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Séparons Féminisme
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Mardi, le 3 juin 2008 |
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L'homme devrait-il avoir le droit de refuser sa paternité ?
1927 - The Christian Science Monitor (August 8) quoted from an address to the World Federation of Education Associations (WFEA) by Dr. Augustus Thomas (commissioner of education for Maine) at their Toronto congress: 'If there are those who think we are to jump immediately into a new world order, actuated by complete understanding and brotherly love, they are doomed to disappointment.' He says the world must go through a long process of education '...until the cobwebs of the old order are brushed out of the minds of the people of all lands.'
Bazzo: une autre masculiniste
Lettres à Marie-France Bazzo concernant ses invités du 6 décembre 2004
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Dear Ms. Ruddle,
Re: Gender ViolenceYou obviously want, as an activist for a feminist group, to maintain your job status and income at CWF. You also want, and are required, to fulfill the expectations imposed on you by like-minded feminists, contributors, and your upper echelon — just like managers at all organizations and employers. (That's why managers are not leaders as much as followers: they are followers of the expectations of others. Which means they possess not power but responsibility.)
I believe one of your main expectations — an unofficial one, an inwardly secret one — is that you must always portray women as morally superior. This centuries-old portrayal of women is akin to the centuries-old effort of men to portray their sex as intellectually superior. Though this male effort has for many years been rightly rejected by society, the female morally superior effort is still tolerated, largely because of a chivalry that dove-tails ideological feminists' protective stance toward women. (For several decades, men have been pushed hard to revise their sexist views about women. The gender reversal of this push is yet to register in our collective mind. Hence, a knee-jerk, Duke-lacrosse-type of antimale mentality — which is almost identical to the South's pre-1960s' animosity toward blacks — is still alive and well, especially among ideological feminists, who ought to have learned from our racist history.
How does all this factor into gender violence? Mainly it has set the stage for anyone to see this violence only as something men do to women. It gives ideological feminists and many others permission to ignore evidence showing that men are no worse than women in such areas as domestic violence, that both sexes can be less than good role models.
Such evidence can be found in:
An Open Letter to the Judiciary Committees on the Violence Against Women Act"The Mainstream Media Don’t Report Fairly On the Sexes’ Risk and Sacrifice in War"
"We Often Have Different Responses To the Sexes For the Same Behavior"As for verbal abuse being, as many feminists say, a form of violence, here's a fresh example: “Caught on Tape: Indiana 5-year-old Says He Recorded [female] Teacher Calling Him 'Pathetic'.” (See) Hidden video cameras are increasingly catching females committing violent acts.
Please remember: Domestic violence is more prevalent in lesbian relationships than in male/female relationships. (Ask Barbara Kay for the source.)
Please also remember: If we don't take women's violence and abuse as seriously as we take men's, why should we take women's opinions as seriously as we take men's? After all, according to ideological feminists' own -- and correct -- definition of hate crimes, violence is merely an opinion acted out, a view transformed into behavior.
I've run out of time. I can't polish this to perfection. I may send a better-written version to others at your group and to the publishers of your commentaries -- for the balance they never seek and never get.
Sincerely,
Jerry A. Boggs
Male Matters
la couleur de tes bobettes? no way!
En commentaire à la réaction de Madame Evelyne Bertrand, au sujet de la campagne des P'tites culottes pour la paix.
Je comprends votre surprise vis à vis de cette campagne, que je trouve moi-même pour le moins "originale". Cependant, en lisant plus en détail sur celle-ci, on apprend qu'à l'origine, cette campagne tire son thème d'une superstition locale, selon laquelle "...il existe un tabou voulant que les hommes perdent leur pouvoir s’ils sont en contact avec les vêtements que les femmes portent en dessous de la taille et en particulier leurs petites culottes". (Source : http://www.ptitesculottespourlapaix.ca/)
De plus, cette campagne a été pensée et organisée par des femmes issue de cette communauté, pour qui ce thème prend donc tout son sens en raison de sa référence locale.
Je ne suis ni décideuse et ne prend pas parti sur le thème même de cette campagne, mais je pense que le fond, davantage que la forme, doit retenir notre attention et notre soutien.
A défaut d'adhérer à cette initiative, nous pouvons faire parvenir des lettres d'appui. Il n'y a pas qu'une façon de s'engager et il faut concilier nos référents culturels aux objectifs plus vastes qui sous-tendent toute action sociale. Mais je ne vous apprends sans doute pas grand chose...
Bonne journée,
Mylène Beauregard
Féministe en mutation
Le diable est aux vaches
la couleur de tes bobettes? no way!
Bonjour Evelyne et toutes les NetFemmes,
Je voudrais clarifier qu'à titre de modératrice de la liste NetFemmes, il est de mon ressort de décider ce qui est diffusé sur la liste, parfois après consultation auprès de la direction, de collègues ou de membres du CDÉACF.
S'il fallait "consulter tous les membres de NetFemmes" à chaque fois qu'une soumission était faite à la liste, nous ne ferions toutes que ça, débattre et décider de la pertinence de tel message ou tel autre pour diffusion sur la liste. Il revient à la modératrice de jouer ce rôle, justement, dans l'intérêt des abonnées et en fonction des objectifs de la liste de discussion.
Or, toutes les abonnées peuvent bien sûr questionner ma décision de diffuser ou non un message ou un autre. Dans le cas du message qui rapporte le lancement de la campagne "Soutenez les femmes de Birmanie : envoyez vos P'tites culottes pour la paix !", je crois avoir pris la bonne décision en l'approuvant.
Il s'agit d'une campagne d'appui aux femmes de Birmanie menée par une coalition regroupant plusieurs organisations féministes et issues de la société civile, coordonnée par la Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) et le Réseau étudiant Droits et démocratie. Cette campagne avait été conçue par un groupe de femmes de Birmanie, le Lanna Action for Burma.
Il s'agit donc d'une campagne sérieuse et légitime, et la diffusion de son appel à l'action s'inscrit bien dans le cadre des objectifs de la liste NetFemmes. D'où ma décision de diffuser le communiqué de lancement de cette campagne.
Bonne journée,Katherine Macnaughton-Osler
MEDIA RELEASE | MAY 28, 2008
UBC study challenges stereotypes of sexually exploited youth: Boys as likely as girls to be exploited
A University of British Columbia study of B.C. youth who were street-involved or in custody has found that more than one in three such teens have been sexually exploited, and that males are just as likely to be sexually exploited as females.
“This is a hidden population,” says principal investigator Elizabeth Saewyc, associate professor in the School of Nursing. “Our findings shatter some of the common stereotypes about what sexual exploitation is, and who is exploited. Many of the teens – both boys and girls – were exploited after running away from home or being kicked out at very young ages, some as young as 12 or 13. They are quite vulnerable to this form of abuse, especially since they may not even recognize that what is happening to them is exploitation.”
Sexual exploitation occurs when youth under age 19 trade sexual activities with adults in exchange for resources such as money, drugs, food, shelter, gifts, transportation or other material considerations. It is illegal to sexually exploit minors, regardless of their presumed or explicit consent.
Saewyc believes this may be the largest study of sexually exploited youth in Canada. In a report called It’s not what you think: Sexually exploited youth in British Columbia, the research team describes the experiences of more than 500 sexually exploited youth from communities across B.C. The data were drawn from five youth health surveys conducted by the Vancouver-based McCreary Centre Society between 2000 and 2006 with street-involved youth and youth in custody. Youth ranged in age from 12 to 25, but the majority of those surveyed were under 19.
Aboriginal youth were disproportionately among those who were sexually exploited. One-third to one-half of exploited youth in any dataset identified as Aboriginal,
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens were also more likely to be among the sexually exploited teens, with 1 in 3 sexually exploited teens identifying as LGB. Just under half of exploited teens identified as heterosexual. . “The study clearly shows that teenagers belonging to sexual minority groups were the most at risk of sexual abuse,” says Scientific Director Dr. Joy Johnson from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH). “The most vulnerable teenagers in Canada seem to be the target, no matter their gender.”
One unexpected finding was that women also sexually exploit adolescents. “The common stereotype is it’s nearly always men who are exploiting youth, whether as pimps or as ‘Johns,’ the so-called clients who actually pay for sexual activity with money or goods,” Saewyc said. “But among youth who told us the genders of the people who exploit them, nearly half of the teens had exchanged sex with at least one female. Indeed, nearly 1 in 3 youth had been exploited only by women, while half of youth had been exploited solely by men.”
While many youth were exploited for money or drugs, a significant number also exchanged sex for basic necessities such as shelter, food, transportation or clothing. According to Jayson Anderson, one of the study’s research associates who has worked with exploited youth in Vancouver for several years, this survival sex isn’t always recognized as exploitation by young people. To him, though, it’s a clear sign services are not reaching some of the youth who most need them. “The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says children and youth are entitled to safe shelter, food, and education in supportive communities. Teens shouldn’t have to be exploited just so they can have a place to stay, or food to eat.”
The young people in the surveys agreed. Sexually exploited youth felt their communities needed more safe shelters, affordable housing, and job training and work experience programs. Among older youth, more than 75% wanted to get a job, but fewer than 15% felt they could do so on their own. Despite their challenging lives, sexually exploited youth reported typical hopes for the future, such as getting a job, and having a home and family.
Other key findings include:
Funding for this study was provided by CIHR’s Institute of Population and Public Health and CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health.
- Among younger street-involved youth (ages 12-18), a greater percentage of males were exploited (33% vs. 24% females in 2000, 34% males vs. 27% of females in 2006). Among older street-involved youth (ages 19-25), a higher percentage females reported sexual exploitation (53% females vs. 32% males in 2001).
- Among younger street-involved youth, 1 in 5 were living at home when they were first sexually exploited; females were more likely to be sexually exploited while living with family than males were.
- However, for the majority of street-involved youth, sexual exploitation came after running away, being kicked out, or becoming street-involved; 3 out of 4 youth first left home at a younger age than first being sexually exploited.
- While youth were most commonly exploited in exchange for money or drugs, they also exchanged sex to meet their basic needs: More than 1 in 3 youth were exploited in exchange for shelter, up to 1 in 4 for transportation, and up to 1 in 5 for food or clothing.
- Exploited youth were 2 to 3 times more likely to have seriously considered or attempted suicide in the past year than non-exploited youth.
- The age of first being exploited appears to have gotten slightly older between 2000 and 2006. In 2000, the average age was 13.8 years, while in 2006 it was 14.8 years.
Some of the results from this study will be presented at the Canadian Public Health Association meeting in Halifax on June 3. The report will also be presented on June 5 in Ottawa to the Committee Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, chaired by Senator Romeo Dallaire.
A pdf copy of the report may be downloaded at
http://www.nursing.ubc.ca/PDFs/ItsNotWhatYouThink.pdfResearch team members are available for interviews:
Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, Principal Investigator
Jayson Anderson, Community Research Associate
Dr. Laura MacKay, Research Associate
Christopher Drozda, Research Associate
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada’s agency for health research. CIHR’s mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to catalyze its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health-care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 11,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Un test de paternité révèle un scandale chez les gorilles du zoo de Bâle
Vous pouvez faire circulez si vous voulez et c'est peut-être quelque chose mettre sur le blog si ce n'est déja fait. Je suis tombé sur le cul de rire en entendant Paul Arcand dire sa connerie et Dupuis-Déry d'en rajouter.
Je résume si vous avez raté ce bout là : Paul Arcand parle avec Blais et Dupuis-Déry à propos de leur livre. À un moment donné (environ à la moitié du fichier audio) Arcand, qui pourtant n'a pas été très complaisant avec les deux bouffons, dit que les masculinistes lui font "penser parfois à ceux qui contestent la théorie de l'holocauste" et Dupuis-Déry approuve la remarque en disant "oui exactement. Les négationistes et les révisionistes". ROFL! Comment on dit en français? JMRPER? Je me roule parterre en riant! C'est d'une incroyable débilité, un moment de pure comédie. Quand t'as pas d'arguments tu sors de ton chapeau l'épouvantail à la croix gammée.
IMAGINONS LA SCÈNE
Dupuis-Déry: quoi?! vous contestez la cause féministe?!?
Gars normal: ben euh... c'est parce que...
Dupuis-Déry: Négateur de l'holocauste!! NÉ-GA-TIO-NIS-TE!! Hey regardez tout le monde ce gars là conteste l'existence de l'holocauste!! NÉO-NAZI! FACHO!
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Wife of Bill Murray files for divorce
Scott Henson: Where's the evidence of abuse?
Vous pouvez faire circulez si vous voulez et c'est peut-être quelque chose à mettre sur le blog si ce n'est déja fait. Je suis tombé sur le cul de rire en entendant Paul Arcand dire sa connerie et Dupuis-Déry d'en rajouter.
Je résume si vous avez raté ce bout là : Paul Arcand parle avec Blais et Dupuis-Déry à propos de leur livre. À un moment donné (environ à la moitié du fichier audio) Arcand, qui pourtant n'a pas été très complaisant avec les deux bouffons, dit que les masculinistes lui font "penser parfois à ceux qui contestent la théorie de l'holocauste" et Dupuis-Déry approuve la remarque en disant "oui exactement. Les négationistes et les révisionistes". ROFL! Comment on dit en français? JMRPER? Je me roule parterre en riant! C'est d'une incroyable débilité, un moment de pure comédie. Quand t'as pas d'arguments tu sors de ton chapeau l'épouvantail à la croix gammée.
IMAGINONS LA SCÈNE
Dupuis-Déry: quoi?! vous contestez la cause féministe?!?
Gars normal: ben euh... c'est parce que...
Dupuis-Déry: Négateur de l'holocauste!! NÉ-GA-TIO-NIS-TE!! Hey regardez tout le monde ce gars là conteste l'existence de l'holocauste!! NÉO-NAZI! FACHO!
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Avez-vous vu ce reportage diffusé samedi dernier à la SRC ?
Assumer sa paternité à l'adolescence :
Le reportage montre des exemples de jeunes pères (moins de 20 ans) qui assument pleinement leur paternité. Vers la fin, on reproche le manque de ressources destinées aux pères québécois et on dénonce la non-application des recommandations du rapport Rondeau...
L'essence et l'existence
Le prix de l'essence nous gâche l'existence
