by Elizabeth Nolan Brown Lawmakers can get it wrong in the most staid of circumstances, but throw a little sexual activity into the mix and things just get really bizarre. And leading the pack on bizarro sexual paternalism lately has been California. This summer, the state legislature has been trying to force condoms on porn performers and … Continue reading Consent, California Style
A reader starts us off with an enviable recent vacation: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Was just there for the World Cup, and the view seems exactly like it – perhaps the green areas are part of Jardins or Jardim Paulista, and the high rises and skyscrapers are coming up near Avenida Paulista on the right of the … Continue reading The View From Your Window Contest: Winner #216
Kat Stoeffel explains why colleges have such a poor track record when it comes to handling rape cases: Title IX requires administrators to exercise their power to remove sexual offenders from the environment – temporarily, permanently, until the accuser graduates — even if the accused wouldn’t be found guilty in a criminal court. That’s explicit: In a 2011 … Continue reading Separate Rules For Sexual Assault
Will recently defended his controversial column on sexual assault (covered here on the Dish): Allahpundit has the play-by-play: When asked to respond to one critic who accused Will of trivializing the crime of sexual assault, the conservative columnist said he takes sexual assault more seriously than his critics do. “When someone’s accused of rape, it should be reported to the criminal … Continue reading George Will Loses The Plot, Ctd
A reader goes out on a limb: Never have I been more grateful for your anonymous reader-contributor policy … George Will is wrong in many of the ways people are saying, but he does have a point that no one wants to really face: the power to silence other potential participants in a discussion is a privilege and a powerful one. In our post-Civil Rights era … Continue reading George Will Loses The Plot, Ctd
In his column last Friday on what he sees as the dangers of progressivism in universities, George Will provoked widespread outrage by expressing skepticism in statistics about campus rape and mocking the Obama administration’s response to the crisis. The line that seemed to really set people off was his allegation that campus progressivism seeks to “make victimhood … Continue reading George Will Loses The Plot
Grace Wyler reviews how some well-armed gun rights advocates took their activism so far that the NRA asked them to tone it down: For the past few months, zealous Second Amendment lovers, led mostly by the group Open Carry Texas, have been staging demonstrations at various chain restaurants, arriving en masse at places like Chipotle and Chili’s and demanding to be … Continue reading When The NRA Isn’t Pro-Gun Enough
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/15307136 w=580] A reader writes: As a 23-year-old transgender woman and a big fan of yours, I’ve struggled with your clear misunderstanding and discomfort with the topic. I no doubt agree that from a strategic standpoint, a marginalized community has to be patient with folks who are struggling to understand. Having said that, I think … Continue reading Dissents Of The Day
by Jessie Roberts Trigger Warning: all human experience. — Darinstrauss (@Darinstrauss) May 18, 2014 Support is building for “trigger warnings” on works of literature that address sensitive topics like rape or war (NYT): Colleges across the country this spring have been wrestling with student requests for what are known as “trigger warnings,” explicit alerts that … Continue reading Why Pull The Trigger?
by Jonah Shepp Sudan has sentenced a Christian woman to death for apostasy: A pregnant 27-year-old Sudanese woman was sentenced to death by hanging Thursday for apostasy after marrying a Christian man and refusing to convert to Islam. Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag also faces charges of adultery. Ibrahim, who was born to a Muslim father but raised … Continue reading Mariam The Martyr
