, I spent some time campaigning and talking to pro-choice Republican women
about why they should consider voting for Obama because of his record on
supporting women. Many of these women were older, and they remembered the days
prior to Roe v. Wade and the consequences of a world where woman do not have
access to safe and legal abortions. The stories they told me were horrifying.
One in particular, about a friend who was raped by her father as a teen and
then was forced to marry an older friend of the father when she found herself
pregnant, still makes me shudder. But
there were others: friends who were socially ostracized after procuring illegal
abortions, cousins who were forced to adopt out children against their will. (For anyone interested in reading about
adoption in this era, I’d suggest reading Ann Fessler’s “The Girls Who Went
Away”). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately,
since 2008 this country has been overtaken by a huge rise in anti-choice
legislation, which has almost exclusively been introduced by Republicans. And when the Republican Party meets next week
for their national convention it is likely they will agree to support a
constitutional ban on abortion without exclusions for rape or incest. This news is, while not entirely surprising in
our current political climate, disheartening, to say the least. More than 40 Republican House and Senate
candidates currently support a ban on all abortions with no exceptions for rape
or incest, including representative and current vice presidential candidate
Paul Ryan. Voting Republican now means
casting a vote against women’s access to abortion, and the implications of that
are frightening. Just this week a pregnant Dominican teenager passed away from
cancer because she had to wait over 20 weeks for her government to debate the
morality of allowing her to obtain an abortion prior to getting the
chemotherapy she needed. Just like
China’s controversial one-child policy and recent stories of forced abortion,
this is another clear illustration of what happens in the modern world when we
allow government to interfere in a woman’s right to make personal decisions
about her own body and reproductive health. News this week concerning
reproductive health has been especially emotionally jarring, from absurd
comments on how “legitimate” rapes do not result in pregnancy because women’s
bodies have ways of preventing this (see Rep. Todd Akin R-Mass) to the pro-life
activists who waited outside the home of a Planned Parenthood CEO in Florida to
verbally attack her. I just want to scream. I’ve said it before on the Shesheet
and I’ll say it again, we can never entirely know what another person is going
through or what the best course of action may be for them when they are facing
any impending major life event, including but not limited to a pregnancy. All we
can do is support women and empower them by respecting their choices and
defending their fundamental right to make these choices without outside
interference. </span></div>
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this floating around in my head, I recently passed a church billboard with a
sign that read, “What if your mother was pro-choice?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is an
argument I’ve heard thousands of times over.
Before I ever volunteered or worked at pro-choice political
organizations when I was a high school student at a diversity and leadership
training, I heard a girl tell me that she was anti-abortion in all cases
because her mother was raped and her mother’s family wanted her to abort. Had her mother chosen abortion, she informed
me, she wouldn’t have been here now. In my response I emphasized that I didn’t
think her mother’s family should have tried to pressure her into an abortion,
and that I absolutely supported her mother’s choice to have her. I pointed out
that thousands of things can influence a child’s coming into this world or
becoming the person he or she is today.
But that was all I said. I don’t
agree with the logic that just because something was right for one person’s
particular situation that it should be the rule for others, so I couldn’t find
the words to articulate a personal story—only one of the many stories about why
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following article
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gained a lot of critical attention, compelling me to again I revisit the “What
if your mother” conversation. In this
thoughtful post, Lyn Beisner addresses those pro-lifers who call themselves
survivors of abortion by describing how it would have been better for her
mother had her mother had access to an abortion. It is not that Beisner wishes she had never
been born, only that she loves her mother and, detailing a childhood filled
with poverty and horrific abuse, knows her mother would have had a better life
had she opted to terminate her pregnancy while as a teen.</span></div>
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against Beisner have ranged from commentators asking her to kill herself, to a
nationally recognized pro-life blogger who, without the qualifications to do
so, diagnosed Beisner as clearly clinically depressed and suffering from
feelings of low self worth based entirely off that blogger’s interpretation of
the article. In one comment, a woman told the story of how she was walking home
from school and was invited into an older man’s home. This commentator said no, and, according to
her therefore avoided an unwanted pregnancy.
According to this commentator, if you want to avoid getting pregnant as
a result of rape, it is that easy: “Girls just need to learn to say no.” These
are the constituents who the Republican Party seems to be listening to when
they claim to be somehow supporting women by taking away their options.</span></div>
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this going around in my head this week, I wanted to share a personal story, or
rather my mother’s personal story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Before I was
born my mother and father were married and celebrating a very wanted pregnancy.
Unfortunately my mother became very ill and needed to have an abortion to save
her life. Without the legal right to that abortion my mother would not have
lived. Period. Yes, she would not have
given birth to my brother and me. She also wouldn’t have spent years as a
social worker working to do an incredible amount of good in a variety of
communities. But what she did after, and even my existence is irrelevant here,
the point is she would have simply been yet another woman sentenced to death
because a bunch of strangers thought they had the right to dictate what would
be best for her and many other women like her. My mother is ardently
pro-choice. For her, this means she
wants all women to have access to comprehensive reproductive health care (or,
for that matter, any form of health care they may need). This means she trusts them to make decisions
about their own bodies and that should any woman face an unintended pregnancy,
she will support their right to decide to keep it, or not. I feel incredibly lucky and thankful that my
mother is pro-choice. Not because she
chose to keep me, but because I know she supports my right to make my own decisions.
That is all that being pro-choice means, and I cannot imagine what it would be
like were she anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I keep driving
by that church billboard and wishing that I could tell them that my mother is
pro-choice, and that I am exceptionally thankful she had the legal right to
make that choice, regardless of what happened to her afterwards. I wish I could find the words to explain that
if they really want to prevent abortions, the best way of doing so would not be
to attack or make assumptions about another person’s situation. These same
pro-life activists who are so against abortion are also often against making
birth control available and affordable or providing safe sex education. They
are also often against universal health care. Currently an unintended pregnancy
is the number one reason why women fall into poverty in this country. In other countries where universal health
care is the norm, women are able to take longer maternity leaves, they don’t
face the consequence of losing their insurance should they need to leave a job,
and should a child be born with developmental difficulties, they have the
guarantee that that child will receive medical care for their entire life. It
seems so simple. And yet a major
political party just announced that women who get pregnant, regardless of the
reason, should have their options dictated to them by strangers. They are
telling us that women are not capable of deciding when to become pregnant, when
not to be pregnant, and by extension how best to parent. Women do not deserve
legislation that patronizes them, controls them, abuses them or trivializes
their experiences. Too many of us unfortunately already know from personal
experience that avoiding rape or an unintended and unwanted pregnancy is not as
simple as just saying no. And it is time for us to stand up and remind the out
of touch GOP that we are simply no longer going to stand for having our rights
taken away. A famous woman who fought for our right to have a voice, Susan B.
Anthony, once said, “no self respecting woman should wish or work for the
success of a party that ignores her sex.”
Please remember that as we near fall 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In closure, I
want to draw your attention to the following open letter to Representative
Trent Franks, which I strongly suggest everyone read: <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/19/open-letter-to-representative-trent-franks-what-caring-about-women-and-babies-rea">http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/19/open-letter-to-representative-trent-franks-what-caring-about-women-and-babies-rea</a></span></div>
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As I have mentioned in one of my earlier postings I am a student here at Portland State, and I am writing in the context of a student in my senior Capstone "Sexual Assault on the College Campus." This class has been extremely insightful and educational for me, and so I would like to extend an invitation to you. I would like to offer an opportunity to you for a Senior Capstone you could take if you are looking for one. It is called "<a href="http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/sexual-assault-education-theater">Sexual Assault Education Theatre</a>." The link will take you to the website for the capstone so you can look more into it. This is a class that will not only fulfill your need for a capstone credit, but it will also fulfill you in your journey to do good for the greater public, and for our campus in general. Knowledge is power, and you can take this knowledge and help support the cause to end sexual assault! So take a look at the website, and decide for yourself! Also, if the theater aspect of the class scares you, the capstone I am in right now for the summer term is not a theater based class, so if that is more interesting to you, then wait for next summer!<br />
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What: A bake sale with Gluten free chocolate cupcakes, and vanilla and chocolate regular cupcakes</div>
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Why: Raising awareness for sexual assault, and all of the proceeds go to making SANE kits</div>
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So come out, buy a cupcake and support the WRC, and the fight to end sexual assault! </div>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-78846745327187317202012-08-03T20:21:00.001-07:002012-08-03T20:21:50.545-07:00Choosing Not to be a Mother By Katie Moon<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am currently taking a class right now called “Human
Development in the Family Setting.” For our discussion this week we had to read
an article titled, <a href="http://bbc.in/q6qQNw">“The Women Who Choose Not to be Mothers.”</a> I was asked to explain the reasons why I thought women were choosing not to become mothers, based on the number of these women going up in the last few decades. It is historical that women have been placed in the role as wife and mother since the beginning of time. It is no secret that a woman's worth was primarily founded upon her ability to reproduce. A King would marry and if his Queen could not reproduce or could not produce an heir (male child) he would be onto the next woman who could do so. This instilled the woman's worth in her ability to reproduce at a very early time in our history. Could you imagine if it were somehow placed as the man's burden to reproduce? How would our culture change if it were the man's job to reproduce? Would we still have placed the same level of importance upon it, and made it so that was what defined these men? It was so common though for women, and has been the way of life as we know it until more recently. It is becoming more common, and more accepted that women choose not to become mothers. Not only with the aid of birth control becoming widely accessible, but also due to more women being in the workforce. Women who are married or in a partnership of some kind are now depended upon to help with the income. A woman helping with the income for the household might find it difficult to also raise a child, and so she then decided motherhood is not for her. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many skeptics out there trying to find some more substantial reasoning behind why a woman would not want to be a mother, because it's hard for them to understand it. They then come up with reasons such as, "she hasn't found the right person to raise a child with," or " eventually when she is more settled she will then want to have a child." As our Nation, and as our world grows and develops I think it is much more acceptable for women to not rear children. It doesn't make them any less of a woman because of it. Or does it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the flip side we see working women who get little to no time off for maternity leave. Managers making it appear that their lack of understanding for maternity leave was some sort of punishment for these women becoming pregnant in the first place. In a recent article from the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-k-wertheimer/marissa-mayer_b_1683859.html">Huffington Post</a>, a woman speaks out about the inner turmoil she experienced when deciding how much maternity leave she wanted. Often though, women are not given an option, and some are not even given their original job back after having had their baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Both of these debates are becoming increasingly more talked about with the amount of women entering the workforce increasing each year. Read through the articles and tell us what you think? Leave your comments/ opinions!</span><br />
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American Women’s Health Education Resource Education Center found that
thousands of Native American women do not have access to emergency
contraception. These same women face a higher prevalence of sexual assault. They also encounter far more barriers to
receiving comprehensive health care and “due process” following an assault. The
report, (which can be found here: </span><a href="http://www.nativeshop.org/images/stories/media/pdfs/Plan-B-Report.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.nativeshop.org/images/stories/media/pdfs/Plan-B-Report.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> ), includes the voices and perspectives of many Native
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In 2010, a pregnant woman in Indiana
attempted suicide after her boyfriend abandoned her. While she survived, her newborn died shortly
after birth. She has been charged with
both murder and feticide. Recently, she turned down a plea deal which carried a
sentence of 20 years. She is the first woman in Indiana to ever be charged with
murder of her own unborn child. You can find out more about her story, which
has been moving through the Indiana court system for the past couple of years
and setting a dangerous precedent for other women here: </span><a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/16/bei-bei-shuai-rejects-plea-deal-she-wants-to-clear-her-name"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/07/16/bei-bei-shuai-rejects-plea-deal-she-wants-to-clear-her-name</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In April, the National Center for
Transgender Equality published a list of recommendations for improving
transgender sexual and reproductive health care. Among the many things I
learned while researching this guide was that, “One in three transgender
people, and 48% of transgender men, have delayed or avoided preventive health
care such as pelvic exams or STI screening out of fear of discrimination or
disrespect.” (read more here: </span><a href="http://www.transequality.org/Resources/Factsheet_TransSexualandReproHealth_April2012.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.transequality.org/Resources/Factsheet_TransSexualandReproHealth_April2012.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lastly, this video, about a couple
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's about time right? The ever classic argument of whether or not women's sports are on the same level as men is both exhausting and annoying. Individual women athletes in the past have been recognized for their greatness, but women sports in general do not have the same respect that men's sports do. So perhaps with the opening of the Olympics today women really can show the world what they are made of this year?!</span></div>
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However, just as quickly as I get excited about what women are doing in the arena of sport, I am quickly discouraged by efforts of people who diminish women athletes immediately by sexist and or racist comments like those made of the Williams sisters in tennis on Twitter.<br />
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Take a look at the blog <a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2012/07/williams-sisters-win-cue-racist-and.html">Womanist Musings</a> to see what this author had to say about the different comments made about two incredible women athletes.<br />
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This seems like the perfect time to get behind these women in their fight for the gold medal in London! I wish the best of luck to the Williams Sisters, and to the other women athletes competing in the Olympics, may you play your heart out, compete to the best of your ability and have no regrets. Women: This is your year, 2012, London!SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-54566475909684317692012-07-26T09:24:00.001-07:002012-07-26T09:24:25.714-07:00It Starts With the ChildrenBy Katie Moon<br />
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Two Sundays out of the month I volunteer in the toddler classroom at my church. Just this past Sunday we had our big church picnic out at Hillsboro Stadium where we had just about 30 toddlers ranging in age from 9 months to almost 2 years old. There were 7 volunteers in the classroom including myself, so we were quite outnumbered. I always had one crying baby in my arms that I would be trying to console in some way, but if I saw a little girl fall down and start crying I would immediately put the baby that was in my arms down to pick up and rescue the fallen child. I started noticing however, that my reactions were different if it was a little boy. My first instinct was to tell the little 1 year old boy, "Hey, it's ok you're fine, you're tough." I would play this reassuring game with him, and felt less need to go to him to coddle him. If a little girl fell down, I was immediately to the rescue, rocking her, and kissing her "boo-boo's." The funny thing is, I noticed that I was doing that, because I had just read about gender socialization in my <a href="http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/?q=courses/sexual-assault-college-campus">Capstone Class: Sexual Assault on the College Campus.</a> These instincts are born from gender socialization and the kind of environment we were raised in and the kind of media we consume which often supports the notions of men being tough, and men are independent and don't need to be coddled. Further it leads to the notion that violence is accepted, because these men are tough. It is a cyclical pattern that can quickly lead to unhealthy ideas of what a man is supposed to look like and act like and it starts at a young age... thanks to yours truly telling these 1 year old boys that they are tough, and they will be okay.<br />
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Attached below is a video of Jackson Katz touching on this topic of gender socialization specifically. Take a look at the video if you haven't already, it provides great insight into how we can better examine ourselves, and our culture, and help put an end to the violent nature of the men in our society. Leave your thoughts on the video and on the topic of gender socialization, I would love to hear what you think!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Recently Daniel Tosh was doing an evening comedy show wherein he made a comment about rape jokes always being funny. A woman in the audience raised her voice and spoke out saying, "Actually, rape jokes are never funny." Daniel Tosh's response to this woman was, " Wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her..."</span><br />
Part of what I personally found the most shocking in this entire scenario is the part where the audience continues to laugh, even when the woman who spoke up left the comedy club that night in complete humiliation. This woman decided to stand up for what she felt was right in that moment, and was ridiculed for it. So should we point fingers at the comedians who try to find humor in something that leaves no smile on my face, or should we be examining instead the larger community of people who are continuing to support men like Daniel Tosh who make these jokes? Let us not be bystanders like the audience members, instead lets be more like the woman who spoke up when she could not sit down and listen any longer.<br />
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Daniel Tosh did go on Twitter apologizing for the joke he made, but a tweet he sent out immediately following his apology makes me question his sincerity..." The point I was making before I was heckled is there are awful things in the world but you can still make jokes about them. #deadbabies"<br />
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Below is a link to the blog post written from the perspective of the woman who spoke out that night at the club. This post gives further insight to the evening's events, have a read and re-post it to get the word out!<br />
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My question for you is... <span style="background-color: white;">How far</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is too far? Should comedians be allowed to joke about anything they deem appropriate? Let us know what you think!</span>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-89678664226448876502012-07-17T10:17:00.001-07:002012-07-17T10:17:34.763-07:00A Critique for Pop CultureAccording to the <a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/27/pitch-perfect-trailer-hits-wrong-note-with-rape-joke/">U.S Department of Justice</a>, one in five women experience sexual assault during their college career. This statistic is not only alarming, but calls great attention to the harsh realities of a college campus. Below is a link to the msmagazine blog, critiquing a movie trailer for poor use of a rape joke in reference to college students. Have a read, and leave a comment on your thoughts of the trailer.<br />
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Those of you that know me know I love talking about
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A few months ago I stumbled upon the website <a href="http://bedsider.org/">Bedsider</a>, which is operated by The National Campaign
to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The focus of the website is contraception, so
folks having sex with opposite sex partners would most benefit from this site,
but anyone interested in contraceptive methods will find a great deal of
information. It’s about education and
protection and not about judging or claiming there is one acceptable way to be
sexual. One of my favorite sections is
called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://bedsider.org/frisky_fridays">Frisky Fridays</a></i>. Each week an entry is written about sexuality
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safe sex outdoors. What will this week
bring? Check it out! </div>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-16143749428183499842012-06-27T21:31:00.000-07:002012-06-27T21:31:30.772-07:00For Carmen...By Tonya Jones <br />
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I was shocked last week as I scrolled my Facebook newsfeed and saw farewell comments to<br />Carmen Anderson. What?! As I read further, my fears where confirmed. Carmen had passed<br />away a couple of days before. I stared at the screen in disbelief.<br /><br />I meet Carmen a few years ago. I was taking post-back classes at Portland State University<br />(PSU). At the time Carmen was working as a graduate student at PSU’s Women’s Resource<br />Center (WRC). She was the Empowerment Project Coordinator. One of her roles was to lead<br />workshops for the group “The Sister Circle.” It was an opportunity for women of color students<br />on campus to get together and network. I attended one meeting and liked Carmen right away.<br />She was blunt and funny and always had her cute daughter with her.<br /><br />A year later, I found myself applying for Carmen’s position as she prepared to graduate with<br />her Master’s degree. The WRC decided to open the job up as an AmeriCorps position. Carmen<br />encouraged me to apply. After a couple of months of the interview process…I did get hired as<br />the next Empowerment Project Coordinator. Carmen gave me all her contact numbers. She said<br />to call her at any time if I ever needed support or help with my new job. She also wrote me a<br />letters of recommendations for scholarships (as I prepared for graduate school).<br /><br />It’s hard to believe Carmen is gone. After she graduated from PSU, Carmen decided to try her<br />hand at a lifelong dream…to be a comedienne. She soon began performing at local clubs in<br />Portland (often wearing her signature boa) and became a big hit. I had the opportunity to see<br />her a couple of times to see her work the stage. She was great. You could tell she had found her<br />niche.<br /><br />Carmen passed away after struggling with cancer. She had created a one woman show “Helloooo<br />Cancer” a few years ago, tackling the serious issue with her warm comedy. I had hoped to<br />interview Carmen for a zine. Carmen was just one of another Black woman comedienne (Rissa<br />Ris) in Portland. I had wanted to hear her thoughts on being a woman of color performer in a<br />genre that tends to be dominated by men.<br /><br />I will miss Ms. Carmen.<br /><br />The Carmen T. Anderson Memorial Fund has been established for the support of Carmen's<br />children, Derric and Mae Gayle. Donations can be made at the memorial event or via any<br />OnPoint Credit Union branch or the PSU Women's Resource Center.<br /><br />Broadous Entertainment and Blackstar Comedy Productions is having their first All Black<br />Comedy Line Up on July 27th at 8pm. it will be at Vertigo Theatre on 34th/SE Belmont. Carmen<br />Trineece will be a part of the show and a portion of the proceeds will go to her children's trust<br />fund.SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-55882608525003074902012-06-18T11:14:00.001-07:002012-06-18T11:14:13.621-07:00“The Bro Code”<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">By Megan Coleman
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How I met your mother is a guilty pleasure of mine. I would watch just about anything with Neil Patrick Harris in it and this show is no exception yet I consistently find myself cringing at the misogynistic undertones in the show. I’m not even really sure I should be calling them “undertones” because NPH’s character (as well as others in the show), Barney Stinson, makes it very obvious how he feels about women.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Throughout the show all the characters have their ups and downs and redeeming moments just like any other show. It’s definitely not all bad, and they usually show the consequences for the misogyny. How I met your mother even features two rather strong female main characters and although eccentric, they serve as a balance for the hyper masculine energy in the show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The main thing I want to talk about, however, is “The bro code”. Barney has created a list of rules to which men must obey otherwise lose their “Bromanship”. This is supposed to be some sort of code of conduct for all bros, but the behavior encouraged by the book (especially if you identify as anything other than a “bro”) is far from ideal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although it is a made up code by the TV show’s Barney Stinson, they have actually published a book of the code. While at Powell’s I thumbed threw it and some of my favorite passages were, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “Article 1: Bro’s before ho’s<br /> The bond between two men is stronger than the bond between a man and a woman because, on average, men are stronger than women. That’s just science.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “Article 2:<br /> If a bro gets a dog, it must be at least as tall as his knee when full-grown.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “Article 12:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “Article 16:<br /> A Bro should be able, at any time, to recite the following reigning champions: Super Bowl, World Series and Playmate of the year.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is 60 rules altogether and yes the intention of this book is a satirical but unfortunately there are those in the world that take it seriously. I laugh at the book because the rules seem so absurd to me but the socialization of men and women in our society starts from a very young age. I think that it’s really important for us to be aware what messages we are sending when we laugh at and or encourage gender socialization because either way we are at risk of continuing the stereotypes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Of course it’s important to have fun and laugh about things, for a lot of us it’s how we process information. I just think it’s important to understand why these things make us laugh. If you want to learn more about the effects of gender socialization there is a great film also called “the bro code” by Thomas Kieth. He explores how gender socialization can effect how we perceive the world. The Men in the Movement Action Team also does a great discussion and screening of this documentary. It’s a great film and I would highly recommend it to both men and women.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can see the full code at: </span><a href="http://www.thebrocode.co.uk/thecode.cgi"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.thebrocode.co.uk/thecode.cgi</span></a>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-3615116416705018242012-06-07T14:56:00.000-07:002012-06-07T14:56:44.294-07:00Sexy or Sexism?By Megan Coleman<br />
Student Projects Assistant<br />
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If any of you haven’t heard about the newish Documentary Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom I would highly recommend watching it. This film debuted at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network: OWN in October. Jennifer explores the misrepresentation of women in the media and how it could be affecting women striving for positions of power and influence. You can visit the website <a href="http://www.missrepresentation.org/">www.missrepresentation.org</a> for more information about the film.<br />
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Overall I think the film is great. It is a very powerful film that shows how the images of women in the media are affecting not only women’s self-esteem but their future aspirations. It contains interviews with young women who are struggling to find their place in today’s society as well as some very familiar faces including Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Fonda, and Gloria Steinem. Jennifer urges that the problem is not only the way women are portrayed in the media, but the underrepresentation of women behind the scenes making the decisions. She suggests that if more women felt driven to seek positions of power and influence that the atmosphere would be much different. If there was a more balanced power structure there would therefore be a more balanced portrayal of women in the media.<br />
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One of my favorite things to come out of the Miss Representation movement has been the “Sexy or Sexism” Campaign. The blog which highlights the ups and downs of women in the media, “Sexy or Sexism” is powered by the Women’s Media Center as well as <a href="http://www.missrepresentation.org/">www.missrepresentation.org</a> (You can find this blog as <a href="http://www.sexyorsexism.org/">www.sexyorsexism.org</a> ). The goal of this blog is to redefine sexy and to identify sexism. This blog is centered on critiques and affirmations about how women are being portrayed in the media and I found it informative ad well as funny. Overall the posts are great; they give thoughtful critiques while still being aware of their own possible bias. I particular liked the blog post giving a graded scale to the new television shows this year on the “sexy or sexism” scale. I enjoyed that this blog wasn’t overly negative. While they do have critiques they also showcase shows that are doing great things and I thought it was nicely balanced.<br />
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I think that the goal of the Sexy or Sexism campaign is an admiral one. I especially like that they are not trying to define sexy necessarily but rather start a conversation about it. The aim is not to replace one definition of sexy with another but to broaden the very narrow scope of what television and movie producers have identified as the ideal image of beauty. Identifying sexism in the media is extremely important especially since so many of us are passively ingesting the images on the screen. Overall both these websites get a big thumbs up from me and if you have some free time and or are bored of the normal sites you frequent give these a try I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-90068209430575980572012-05-21T14:32:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:32:54.522-07:00The War on Black Women's Bodies Again<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>Tonya L Jones</b></div>
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So, about a week ago I am
doing my morning ritual of scrolling the newsfeed of my Facebook page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of watching TV news, I like to find out
about what’s happening in the world via social media. I have “liked” many
groups on Facebook that I feel provide a better alternative voice for people
who are often marginalized in mainstream news (POC, the poor, etc). My favorite
page What About Our Daughters (a blog dedicated to the empowerment of Black girls
and women), posted a scathing review on an article that had just been published
in the New York Times. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The article was
called “Why Black Women Are Fat” written by Alice Randall (a self-identified
Black woman). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The article seemed like a
well-meaning discussion on the issue of obesity in the black community, yet in
the end it was just another mainstream piece to publically shame black women (it’s
a known fact that the BMI is racially biased).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If Ms. Randall was truly concerned about the plight of “fat” Black women
why not discuss it in a Black woman’s magazine like Heart & Soul (dedicated
to the health of Black women). The mainstream newspapers don’t care about fat
OR skinny Black women (I mean I haven’t seen any articles about missing Black
women, have you?)</div>
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The
writer of WAOD noted, “We get it, we’re Black, we’re a fat, we’re all gonna
DIE!” I could relate to WAOD’s frustrations. Within the last year there seems
to be a media obsession with all things Black women and not in a good way. We
can’t get any man to marry us (as if that’s our biggest goal in life), we have
the highest rates of herpes (the CDC had to retract that statement after
claiming they “made a mistake” in their research), we only have $5 dollars to
our name, and we are considered the ugliest of women (Psychology Today’s “Why
Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?”). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dealing with issues of weight can be hard for
Black women as we have to struggle against two standards of beauty, outside AND
within the black community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Just as Eurocentric
beauty standards can be damaging to a Black woman’s psyche (skinny, blonde,
etc) so can black standards of beauty (if you don’t look like Beyonce or if
your butt isn’t THIS big). It’s not surprising eating disorders are actually
increasing with Black women (Google: “Breaking the Silence: Eating Disorders in
Black Women”). I’m sure some of you have heard about the young black woman that
recently died in surgery because of a desire to have a bigger bottom (Google: “<span style="color: black;">Tragic bottom implant girl thought having illegal injection
would make her a hip hop star”). Black women are being pressured to fit into
two contradictory body types. While I will always bump Jennifer Hudson’s song
“Spotlight” it’s becoming quite disconcerting to flip the channels and see her
hollering at me to join Weight Watchers (as well as Mariah Carey and Janet
Jackson). It seems Black women have become the new target to make money off of
and what better way than to remind us about how undesirable we are. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">So, what’s my advice to Black women regarding weight? I
feel you have to do what’s best for you. It’s a personal journey. If you feel
it’s time to start being healthier then do it. If you are just concerned about
living your life then do that too. </span></div>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-8673973161588066432012-05-21T14:24:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:35:30.112-07:00<div>
<b>Michael Steen</b></div>
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<b>Men in the Movement Action Team </b></div>
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Tuesday, May 22, 6-9pm in the lounge of PSU's Women's Resource
Center the Men In The Movement Action Team and PCC's M.A.V.E.N. (Men
Against Violence Education Network) will host a screening of THE BRO
CODE: HOW CONTEMPORARY CULTURE CREATES SEXIST MEN. We always have an
interesting dialogue in response to sexist media and would love to hear
your thoughts.</div>
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Come join us in becoming part of the solution to ending violence against women!</div>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-26874580567033532062012-05-11T12:54:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:36:42.081-07:00Empowerment VS. Exploitation. Where do we draw the line?<b>By Megan Coleman<br />Student Projects Assistant<br />Office of the Dean of Student Life<br />Enrollment Management and Student Affairs<br />Portland State University</b><br />
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I am currently taking the senior capstone “Sexual Assault Education Theater,” it’s a really fun class and I would highly recommend it. While in class we were discussing the media’s representation of women, and how that representation drives what society thinks women “should be”. During the presentation the Lingerie Football League, or LFL, was brought up. I had heard of the LFL before and knew that it was a real thing but I had never actually seen any of the games. All I knew was that the LFL portrayed women in minimal padding running around playing football. <br />
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We were shown a promo video for the league that was framing the athletes as strong women who where kicking butt, they even mentioned that this was “breaking down barriers”. I’m not saying that these women aren’t strong independently minded people who love what they do. If these experiences are empowering in their minds more power to them, but let’s really think about the motivations here. What barrier is a lingerie football league really breaking down?<br />
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There is a certain historical narrative with women not being allowed to play sports, specifically the more violent sports like football. So in that sense, yes having a women’s sports team that is nationally recognized is a great thing (even though there is already an independent women’s football league….). I find it hard to believe, however, that this is the true intention. The promo ads are certainly framing this league as a step forward in women’s rights but the videos of the fans of this sport would suggest otherwise.<br />
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My favorite video, linked below, shows a reporter at a tailgate party for the team Chicago Bliss asking the fans about the upcoming game. All the fans are incredibly excited and pumped for the game but when the reporter starts asking about their favorite players, who they think will win or anything about the actual sport they were unable to answer. It soon becomes clear to the reporter that the fans are not there for the game but for the view. <br />
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So if the fans themselves aren’t recognizing the sportsmanship happening on the field, what is the point? It was clear by the commentary of the fans that it was about watching women in lingerie not football. A few people in my class compared it to mud/jello wrestling or other such activities. I have a hard time being convinced that this is an attempt to bring credibility to female sports when most of the fans have no idea what is actually going on. The LFL website says its mission statements is, “The Lingerie Football League has become the Ultimate Fan-Driven Live Sports Phenomenon - Blending Action, Impact and Beauty." They even refer to the league as “true fantasy football” not really a compelling argument for a truly progressive idea.<br />
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There has been a lot of debate over whether or not the portrayal of women scantily clad is a form of empowerment. The “slutwalk,” where women protest the idea that dressing provocatively makes your to blame for any sexual assaults that may occur is just one example of how women use their bodies to make a statement. Many, but not all participating in the slutwalk dress provocatively to protest the idea that the way you dress puts you at fault for other people’s actions.<br />
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I think, honestly, it comes down to motivation. The people in the slutwalk are dressing in a dramatized way in order to protest a particular statement about sexual assault survivors. The LFL athletes are dressing in a particular way, from what I can gather, to sell tickets. To me there is a big difference but I think it’s a grey area that will have to be taken one case at a time. I am personally not convinced that there are any barriers being broken down by the LFL or that it is about female sports at all. I think that there is a huge difference between the ladies who play for the Independent Women’s Football League and the LFL. One is about the game and the other seems to be mostly about the exploitation of women. <br />
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Video Links: <br />
LFL Fans: <a href="http://youtu.be/I9nUddW-aa8">http://youtu.be/I9nUddW-aa8</a><br />
Website Links:<br />
LFL: <a href="http://www.lflus.com/">http://www.lflus.com/</a><br />
Independent Women’s Football League: <a href="http://www.iwflsports.com/">http://www.iwflsports.com/</a><br />
Portland Shockwave, Oregon’s IWFL Team<br />
<br />SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-12449660349993304482012-05-11T12:24:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:43:49.185-07:00Photo Shop – Off the Page and Leaking into our Lives<b>By Megan Coleman<br />Student Projects Assistant<br />Office of the Dean of Student Life<br />Enrollment Management and Student Affairs<br />
Portland State University</b><br />
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I have to admit that I am a bit of a reality TV junky. Not all reality television mind you, mostly the competitions; American Idol, The Voice, and most recently American’s Next Top Model. I love seeing all the fabulous photo shoots and the crazy things they do with hair and makeup. The show overall is probably not the best show in the world, and they’ve done some things in the past that I really didn’t agree with but this season something came up that I thought was interesting.<br />
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In episode 6 of the current season they were told that their weekly competition would be to create a music video. In order to do their best in the video they were given dance lessons by Tyra Banks. They were told to put on something called “the booty tooch”; which is pretty much spanx with extra padding so that you look like you have a bigger butt.<br />
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One contestant, Az, who is known for her androgyny decides to pass on wearing the butt pad. Tyra Banks told Az that if she didn’t wear the butt pad that she could not participate in the challenge and had to leave. Az then decided to leave and it created a lot of tension in the group. The other girls than went into an in depth tutorial about the do’s and don’ts of sticking your butt out in music videos. Later on in the episode Az almost gets eliminated because of her bad attitude and apologizes for not being up for the challenge. Now I’m not a model, and I have heard you have to be up for some weird things when it comes to your photo shoots but where do we draw the line?<br />
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There has been a lot of controversy about the media and the amount of photo shop that is used make images “more appealing”. The constant drive toward a homogenized version of beauty is leaking off the page and into our everyday lives. If you go into almost any department store that sells women’s clothes there is a whole section of “body shapers”. Tight spandex to suck in our stomachs and thighs, bras with more padding than the actual cup size we are and now butt pads? Where do we draw the line?<br />
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I understand where Az was coming from, I thought the entire challenge was a bit ridiculous to be honest and I wouldn’t want to wear a butt pad either. Women are being pressured into looking a certain way so they buy these “enhancers” to help but what happens when the shapers come off? We are hiding our true beauty in order to blend in better and I think it’s sad. <br />
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So where do we draw the line? We are outraged when they photo shop the wrinkles off an older celebrity or when they take an extra 20lbs off the swim suit models, but what about our push up bras and spanx? I’m definitely a girlie girl and I love to straighten my curly hair and put on makeup every day. I could make the case that I do it because I like to do it but what are my underlying motivations? We live in a world where we are constantly trying to enhance or improve upon one thing or another and it’s definitely got me thinking.<br />
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I’m not saying I’ll stop doing my hair or playing with make up because I think those things are fun but I definitely think that we should evaluate why we are making the choices we are, and how it could be affecting our self-image. We are all beautiful in our own way and we shouldn’t be trying to hide what makes us individuals. I know that I’ve struggled in the past with my self-image and I haven’t always been happy with it but It’s something I strive for. In the worlds of John Mason, “You were born an original, don’t die a copy.”SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-34523616900198686482012-05-11T10:18:00.002-07:002012-05-21T14:45:47.550-07:0012th and Delaware<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last night the WRC's <b>Reproductive Justice Action Team</b> screened <i>12th and Delaware.</i><b> </b>And
though I've seen this movie several times, I still walked away from it
once again oscillating between moments of despondence and anger. I
wanted to share a few thoughts I had about this film, and why it
deserves critical attention.</span></span><i> </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt;">12<sup>th</sup> and Delaware</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt;"> is an HBO documentary by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, the makers of Academy Award-nominated <i>Jesus Camp</i>. The
film purports to show an unbiased view of two sides of the abortion
debate. It focuses on the intersection of 12th and Delaware in Fort
Pierce Florida, where on one side sits a Pro-Choice Women's Health Care
Clinic, and on the other a Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC). </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt;">The
film took over two years to make, but much of the footage in the film
was shot during the summer of 2009, when Dr. Tiller was murdered. I am
personally pro-choice and was interning at a pro-choice organization
that summer. The fear and sadness that permeated the movement at this
time continue to persist today as things become increasingly worse for
women’s reproductive health in this country. While I will
give a brief rundown of the facts and legislation surrounding the film
later in this post, I think it is more important to consider the human
side shown in this work. The most striking
aspect of this documentary is how both the pro-choice and the pro-life
sides passionately believe in the work they do. Moreover, this
film offers an honest look at women facing unintended pregnancies and
how their lives are permanently affected by the ideological war waged
around them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">For me, the most difficult scene to watch in <i>12<sup>th</sup> and Delaware</i> occurs
when a young mother of two who faces an unintended pregnancy confesses
to the director of the Pregnancy Care Center, Anne, that her partner is
abusive. Anne’s response to this information, “The baby might change him.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Later,
at the A Woman's World clinic across the street, the director, Candace,
discovers that another young girl has been misinformed by Anne
concerning how far along she is in her pregnancy, and has to break the
news to the teen that it is actually closer to ten weeks. As the girl leaves, Candace tells the camera, </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">"They lie to patients about how far along they are, because clinics go to ten to twelve weeks, and that's it." Later
she rhetorically asks of the Pregnancy Care Center volunteers, "Why are
you messing up these girl's lives? Why are you playing around with them
like that?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The
answer is simple, yet heartbreaking: because Anne is pro-life, she
believes that she has a duty to prevent a women from choosing to have an
abortions at any cost and regardless of that woman's personal
circumstances. Over the past two decades thousands of Crisis Pregnancy
Centers like Anne’s have been set up across the country. Often
mistakenly listed as abortion services and given names designed to
sound like reproductive health care clinics, these centers appear to
provide the full range of comprehensive services for women facing
unplanned pregnancies. They do not. Instead,
these clinics are often not even licensed medical facilities and have
no trained healthcare professionals on site. Often they are religiously
affiliated, but few disclose this information. They also are not always
subject to the same confidentiality laws that govern professional
medical facilities. They sometimes target their advertisements towards
young women in low-income areas. Their primary mission is to dissuade
women from having an abortion. Occasionally they accomplish this by
providing some minute financial support or aid in connecting women with
adoption services. But more often their tactics are far more deceitful
than helpful, and support usually ends the second women give birth. The
film shows some of these harmful tactics; for example the brochures in
Anne's waiting area contain information about the so-called "harmful"
effects of abortion, but in order to ensure medical accuracy Anne
verifies these "facts" with a priest rather than a doctor. We have
several of these crisis pregnancy centers here in Portland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">NARAL Pro-Choice America warns that:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">“These centers may not give you complete and correct information about all your options — abortion, adoption, and parenting. They
may try to frighten you with misleading films and pictures to keep you
from choosing abortion; they may lie to you about the medical and
emotional effects of abortion. They may tell you that you are not
pregnant even if you are. This may fool you into continuing your
pregnancy without knowing it. If your decision is delayed, it could make
abortion more risky. It could also keep you from getting early prenatal
care. They may discourage you from using certain methods of birth
control that are very safe and effective. Crisis pregnancy centers often
pretend to be real health care providers — but many are not. These fake
clinics often trick women with false advertising. They may make women
think they will be offered unbiased information and a full range of
health services.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">In
response to increasing concerns about harmful crisis pregnancy center
practices on a national level, NARAL Pro-Choice New York conducted an
in-depth undercover investigation into New York’s crisis pregnancy
centers. In 2010 they released “ ‘She Said Abortion Could
Cause Breast Cancer:’ A Report on the Lies, Manipulations and Privacy
Violations of Crisis Pregnancy Centers.” Spurred by this report, Local
Law 17 was passed by the New York City Council and signed into law by
Mayor Bloomberg. This law ensures that every woman who
visits a CPC in New York City knows whether she will receive
comprehensive options counseling, including referrals for abortion and
birth control, whether she will be seeing a licensed medical provider,
and ensures that her private, personal information will remain
confidential. However, a judge blocked the law from going into effect in 2011. Politically progressive reproductive health organizations in other states
have also begun working on tactics to curb some of the more harmful
practices these centers engage in, but like many issues concerning
women's healthcare these days, it is an uphill battle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">So what can you do about this? You can come to the <b>Reproductive Justice Action Team Luncheon on Monday, May 14<sup>th</sup> from 12-1 pm in the Women’s Resource Center</b>, where we will be discussing </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">how
people can get involved in community activism around reproductive
justice (i.e. lobbying, rallying, volunteering with our action team and
talking about ballot measures that are coming up) as well as why action is so urgently needed right now. You
can also become familiar with the local organizations that do provide
comprehensive aid to anyone facing an unintended pregnancy. Backline,
for example, is a talk line here in Portland which provides support for
whatever options a woman may consider for her pregnancy<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4050054271991941100" name="1373cbdb7a139798__GoBack"></a>. (<a href="http://www.yourbackline.org/" target="_blank">http://www.yourbackline.org/</a>)
You can also recognize that the situation of every women facing an
unintended pregnancy is different, you cannot know where someone else is
coming from, regardless of your personal beliefs it is important to
ensure that all women receive comprehensive and fact based medical care
and strong support around whatever option they decide is best for them.
Using manipulative tactics towards any women facing the decision of when
to when not to become a parent is demeaning to women everywhere. We
ought to be empowering women to decide what is best for them.</span></div>
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</div>SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050054271991941100.post-61403412693002956892012-05-08T11:24:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:46:39.557-07:00<b>By Angie Hartlove<br />Chair of the Women Veterans Outreach Action Team<br />at the Women's Resource Center</b><br />
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The Women Veteran Outreach Action Team, a part of the WRC’s Empowerment Project, is as pro-student veteran groups. Free from association with any religious beliefs, political ideology, or military traditions, we endeavor to provide a space where women veterans and their allies can socialize, support one another, and get the help they need to succeed in college and at life. Even if you’re not a veteran, you may be interested to know you can still serve in a valuable role as an ally! What does it mean, to be an ally to veterans?<br />
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Understanding how to be the best ally starts with understanding more about veterans. Veterans are a special class of students here at Portland State. Firstly, it’s important to remember that veterans are male, female, and culturally and economically diverse. We must make room for all their voices and consider all of their unique needs. But veterans are diverse in more ways than may meet the eye: some are proud of serving, some are morally distraught. Some who didn’t serve in combat feel lucky, and some feel ashamed. Many veterans have strong feelings about their military experiences, and some cannot feel at all. Treating each veteran as a unique person, respecting difference, and not categorizing veterans all in one ‘group,’ is very important.<br />
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Not all veterans enjoy attending veterans’ events. Rather than being upset by this, it’s important to respect that for some, events are painful reminders, and some veterans are uncomfortable in crowds or with their veteran status. We must accept where they are right now, and remain available for them. Many veterans struggle with health issues: physical, mental, emotional, these issues can long outlast someone’s official involvement with the military and are very often not immediately evident. Besides offering resource information for treatment of these issues, it’s important to expect the unexpected, especially in regards to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other military stress. For example, we may need to offer a veteran a seat at an event which provides easy exit and a view of everyone in the room. Or we may need to hold our meetings in a room with windows.<br />
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As an ally, it’s important to not be overly-eager to tell a veteran, “I understand.” Few who haven’t experienced military service can understand the experience. Few who haven’t experienced war can understand the experience. It is essential to be a witness, to just be quiet and listen. Allow veterans the space to tell you what they want and need to share. Offer your attention, affirm that they are not alone. Ask questions, but be cautious to use words to benefit the veteran and not your own ego. Allies are an important part of our student groups, helping support and heal, and encouraging the success of our veteran population at PSU.<br />
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If you’d like more information on how to get involved with the Women Veteran Outreach Action Team, please contact me (the action team chairperson) Angie Hartlove at <a href="mailto:angie.hartlove@gmail.com">angie.hartlove@gmail.com</a>, or our outreach coordinator Britni Childs at <a href="mailto:bmimms@pdx.edu">bmimms@pdx.edu</a>.SheSheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022713318433686141noreply@blogger.com0