Canadian Feminists attempt to gain media attention - fail.

Perhaps because they sense their eroding power I was surprised to see TWO items in todays media featuring Feminist ideologues.

1) Removal of phrase "in all our son's command" from our National Anthem "O' Canada" that was changed in 1913 from "in us thou dost command".  This charge was lead by noted writer and feminist Margaret Atwood.   Interestingly - the Quebec french version remains un-challenged.



2) Femen protest at Quebec National Assembly over display of Christian/Catholic crucifix.

Of course it is related to a sad debate about establishing a secular state where  NO evidence of religious symbols are allowed - Christian, Hindu, or any other - so it is even more ironic that this disruption occurred to the left-wing PQ Government hanging by a thread-like seat margin in the provincial legislature.

Do you have a lock on your door?

 Then you are a Rape Apologist!


Or so goes the Feminist "Rape Culture" rhetoric behind Slut Walk.

I thought this YouTube video was a very good discussion of the "straw man" issue.




h/t blamethe1st



!Oct 8 UPDATE! - As incredible as it seems, Thunderf00t had to produce a rejoinder to this dead-simple video in order to straighten out some notable feminists (Rebecca Watson should feel lucky to be asked out for coffee if you ask me) and their sympathizers.  

Here it is, entitled "Stay Safe = You Deserve Rape"- and it's even better than the 1st above.

And solve only half the problem

I discovered this image (below) somewhere on AVfM - but can't recall exactly where.

Using my ink-jet I printed to a tee-shirt via iron-on transfer paper that is easily available at most stores like Staples.

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inverted (so it can be read when ironed-on to tee-shirt)

Here are same as letter-sized PDF's that can be printed out.

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Edmonton women murders husband - was jailed for his assault in 2008

A woman who previously served time in jail for a serious assault on her husband has been charged with second-degree murder in his violent death.

In January 2008, Nyuk Hwang was charged with assault causing bodily harm against her husband, and she was later sentenced to three weeks in jail and two years of probation for the attack. The terms of her probation included taking programming as directed by the courts and her probation officer, including for psychiatric/ psychological, domestic violence, anger management, and marital/parental issues.

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Shades of Earl & Dorothy Joudrie?

"Freemen Movement" being targeted

Last September (2012) Alberta Associate Chief Justice John Rooke delivered a very controversial decision concerning "Self Represented Litigants" (or SRL's) aimed primarily at a group known as Freeman.   It was a scathing criticism of these individuals who the courts feel are mostly there to cause problems and hold up legitimate court proceeding with self-declared legal mumbo-jumbo.

The written judgment (Meads vs Meads) has remained the most searched decision in the online legal database Canlii since release - and continues to be heavily reviewed internationally.

However there has been concern within the SRL community for Family Law that it will lead to unnecessary harassment and abuse  for LEGITIMATE cases.

Liberal Bias

Recently Prof Mike Adams of University of North Carolina responded to criticism that he was the "worst professor in NC" simply for saying that he believed that "marriage is a union between a man and a woman.”   Another Prof demanded that Adams be fired because of his definition of marriage.

He wrote the following in a letter defending  himself.

I’m going to describe the antics of ten professors, official campus groups, and invited campus speakers in North Carolina and let you decide which constitutes the biggest embarrassment to higher education.”

 The ten examples cited were approved forms of free speech in liberal academia.

1. A women’s studies professor and a psychology professor at Western Carolina University co-sponsored in the early spring semester of 2013 a panel on bondage and S&M with the goal “to teach college students how to inflict pain on themselves and others for sexual pleasure.”
2. At UNC Chapel Hill, “a feminist professor believes that women can lead happy lives without men. That’s nothing new. But what’s different is that she thinks women can form lifelong domestic partnerships with dogs and that those relationships will actually be fulfilling enough to replace marital relationships with men.”
3. “At Duke University, feminists hired a ‘sex worker’ (read: prostitute) to speak as part of an event called the Sex Workers Art Show.” I am too embarrassed to repeat what the male prostitute did after his speech. It involved the rectum, a burning sparkler, and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
4. “A porn star was once paid to give a speech at UNCG. The topic was ‘safe sodomy.’ After her speech, the feminist pornographer sold autographed butt plugs to students in attendance.”
5. “A few years ago at UNC-Chapel Hill, a feminist group built a large vibrator museum in the middle of the campus quad as part of their ‘orgasm awareness week.’”
6. “A feminist administrator at UNC-Wilmington sponsored a pro-abortion event. During the event they sold tee shirts saying ‘I had an abortion’ to students who… well, had abortions,” a not so subtle way to “encourage students to boast about the fact that they had killed their own children.”
7. “The same UNCW administrator sponsored a workshop teaching students how to appreciate their orgasms.”
8. “A UNCW English professor posted nude pictures of under-aged girls as part of an ‘art exhibit’ in the university library. The Provost then ordered the nude pictures to be moved away from the library and into the university union.” The incensed English professor asked the Faculty Senate to censure the Provost for violating her ‘academic freedom.’ The Faculty Senate sided with the feminist professor. The Provost was later pressured to leave the university.”
9. “A different feminist professor at UNCW accused a male professor of putting tear gas in her office. She was later caught putting her mail in a microwave oven. She did this because she thought people were trying to poison her with anthrax and that the oven would neutralize the toxins. She was not placed on leave for psychiatric reasons. Instead, she was designated as the university’s official ‘counter terrorism’ expert.”
10. “And then there is Mike Adams. He thinks marriage is between a man and a woman, and he is the biggest embarrassment on campus.”

Modern "Love"?

I just saw this from same studio who made "Jobs" (biopic about Steve Jobs with Aston Kuchner - who looks identical to Jobs) - and it seems an interesting look at current challenge for romance - male and female "porn".

http://vimeo.com/67149874

Edmonton MRA gets some press

Over this past week there has been a flare-up over "Don't Be That Girl" counter-poster campaign run by (MR-E) MenRightsEdmonton.com to counteract the SAVE "Don't Be That Guy" campaign.

Here are the original SAVE Edmonton Campaign posters.

And here was one of the MR-E "parody" posters:

The feminist reaction in Edmonton was surprising and it was quickly picked-up across the country and then elsewhere.  A University of Alberta Women's Studies Prof - Lise Gotell and Cristina Stasia -
who had helped design the campaign alerted her comrades and the media "pile-on" was on. 

But it appears many didn't buy the charade.

Commentary by many on various news sites has been on balance against the Feminist interpretation.

And I kept track of some comments:

HuffPo July 10 - "Posters Say Women Lie About Sexual Assault" (CBC xPost)  149 - largely pro MR-E
Metro YEG Jul 11 - "Controversial poster group now taking aim at Edmonton Slutwalk" 36 - split
CBC Edmonton Jul 9 - "Posters say some women lie about sexual assault"  1,118 (closed) Pro MR-E
National Post Jul 10 - "Sometimes, assault accusations are false. A little awareness is OK" 262 Comments - Pro
Ed Journal Jul 11 - "Simons: True sexual equality the best way to fight rape culture"  Comments OFF

Some of the interesting articles:
A Voice For Men - Jul 7 by JtO  34 Comments
A Voice For Men - Jul 11 by Robert O'Hara  102 Comments
A Voice For Men - Jul 11 by James Huff (and Aisha James)  27 Comments
A Voice For Men - Jul 12 by Janet Bloomfield (Judge Bitchy)  42 Comments
A Voice For Men - July 13 by JtO    22 Comments
Meet the Predators (GirlWritesWhat cited source on serial rapist data) 370 Comments - not applicable
Sexual abuse on the rise at U.S. juvenile detention facilities Salon Jul 4, 2013 (Female staff rapists)

Finally, here are some Video Segments
MR-E targets(?) Slutwalk Edmonton - CBC Edmonton Jul 12 (2B held Sat July 27 - about 7mins in)
Don't be that Girl - CBC Edmonton Jul 10
Radio Canada Interview - CBC Jul 11  (only 10 sec used)

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On the issue of False Rape Allegations - an ancient canard was trotted out by Karen Smith - Executive Directors of the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton - that False Allegations are only 2%.  It is almost embarrassing. She should get out more often.  Besides this being a U.S figure pulled out of no-where by Susan Brownmiller in her book "Against our Will" - it was actually an estimate of a range of 2-8% for all Crimes with 8% being the rate attributed to Sexual Assault.  But even that has been seriously doubted based on many studies.

Prevalence of Sexual Assault/Rape in Canada.
A very difficult topic with many confusing and seemingly contradictory explanations.

1) Very scary, big picture most often promoted by Women's Groups usually quotes a StatCan report  "Sexual Assault in Canada 2004 & 2007 by Shannon Brennen and Andrea Taylor-Butts p.12"
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85f0033m/85f0033m2008019-eng.pdf

This reports that according to results from the GSS (General Social Survey - conducted every 5 years asking a large sample of Canadians about issues that effect them and their families) where it was determined that almost 2,000 out of every 100,000 person aged 15+ was "*Sexually Assaulted" - except that 81% of those "Sexual Assaults" were "Unwanted Sexual Touching" defined overly broadly as:

"Unwanted sexual touching: During the past 12 months, has anyone ever touched you against your will in any sexual way? By this I mean anything from unwanted touching or grabbing, to kissing or fondling."

 So - in fact - if we remove these inflated and vague characterizations we get 380 "true" sexual assaults per 100,000 persons.  This figure has been falling over the years consistent with other crime trends - but has not been updated for this survey since 2007.  Even 380 per 100,000 would imply 131,100 Sexual Assault incidents across the whole country (based on Canadian population of 34.5 million).

2) The next level of data are Police Reported Statistics.
Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2011 by Shannon Brennan.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11692-eng.htm#a20
 These cover 90%+ of the population's incidents reported to Police and under-write the opinion that many Sexual Assaults/Rapes are NOT reported.   Sexual Assaults of 21,800 in 2011 would imply that only 1 in 6 actual Rapes are reported (63/380).  The official Feminist line believes this to be more like 1 in 10 as they go with the laxer Sexual Assault/Rape definition described above.

3) Then the rubber hits the road with Actual Sex Assault cases.
Adult criminal court statistics in Canada, 2011/2012 by Jillian Boyce
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11804/tbl/tbl04-eng.htm

We can see that at 6,200 Adult Cases and 1,250 Youth Cases (7,450 Total) are a far cry from 21,800 incidents reported to Police (as above).   This suggests that on;y 1/3 of incidents actually make it to the stage where formal charges may proceed.

Even then - of this reduced number - only 41% (for Adult Sexual Assault only) result in a Guilty verdict and almost half (47%) of these cases are thrown out. 10% are Acquited of the charges and free once again.

So is it now clear why there is so much confusion?

UPDATE (July 22)
It appears other centers are getting involved.  Here is a report about these posters popping up in "next-door" Saskatoon SK.  PDF

Also, here is GirlWritesWhat's final word reply to the kerfuffle over the feminists reply "Don't be THAT Anti-Rape Campaign".

Zara Faris debunks Feminism at London debate

This first part was a surpringly good re-buttal of feminism.



And then GirlWritesWhat excellent response here.

'Gay' threats of violence turn into attack

Source:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/gay-threats-of-violence-turn-into-attack/