A friend and reader, gothicfeline, sent me a CNN story about a “John school“–a one day program for men arrested for soliciting a prostitute. They spend a Saturday being scared limp (sorry, couldn’t resist) by “former prostitutes, health experts, psychologists and law enforcement officers” until they understand that prostitution is not a victimless crime. This [...]
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Madonna/Whore redux
Posted in cultural commentary, Uncategorized, tagged prostitution, sex on August 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
BlogCatalog
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m unhappy, you’re unhappy
Posted in cultural commentary, news/politics, Uncategorized, tagged Feminism, happiness, Huffington Post, Maureen Dowd on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, women aren’t very happy. “Each year since 1972, the United States General Social Survey has asked men and women: ‘How happy are you, on a scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being very happy, and 1 being not too happy?’” And since 1972, women’s happiness has dropped steadily. And this isn’t just the [...]
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