“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally”

From the Commonwealth Fund report: The United States health care system is the most expensive in the world, but this report and prior editions consistently show the U.S. underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of performance. Among the … Continue reading

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Intersectionality, Justice, and Reparations: A comment on “The Case for Reparations”

When I was asked to comment on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Case for Reparations,” published in The Atlantic, I had three simultaneous thoughts:  1.  why address the specific issues of reparations in a feminist bioethics blog? 2.  what would I have to say that … Continue reading

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Creating a Trans-Inclusive Feminism

IJfABster Tim R. Johnston has a review of Sheila Jeffreys’s new book, Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism. I quote from the conclusion: We need a trans-inclusive feminism that recognises trans people as who they are, … Continue reading

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A straight, male feminist wants to know…

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From Mansplaining to #NotAllMen: Contending with the violent repercussions of everyday misogyny

By now most of us are familiar with the rough outline of what happened in Santa Barbara on Saturday, May 24, 2014: a deranged young man with a history of violence and hatred towards women killed 6 young women and himself, but not before leaving behind a manifesto declaring that he was going to punish these women for scorning his sexual advances.

In the wake of the tragedy, a new hashtag has appeared on Twitter, #YesAllWomen, in response to the recent phenomenon “Not All Men.” The phrase “Not all men” is a familiar one to most women: it’s the knee-jerk reaction many men have when we try to have conversations about sexism, misogyny, and discrimination and violence against women. “But not all men are like that!” our interlocutors might interject.

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“Slut-shaming” before we had the term

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100% Men

Real citizenship includes participation in the councils where the future is determined. Women are still dramatically underrepresented in almost every decisive venue: politics, business, Let’s take a look mouthsofthesouth.com viagra uk at how sildenafil tablets can be effective against erectile … Continue reading

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Your Body is a Battleground

In the New York Times on Friday, January 24, 2014, three stories appeared that demonstrate the degree to which women’s bodies are still battlegrounds for men. The first was good news: the Moroccan law that allowed rapists to escape punishment … Continue reading

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United States Receives “C-” on Reproductive Health

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Marlise Munoz

Marlise Munoz collapsed last November as a result of a blood clot in her lungs, which left her on life support.  Her husband and parents were told that, despite the fact that she had not hope of recovery, and had … Continue reading

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Pregnant Women

Readers may be interested to learn that the initiative to include pregnant women in biomedical research is gaining steam.  To follow this progress, please check the following website:  http://secondwaveinitiative.org/ And–just as the movement to lift severe restrictions on abortion is … Continue reading

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Just One of the Ways Austerity Can Kill

8 Food Risks Going Unmonitored During the Shutdown Of course, the shutdown isn’t just austerity, but it’s part of the overall package. Now that there is good support for the position that austerity fails to achieve the benefits predicated of … Continue reading

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