PaperAbortion: The Ultimate Insult to Male Authorityby Joyce Arthur (choice joyce) Reprinted with permission from the author (originally published on the Blogger’s Paradise on Daily Kos) The biggest difference by far between men and women, the only one that's NOMAS supports Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, HR 3887Submitted by rozdzialm on January 24, 2008 - 11:03am. Filed under News, Paper, Pornography and Prostitution.
The U.S. law addressing the crime of Sex Trafficking, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 0f 2000, is about to expire and must be reauthorized by Congress. On December 4, the House did something remarkable. It overwhelmingly passed HR 3887 which not only extends the TVPA, but greatly improves it. The trafficking issue now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Anti-Semitism and Heterosexism: Common Constructs of Oppession Filed under Homophobia & Heterosexism, Paper.
All oppressions have common roots. Born out of misinformation and directed toward the "other," the goal of any oppression is the unjust, destructive, and unequal distribution of power to the advantage of one group over another. And although there is no specific hierarchy of oppressions, the context in which they manifest themselves - history, economics, or politics - makes some types of oppressions more closely related than others. The Developmental Experience of Gay/Lesbian Youth Filed under Homophobia & Heterosexism, Paper.
I propose that everyone in our society is homophobic. In addition, it is my strong belief that gay and lesbian individuals, prior to coming out, are among the most homophobic people in our society. Most of us do not think of ourselves as homophobic, however, and many people will disagree with this concept of universal homophobia, especially as applied to them. 
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