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ifeminists February 7, 2007 McCormick & Sacks |
Suppose Roles Had Been Reversed in Clara Harris Case Police squad cars all across America bear the slogan, "There's no excuse for domestic violence." Yet there is one situation in which the media and the public seem to feel that domestic violence is sometimes excusable -- when the perpetrator is a woman, and the victim is a man. |
Reason July 2002 Cathy Young |
License to Kill Men and women, crime and punishment. |
ifeminists October 22, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
Battered Women's Syndrome: Science or Sham? Feminists should take a real stand against gender violence and abandon the Battered Woman Syndrome -- a legal defense used to exonerate women who kill abusive men in the absence of imminent danger. |
ifeminists March 4, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
In Defense of David Harris What did David Harris do to deserve his cruel fate? He had an affair. It goes without saying that were the genders reversed nobody would be talking about infidelity as a justification for murder. |
Salon.com March 14, 2000 Foote Sweeney & Smith |
Sisterhood is powerless How feminism has made men's lives safer -- and women's more dangerous. |
ifeminists March 12, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Misbehaving Women, Chivalry Justice Feminism has told us that women must now be treated equally with men. That means equal rights and equal responsibilities. Isn't it only just and fair that we stop reflexively blaming men for the misbehavior of women? |
ifeminists December 29, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Pregnancy Murder Needs Study, Not Sensationalism Women need facts on the risks and their risk factors. For example, police departments should be pushed to maintain detailed records of maternal homicides. Women don't need deeply flawed research and scare tactics. |
ifeminists October 17, 2009 Richard L. Davis |
Intimate-Partner Homicide and Suicide My research paper about domestic violence-related deaths explains why so many people continue to know so little about domestic violence, which is not merely a women's issue since it impacts all of us. |
ifeminists June 24, 2003 George Rolph |
Reassembling the Truth While the Observer (UK) newspaper should be applauded for having the courage to publish a piece on husband abuse, they score no points for cutting edge and truthful journalism. I want to dismantle this article and report the real facts behind this facile piece. |
Salon.com June 28, 2000 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Race has everything to do with it In the wake of the Central Park assaults, it's time to pay attention to black violence against women -- and a murder rate that's still seven times that of whites. |
Reason July 2004 Tim Cavanaugh |
Defending Divorce A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that easy divorce in America provides some real social benefits, especially for women. |
ifeminists November 1, 2006 Wendy McElroy |
Don't Always Believe the Victim Two recent news stories differ in significant details but share a common message: false accusations of sexual abuse kill innocent people and devastate lives. The stories reveal the terrible human cost imposed by the often heard demand, 'always believe the victim'. |
ifeminists April 22, 2003 George Rolph |
Domestic Violence and the Male Victim Studies carried out on male and female bullies in schools and my own observations of abusers show a startling similarity between the two. This has led me to the conclusion that an abuser, whether male or female, is simply a bully who never grew out of it. |
ifeminists August 22, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Resolution 590: Why is Congress Ignoring the Needs of Abusive Women? Recently introduced legislation on domestic violence calls on Congress to support Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but what is it doing to help the perpetrators of this violence resolve their anger, their emotional pathology, or kick their drug habits? |
ifeminists June 14, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Women Above the Law? In a civilized society that prides itself on rule of law, rights go hand in hand with responsibilities. Does anyone believe that women should be exempt from that time-honored principle? |
ifeminists January 19, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Complex Issue Requires Complex Solutions There is no 'one-size-fits-all' solution to a complex and varied phenomenon like domestic violence. Answers will vary depending on specific situations. Both men and women fall victim to domestic violence. |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Diane Brady |
More Wives Head for Work As men cope with unemployment, more wives head to work. |
Salon.com December 4, 2002 Max Blumenthal |
Day of the dead More than 325 women have been murdered in the free-trade boomtown of Ciudad Juarez in the past decade. Faced with government incompetence and corruption, people are rebelling. |
AskMen.com |
Study: Bad Boys Don't Always Get The Girl In a South American tribe with the highest known murder rate, it turns out that the most aggressive guys end up with fewer wives and children than do milder men. |
Reason May 2009 Radley Balko |
Blowing the Whistle on the House of Death DEA dissenter Sandy Gonzalez reveals the drug war's complicity in torture and murder south of the border. |
ifeminists August 2, 2006 Tony Zizza |
Wrong Verdict in Yates Case The verdict that came down in the new Andrea Yates murder trial of "not guilty by reason of insanity" is absolutely insane. She needs to spend the rest of her life in prison for drowning not one child, or two, or three, or four, but five children. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Jason Bush |
Murder Most Foul In Moscow The murder of Paul Klebnikov, 41, a U.S. citizen and editor of the recently launched Russian edition of Forbes, casts more doubt on Russia's commitment to a civil society. |
ifeminists June 15, 2009 Carey Roberts |
Alice-in-Wonderland Justice at the DoJ The Department of Justice report, "Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research," purports to pull together the research on partner abuse, but the document ends up making a mockery of objective science and an impartial judiciary. |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Jeff Chorney |
Citizen Killer? A friend of the Black Dahlia fingers a surprising suspect in the legendary unsolved murder: Orson Welles. |