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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Where domestic violence is concerned, women are a legally privileged class. People make fun of female-instigated violence, whether against boys or men, because they are uncomfortable about it, and it is taboo in our society.
When a woman molests a boy or beats up a man or boy, she is either portrayed as a victim herself, or else is in thrall to a female-specific psychological disorder. If Andrea Yates or Mary Winkler were men, they would both be in prison for a very long time.
This is one area where the right and left-wing feminists are aligned, and legislation such as VAWA and statewide laws allowing funding for shelters that only serve women are part of the reason why this myth persists - it's an industry that feeds off the feminist bigotry that spawned it in the first place.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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