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Gail Dines

Becoming a Radical Feminist: On Male Violence, Cultural Femicide and Sisterhood

Louise Pennington | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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Louise Pennington

The older I get, the more I believe that 'equality' is nothing more than a smokescreen to prevent the true liberation of women. Equality before the law means nothing when violence is endemic; when women are most likely to live in poverty; when no one bothers to actually enforce the existing equality legislation.

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The Hypocrisy of Pornography

Lewis Shepherd | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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Lewis Shepherd

I may be wrong but in the same way it is perceived that women may think they have to act and perform a certain way during sex because of porn, then surely the same principal can be applied to naïve or impressionable gay men, which in this case could prove dangerous

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The Coalition Is in Danger of Doing the Right Thing About Gender in Schools

Triona Kennedy | Posted 10.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education
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Triona Kennedy

The Home Office has shown, this week, that it recognises gender inequality is a problem and education is an important part of the solution. The Scandinavians are leagues ahead. Let's put our energies into trying to catch up with them instead of denying that we have a serious problem on that front.

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