Experts recommend latex instead.… Read the rest
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An Epidemiologist Rebukes the Pope
Mar 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Denying the fact that condom use reduces the spread of AIDS makes the pope seem either ignorant or malicious.… Read the rest
The Pope’s Horrific Ignorance
Mar 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The ruthless cleric’s ‘teaching’ takes no account of women whose husbands are infected.… Read the rest
Pope JP Sentenced Millions of Africans to Death
Mar 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In one afternoon, the Vatican destroyed more than a decade of patient campaigning for condom use.… Read the rest
France Rebukes Pope Over Condom Issue
Mar 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We consider that such comments are a threat to public health policies and the duty to protect human life.’… Read the rest
Egyptian Women Learn to Fight Back
Mar 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sexual harassment is nearly universal in Egypt, and always blamed on the woman.… Read the rest
Bad pope
Mar 18th, 2009 10:56 am | By Ophelia BensonBonnie Erbe points out the largest flaw in the pope’s ‘horrifically ignorant statement’:
… Read the restAll the pontiff need do to acquire a more educated view of AIDS in Africa is to read the widespread literature about women and how they acquire the disease. The percentage of female AIDS patients who are prostitutes, or drug addicts, is dwarfed by the percentage who are married women living upstanding lives in their communities. The Pope advised them, according to the Reuters news agency, to exhibit, “correct behavior regarding one’s body.” Very helpful! That advice is completely useless to the typical “woman” in Africa who contracts the disease. Her profile is that of a teenage virgin sold into marriage against her will and “betrothed”
Judge Says: Don’t Call it ‘Honour’
Mar 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A woman set fire to her child in attempt to incriminate her brother’s wife, who had escaped.… Read the rest
How Do They Justify This Outrage?
Mar 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The bonuses are linked to performance; the performance wrecked the global economy; what bonus is owed?… Read the rest
AIG, Where Taxpayers’ Dollars Go to Die
Mar 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The geniuses bet more than double AIG’s value that defaults would not become problematic.… Read the rest
Our Eyes Can Deceive Us
Mar 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Eyewitness evidence should be treated as trace evidence, subject to contamination, deterioration and corruption.… Read the rest
Russell Blackford on Human Rights
Mar 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Freedom of speech is the most important freedom of all and should not be abridged without very powerful reasons.… Read the rest
Sibling rivalry
Mar 17th, 2009 11:49 am | By Ophelia BensonIs there no limit?
A senior judge has called for an end to the use of the phrase “honour killings” to describe what is “in reality sordid, criminal behaviour”…The judge had heard that a mother had set fire to one of her three children and tried to burn down the house where they lived in an attempt to incriminate her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law “presented a problem to the family” and had fled the home after she had been beaten and her first child murdered by her husband, the mother’s brother.
So let me get this straight – a guy beats his wife and murders their child so she runs away – so the guy’s sister sets fire to her … Read the rest
Vatican Backpedals on Brazil
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prelate, writing in Vatican newspaper, urges respect for the Catholic doctors.… Read the rest
‘Chastity Squad’ Thug Sentenced to 4 Years
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was hired to assault and intimidate a woman who ‘defaulted’ on the proper haredi way of life.… Read the rest
‘Bullying and Intimidation’ by Secular Groups
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Modern liberalism has strong totalitarian tendencies,’ says Catholic archbishop of Sydney.… Read the rest
Reporters Without Borders on Kambakhsh
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Includes a petition to President Karzai urging him to quash the sentence and release Kambakhsh.… Read the rest
Stewart v Cramer
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cramer was pummelled like a rope-a-dope over his profession’s failure to be an effective watchdog.… Read the rest
Liberal Muslims Feel Betrayed by Labour
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bengali liberals view Jamaat-e-Islami as UK liberals view the BNP: the enemy of all their best principles.… Read the rest
Thousands of Girls Genitally Mutilated in UK
Mar 16th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If they discussed it ‘they’d be seen as betraying their family and their community and culture.’… Read the rest
