“Pornography has socialized a generation of men into watching sexual torture,” Dines said. “You are not born with that capacity. You have to be trained into it. Just like you train soldiers to kill. If you are going to carry out violence against a group you have to dehumanize them.
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Dead Wild Roses: On Commercial Rape – Jacqueline S. Homan
Listening to survivors prostitution is important. Their voices need to be heard. Jacqueline S. Homan shares her experiences with, as she describes it, the commercial rape industry. “Do you REALLY want the truth from real sex trafficking survivors? Because those of us sex trafficking victims/survivors who HAVE BEEN
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Judge and the Hijab
I’m always impressed with La Belle Province and her ability to serve up controversy. Recently a judge in Quebec decided that a hijab was considered not to be suitable attire for her courtroom and dismissed a case when the litigant refused to comply with her request. The judge’s words courtesy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical(?) Interlude – Brahms and Ravel on the “V”
I enjoy many musical modes of expression – this isn’t one of them – but performing good music despite technical limitations is a worthy undertaking. And really, the V is only a few steps away from the trombone… 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Robert Jensen on Patriarchy
Sometimes its hard to put your finger on what exactly this mysterious patriarchy is. Robert Jensen does a good job of offering an explanation. Patriarchy “This past year I have written about rape culture and trans ideology, in both cases anchoring an analysis in the problem of patriarchy. I’m
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Michael Kimmel – On Gender and Privilege
I’m reading Kimmel’s book GuyLand and I shudder to think of what I would be if I had engaged in the sort of crap that constitutes the typical male maturation process. Filed under: Social Science Tagged: Gender, Privilege, Sociology
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation – Mismanagement That Kills.
Why should children have to burn to death because of bureaucratic mismanagement? The CBC sets the scene. “An early-morning fire on a First Nation west of Meadow Lake, Sask., has claimed the lives of two toddlers — prompting criticism about the lack of firefighting services on reserves. RCMP said officers
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Literally Genesis 2
When christian’s ask you to go read teh bible, it should go something like this: Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christianity, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bill Nye – He Does Think of the Children
Filed under: Politics Tagged: Bill Nye, Religion, Science, The Children
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Mozart, Sonata for Two Pianos, K 448, first movement
The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 is a piano work composed in 1781 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at 25 years of age. It is written in strict Sonata–Allegro Form, with three movements. The sonata was composed for a performance he would give with fellow pianist Josephine
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: My Thought on 50 Shades…
‘Nuff said. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: 50 Shades of Fail, Feminism, Patriarchy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Catcalling, and Payback.
Ah, another lesson on how to educate ‘dudes’. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Catcalling, Happy Ending, Street Harassment
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Liberal Media and the Ideology of Black Victimhood
Fascinating article by Thomas Barker- here is the conclusion. Find the rest on Counterpunch. […] Conclusions As with so much of the racial tension in the United States, the origins of the present situation can be traced back to slavery. In his ground-breaking work on the American slave system, the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Like Silent Flatulence At Night – The Sun ‘News’ Network Goes Off Air
Not many a tear was shed as Fox News North closed up shop. “Sun News Network went off the air at 5 a.m. ET Friday after failing to find a new owner. Programming on the channel was replaced with a Sun TV logo. Sun Media Corp. issued a statement
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Literally Genesis
Just read teh Bible, and seek the answers… What happens when you literally read the Bible. Man, that herb was good. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Literally Genesis, The DWR Religious Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Slightly Scary Musical Interlude – Viral Music Videos
I’m not sure if the CBC has done us a favour by curating the recent spate of musical ‘viral’ videos, although I’m not sure how I missed Darth Vader vs. Hitler from the epic rap battle category… Anyhow, viva la musica! I have the music for the Trolololo song.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Belief in Anti-Vaccination Makes You Dangerous (and Stupid).
We have a newspaper of record of sorts here in Alberta. I’ll be quoting from the Edmonton Journal to cover the amazing amount of stupid it takes to somehow think that vaccines are linked to autism. 1. They are not. [Pubmed, Google Scholar.] 2. See #1. “One in five Albertans
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What is Angular Momentum – Minute Physics to the Rescue
Physics! Science! Facts! – Entertainment that edifies. 🙂 Filed under: Science Tagged: Angular Momentum, Minute Physics, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Blame – A Barrier to Accountability
Let’s just add this to the list of things to be mindful of when dealing with the important and not so important people in our lives. How often does it happen to you? Does it happen to you? In hindsight, I can see that sometimes I do this and really,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: 800 maternal deaths a day is not gender neutral
The Arbourist: GW knocks it out of the park with this article. Gender is an oppressive hierarchy that is toxic to women, and that is where we need to keep the focus. Originally posted on glosswatch: Last week I wrote an article on the discrimination suffered by pregnant women and
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