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		<title>Untested rape kits in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pose a call to action with regard to getting the rape arrest rate to nationally meet and hopefully exceed that of New York City's and one that would increase the sexual education of teenagers and young adults in high school and college. I ask the Federal Government to force state governments to force local law enforcement officials to fully examine ALL rape kits. Additionally, I ask that the Federal Government mandate that all high school seniors take and pass a responsible sex education class before graduating. The class would entail an understanding of sexuality, its consequences, both for violent sexuality and consensual sexuality, and a signed pledge from students (male and female) to be responsible sexual participants. While conservatives will note that this may cause a slight increase in tax rates nationwide, we cannot continue to be negligent and naive about sexuality and violence. (To you cheapskates, my response: Go back to kindergarten and learn how to share!) We need to teach boys how to control their bodies and respect human beings. We need to teach girls and boys how to protect themselves and make responsible choices. And most of all, we need to teach ourselves that one rape is too many; certainly, 20,000 or more unpunished is grotesque and inhumane.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=1202&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For all Americans who think it doesn&#8217;t happen here&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you find yourself asking the question, "Why did they do it?" There is no "why" great enough to justify this level of violence and hatred. There is no excuse!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=1064&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A little about violence against women: Watchmen and beyond</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both films contain rape content (The Last House on the Left is about vengeance resulting from the act), but Watchmen presents this violence without a caveat. Instead, the film justifies the rape by (I'm told) making the Comedian repentant and by (I'm told, although it's also obvious) structuring the story so that Silk Spectre's heir apparent is conceived during the Comedian's successful, albeit violent, conquest. The movie should have shown the rape and not just its unsuccessful precursor. And it should have condemned the violence. Instead, it delights in violence of all kinds. A pedophile therein doesn't just kill a little girl...he leaves her bones to be chewed on by dogs. Isn't the first half of that thought horrific enough on its own? Why must it be compounded?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=499&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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