Patriarchy

Misogyny in the Middle East: The Real Elephant in the Room

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Patriarchy, Islam Women, Women's Rights, Religion, Women Arab Spring, Women Religion, Women Arab World, Islam Patriarchy, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

A swarm of criticism has been leveled against Mona Eltahawy's recent Foreign Policy story on the state of women in the Arab world. Saying that sexism and misogyny in the Middle East has "nothing to do" with Islam is symptomatic of either denial or fear.

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Ukrainian Women Fight Back (NSFW)

Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Lesia Khomenko, Ukraine Art, Alina Kopytsia, Lada Nakonechna, Synchrodogs Art Collective, Female Artists, Feminism, Slidepollajax, Ksenia Hnylytska, Patriarchy, Gender, Video, Arts News

We recently featured the work of JeongMee Yoon, who explored gender norms as manifested through various children's color-coded bedrooms. Here we have ...

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The Patriarchy of Sex

Amber Genuske | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Sex Equality, Gender Equality, Sex, Patriarchy, Patriarchal Relationship, Sex Advice, Patriarchy of Sex, Culture News
Amber Genuske

Speak up and tell him how you like it, or don't. Speak up and tell him what you aren't comfortable with or what doesn't feel good. Have an open dialogue about the sex you are having so both of you can enjoy it.

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Money Talks: How To Usher In A New Era For Older Female Consumers

Susan Hess Logeais | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women Over 50, Baby Boomers, Madison Avenue, Entertainment, Patriarchy, Fifty News
Susan Hess Logeais

Advertisers follow the money, and what women with money are telling them through their purchases is that they aren't buying into the youth-obsessed market anymore.

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Living for Change: 'Healing Civilization'

Grace Lee Boggs | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Karl Polanyi, Capitalism, Healing Civilization, Values, Patriarchy, Claudio Naranjo, Detroit News
Grace Lee Boggs

Naranjo's book is a fascinating example of the diverse roads by which serious thinkers in different fields are arriving at the conclusion that we have come to the end of the period of pursuing rapid economic growth.

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Regulus Enters Virgo: The Pope Faints!

Michael Lutin | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Women, Italy, Religion, Politics, Finance, Astrology, The Church, Michael Lutin, Patriarchy, Culture News
Michael Lutin

When attempting to understand a shift in consciousness as vast as the one in which every one of us is involved at this very second, you have to thing ...

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Paterno, Penn State and Patriarchy

Melissa Ross | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Catholic Church, Penn State, Child Sex Abuse, Children, Paterno, Patriarchy, Joe Paterno Fired, Joe Paterno, Sports News
Melissa Ross

It was a toxic, patriarchal culture that drove the priest sex abuse scandals that continue to rock the Catholic Church. And the same toxic patriarchy that infuses college and professional football was at play in the Penn State scandal.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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Women's Art of Renewal: Carrie Mae Weems, Vanessa Beecroft, Sharon Lockhart, Catherine Opie and Lisa Yuskavage

G. Roger Denson | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Feminist Art, Homosocial, Gender Codes, Sharon Lockhart, Patriarchy, Female Homosocial, XX Chromosocial, Lisa Yuskavage, Mother-Daughter, Sexual Codes, Feminist Photography, Vanessa Beecroft, Carrie Mae Weems, Lesbians, Lesbian Families, Catherine Opie, Matriarchy, Arts News
G. Roger Denson

2011-08-23-Screenshot20110823at7.07.12PM.jpg Art long outlives the institutions and ideologies it is made to service.

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Biology Is Not Destiny in the Evolution of Sexual Coercion

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Abortion, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bonobos, Rape, Chimpanzee, Primates, American History, Biology, Colonial America, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Coercion, Science, Evolution, Feminism, Sexual Assault, Patriarchy, Women News
Eric Michael Johnson

Cross-posted at Scientific American. Warning: content may be triggering for survivors of sexual assault/abuse. Elizabeth Wilde's mouth was stuffed w...

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Father's Day And God As Father

Brian D. McLaren | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Christianity, Father's Day, God, Patriarchy, Fathers, God the Father, Imagery of God, Father's Day God, Father's Day 2011, Religion News
Brian D. McLaren

I can joyfully remember the best things about my dad on father's day, and know that every good thing in creation gives us a window into the mysterious and majestic heart of the Creator.

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Mother's Day

Carolita Johnson | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Mother's Day, Reproductive Rights, Patriarchy, Cartoons, Mothers Day Jokes, Oscarina, Comedy News
Carolita Johnson

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On International Women's Day, Demand That Uprisings Throughout The Middle East Overturn Patriarchal Tradition

Maryam Zar | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women and Islam, Women's Oppression, Hijab, Middle East, Domestic Violence, Patriarchy, Middle East Uprisings, Middle East Protests, Muslim Women, Muslim Veils, World News
Maryam Zar

It has been long ingrained in mythology and legendry that the good Eastern woman is to serve quietly and to live out her days subservient to the dictates of her master and patriarch.

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The Perils of Patriarchy

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The King's Speech, Micky Ward, Lionel Logue, King George VI, The Fighter, Riane Eisler, Boxing, Feminism, Patriarchy, Entertainment News
Ellen Snortland

If you and your family are planning to see movies this holiday season, I can't recommend "The King's Speech" and "The Fighter" highly enough.

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Good Woman Child Language (Talking Characters in Taiwan)

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Communism, Taiwan, Language, Children, Sex, Chinese Culture, Chinese, Patriarchy, Gender, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Things to raise casually in Taiwan. To test the hospitality of your hosts in Taiwan, one may choose to innocently suggest that their Chinese characte...

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Earth, Our Mother

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Earth, American Indians, Goddess, Mother, Mythology, Mother Earth, Creation, Patriarchy, Healthy Living News
Donna Henes

In its infancy, humankind clung to the primal comprehension of a maternal Earth. The biblical name, Eve, means Mother of All Living. Her name is derived from much older creation myths.

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Infidelity, Narcissists, Cheaters and Our Culture Which (Almost) Let's Them Get Away with It

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Television, Therapy, Patriarchy, Sex Addiction, Mistress, Affair, Tiger Woods, Narcissism, Sandra Bullock, Los Angeles, Infidelity, Reality Show, Hollywood, Culture, Healthy Living News
Vivian Norris

Abuse victims react in many ways. It is heartbreaking. They lash out. Sometimes they go back. I made that mistake. People actually wanted us to work out. I was embarrassed to tell people about the cheating.

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Everyone Should Be Aware Of Their Inalienable Human Rights

Shulamith Koenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Udhr, Human Rights, Shulamith Koenig, United Nations, Equality, Dignity, Non-Discrimination, Human Rights Cities, Patriarchy, Triumph, Impact News
Shulamith Koenig

Allow me humbly to ask you to walk with me into this discourse about human rights as a way of life, slowly and thoughtfully.

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South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Gender Discrimination, Feminism, Patriarchy, Misogyny, Sexual Violence, South-Africa-Democracy, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, African National Congress, Mbeki, International Women's Day, Sexual Assault, Pretoria, South Africa Aids, Sexual Harassment, Africa AIDS, Status Quo, World News
Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

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The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Morality Police, Governor Mark Sanford, Divine Feminine, Mistakes, Morals, Now, Cheating, Atonement, Cable News, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Forgiveness, Patriarchy, Reconciliation, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

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Reinterpreting Eve

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Adam and Eve, Women and Self-Esteem, Sacred Feminine, God, Women and Self-Confidence, Goddess, Maria Gimbutas, Women and Spirituality, Divine Feminine, When God Was a Woman, Patriarchy, Tabby Biddle, Healthy Living News
Tabby Biddle

Given the story of Eve, it's no wonder that women have an underlying sense of blame, shame and in many cases, a fear of questioning male authority.

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Chris Brown and Rihanna: The Religious Underpinnings of Domestic Violence

Deborah King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dating Violence, Rihanna, Oprah, Chris Brown, Tyra Banks, Domestic-Abuse, Patriarchy, Domestic Violence, Chris Brown Rihanna, Domestic Abuse, Entertainment News
Deborah King

We think we've come a long way, baby. Not! Today's teens have shown that we're still living out patriarchal myths dating back at least five thousand y...

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Is Patriarchy The Root of All Evil?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Prostitution, Nuclear Family, Politics, Style, Unicef, Twisty, Robin Morgan, Discrimination, Wordpress, Feminism, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Patriarchy, Style News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose I moved my blog to WordPress recently and, in the process of building a list of sources and links, found I Blame The Patriarchy w...

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Sarah Palin: The Patriarchy In A Skirt

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Helen of Troy, Feminism, Patriarchy, Sarah Palin, Joan of Arc, Sacred Feminine, Politics News
Dr. Judith Rich

As women, we will not achieve our dreams of true equality by playing the patriarchal game. We must teach the dominant paradigm a new way to play.

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