17 Victims Sue Pentagon Over ‘Plague’ of Sexual Violence

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See this brave group of women who are suing the Pentagon over a culture that seems to condone or cover up rape and sexual harrassment: 17 Victims Sue Pentagon Over ‘Plague’ of Sexual Violence Within the text is this: “The lawsuit cited the Pentagon’s own statistics that reported 3,230 rapes and other sexual assaults in … Read more

(in case you missed it) CBS News’ Lara Logan sexually assaulted in Egypt

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Although this happened 5 days ago, some of you would perhaps like to read the statement CBS posted regarding the attack on Lara Logan. What happened to her is extremely unfortunate to say the least. I find it very encouraging that she was rescued by a group of women, in addition to the 20 some … Read more

Women’s Shelters under Attack in Afghanistan

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Women’s shelters in Afghanistan are run by foreign and Afghan charities, but the government is planning to take control of them.  When the government takes control of them women will be required to have medical examinations monthly, they will have to wear headscarfs at all times, they cannot leave the grounds of the safe house … Read more

Email from Planned Parenthood on upcoming House Vote

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This is an email from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She announces once again that the House is voting to end Title X funding and cut off women from “their only source of primary care.” She goes on to explain how this act would impact millions of women, and leave them … Read more

New “Gay Anthem”

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Hey guys and girls, Apparently, there’s a song out by Lady Gaga that constitutes a new “gay anthem.”  The song’s called “Born This Way,” and seems to be in support of GLBT issues in a more direct way the”I Am Beautiful” of Christina Aguilera fame.  Most interesting about this to me is that, if I’m … Read more

In Tokyo, a Crackdown on Sexual Images of Minors

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In Japan, illustrated books containing erotic content and featuring young girls is worth $5.5 billion of the manga book industry. While some publishers argue that it would be a restriction of creativity, Tokyo’s governor is spearheading an ordinance to place tighter restrictions on how girls are depicted, as many of the recent works would be considered in other countries to be child pornography.

The spokesman for the Japanese Committee for Unicef expressed concern that the trend of depicting underage girls in the nude and/or in provacative situations is affecting social norms:“To a degree, it has become socially accepted to lust over young girls in Japan…Condoning these works has meant more people have access to them and develop an interest in young girls.”

Supporters of the industry have argued back thus: “Depicting a crime and committing one are two different things; it’s like convicting a mystery writer for murder.”

What do you think? If the depictions of underage girls as young as six in sexual situations has the potential to encourage legitimate crimes like pedophilia, would this argument be enough for you to reverse the ordinance if you were in the position to make such a decision?

-Rachel