Dented Blue Mercedes: “Sex by deception” and the shades of yes
A series of recent rulings (and the media circuses that have accompanied them) in the UK has raised questions about what is being termed “sex by deception” — that is, instances where people who are...
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Rapetastic Catholic Misogyny
Christianity and its various sects harm women. In the early 1960′s, in response to the call of many millions of Catholic women, especially in the US, who wanted to limit the size of their families...
View ArticleDented Blue Mercedes: BDSM, Gender, Entitlement, and Jian Ghomeshi
Whether anybody wanted the conversation right now or not, it’s become time to have a conversation about BDSM, gender and entitlement. Over a week ago, Jian Ghomeshi, the then-popular then- CBC...
View ArticlePolitics, Re-Spun: Budweiser Stops Pandering to Rapists?
Budweiser, the perfect beer for rapists: Being up for whatever happens [even with its own hashtag: #UpForWhatever] + an evening environment that doesn’t include no in its vocabulary + all within our...
View ArticleA. Picazo: Address This Code
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on May 25, 2015. In 2013, Kimberly Hall, Director of Women’s Ministry at All Saints Presbyterian Church, wrote an open letter to teen girls who, in her view,...
View ArticlePolitics, Re-Spun: JRfm Promotes Rape Culture, Sigh
Is it only sexual assault if he rapes her? A male person didn’t run up to CBC-tv’s Megan Batchelor on air in Squamish and shout, “Fuck Her Right in the Pussy.” Maybe he knows people can get fired for...
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA – Tea Consent
Greetings and good day gentle readers. Today’s PSA is a helpful video on consent that should help make clear what it is and how it works with regards to initiating sexy times with people. Filed under:...
View ArticleFive of Five: Amanda Marcotte: Reddit and Creepshots
Marcotte: If women have to be in your porn whether they like it or not, you can hardly complain if your real identity is outed To which a commenter replies: Candid pictures do not make pornography....
View ArticleFive of Five: Amanda Marcotte: Reddit and Creepshots
Marcotte:If women have to be in your porn whether they like it or not, you can hardly complain if your real identity is outedTo which a commenter replies:Candid pictures do not make pornography....
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: The Experiences of Females and Males in Society are Markedly...
Posts like these are periodic reminder to my male readership that the way society treats you, and the way you expect to be treated isn’t the gold standard. If you happen to be a double XX’er then,...
View ArticleTHE FIFTH COLUMN: On the Justice System, Presumption of Innocence & the Me...
Me Too Movement The Me Too movement (or #MeToo movement), with many local and international alternatives, is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault.[1][2][3] #MeToo spread virally in...
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