This is to me, one of the most moving events of the week. The reason is, this young woman marched into the judges chambers, took responsibility and told her story. For that reason I have chosen to use her picture for the diary rather than Malala who is my hero.
I debated with myself as to whether or not to use the picture above. I realize it is her bruised and vulnerable and it may be a trigger for some people. If you object. I can use a different picture, no problem. Here is Delaney on a much happier day.
A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill accused the university and local prosecutors in a statement of failing to act against a campus football player who she says raped her this past Valentine’s Day.
At a news conference Tuesday, Delaney Robinson, a sophomore, said she “did everything a rape victim is supposed to do,” including immediately seeking treatment at a hospital, taking a rape kit and cooperating with law enforcement.
“But six months later the University has done nothing,” Robinson said.
Her lawyer, Denise Branch, said in a statement that the university and the local district attorney have thus far refused to press rape charges against the accused, Allen Artis, a linebacker on the school’s football team.
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UNC Chapel Hill police peppered her with questions about her clothing, behavior and sexual history, according to Robinson.
“I was treated like a suspect,” she said.
By contrast, campus cops spoke to Artis with a “tone of camaraderie,” according to a recording of the conversation Robinson was privy to.
“They told him, ‘don’t sweat it, just keep on living your life and playing football,’” Robinson said.
Again here is the link and I urge you to read the link.
CNN also has the story and video and story about Delaney.
"Rather than accusing him of anything, the investigators spoke to him with a tone of camaraderie. They provided reassurances to him when he became upset. They even laughed with him when he told them how many girls' phone numbers he had managed to get on the same night that he raped me. They told him, 'don't sweat it, just keep on living your life and keep on playing football,' " Robinson said.
If you can’t be safe in the company of a lot of computer geeks, well, I don’t know what…..
Sexism in the tech industry is a well-known issue, and a new report from Micexposes just how far the industry has to go. Mic recently obtained over 50 pages of emails from current and former staff members about their experience with Apple’s supposedly sexist workplace environment.
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In the report, one woman recounts being the only woman in a meeting with over a dozen male colleagues. “The conversation turned to all of the men being dismissive about their wives and their significant others,” she wrote in the email to Mic. “I felt very uncomfortable of the reality that I was the only woman in the room as all of my male coworkers stereotyped women as nags and this was not countered by my manager as being inappropriate.”
The same woman also said that she’d been told to “smile” by a male member of upper management (because women just love being told to smile).
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The Boogeyman isn't in the Bathroom.
The NCAA just did the right thing and announced it would move the opening rounds of March Madness and six other tournaments out of North Carolina because the state has violated the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
… The article above is very short but I wanted to include a little of it. I am sure that Dani Bostick would agree that Caitlyn Jenner is not what a pedophile looks like, Dennis Hastert is.
Sigh, more on frat boys and sexual assault...
Okay so the real tiltle of the piece is:
Read The Sexist Email That Got This Univ. Of Richmond Frat Suspended
Today is the day boys.
Lodge season has finally arrived. We just wanted to send out a reminder that our theme for the night is AmeriKA. Roll through in your best red, white, and blue (or be naked for all I care just make sure your ass makes it out tonight). Just a quick reminder, make sure you have your Spider ID on you to swipe into the lodge. This is gonna be one for the books. Both [REDACTED] and I have the night off so we’re looking forward to watching that lodge virginity be gobbled up for all y’all. See you boys tonight.
If you haven’t started drinking already, catch up. Tonight’s the type of night that makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school. Let’s get it.”
To be clear the article says, ‘The Collegian obtained an email sent by members of the university’s Kappa Alpha Order chapter about a party that was happening last Friday night. According to The Collegian, the email was sent last Friday afternoon to almost 100 students. ‘
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o/s
Found this at PoliticusUSA...
Translator Marjan Davari has been held in Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward for almost a year without knowing the formal charges against her and while being denied proper legal counsel and medical treatment, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned.
“September 23 [2016] will be a year since Ms. Davari was detained,” a source told the Campaign. “She has not been put on trial and the charges against her are unclear. Her lawyer has not been allowed to read her case file, and his requests to get her released on bail have not been accepted.”
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The Islamic Republic takes a dim view of alternative spiritual faiths or activities, often prosecuting its adherents. (umm, ya think?)
Iran just has no use for uppity women missionaries who convert to other religions.
Another article from Human Rights In Iran. It’s about another woman in prison who should be in a hospital.
Imprisoned Christian convertMaryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who has been hospitalized since August 28, 2016 for heart problems, has been denied an extension of her medicalfurlough (temporary leave), a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
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Christians, particularly Protestant and Christian converts, experience severe discrimination in Iran, and are harshly prosecuted for missionary work.
Please don’t offended if I seem as upset about this story as the others. But these women athletes have so much to be proud of. They are an inspiration to millions of women in the middle east and all over the world about the power you can claim if you have the courage and their government and the sickening system of religious rule has the nerve to suppress them and shame them in this way.
The Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 63 athletes, only nine of whom were women. Yet Kimia Alizadeh, competing in taekwondo, made history when she became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal.
It was a momentous event for Iranian female athletes, who are often shamed by religious and political figures for participating in sports and suffer a serious disadvantage compared to many of their competitors due to the Iranian government’s refusal to support them.
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Until 2012, the ban on female fans at male sports events in stadiums only applied to soccer matches. But since that year women have also been prevented from watching men’s basketball and volleyball games inside arenas. The International Volleyball Federation and human rights groups have repeatedly called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to put an end to the ban on women in sports arenas...
What are Iranian women going to do if they watch men playing sports in Arenas? Are they going to get all hot and bothered and initiate sex or something? Is that emasculating?
Because of a diary yesterday from a guy who thought Hillary should stop scolding Donald Trump (it made her sound like a fish wife or something), I am adding This oldie but goodie diary. Any one who thinks they need to give Hillary advice, particularly those of the male persuasion, should read it. The suggestion was first made by arodb.
The following is so humiliating, It doesn’t surprise me that this story is about Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia women can do nothing or go nowhere without the permission of their guardian. The first guardian is their father until they marry. Then their husband becomes their husband. If they are divorced or widowed, their guardian is their son and if no son, then a brother or a nephew. Can you imagine? We give 14 year old girls more freedom. That is the age we might allow them to go to a movie with a boy, alone. Sure we’d drive them, but we would sit with them and I am pretty sure we wouldn’t be shocked if they held hands and kissed. I don’t know what the penalty for that would be in Saudi Arabia, but I know what I don’t want to witness it.
There is a Band named “War on Women” and here is their Face Book page. If you look around you will notice they do not like either of the main candidates. You have to wonder who they do like.\
The next piece will be my last. I looked but found nothing current on either China or North Korea. Maybe the people who write about such things are just worn our from the utter overwhelming shit storm of stuff to write about. I don’t know. But I am glad to have had the chance to be a part of this group and look forward to doing the again.
Editor's note: The names of the women featured in this report have been changed to protect their identities.
"I'm a dead soul in a living body and I hope that doesn't happen to my little sister," Sara, a Saudi woman, tells CNN.
Sara is one of a growing number of Saudi women who are challenging the country's male guardianship system using social media.
In Saudi Arabia, every woman has a male guardian -- often a father or husband, sometimes a brother or son -- who has the power to make a range of critical decisions on their behalf.
After speaking to dozens of Saudi women, Human Rights Watch found in July that the system is "the most significant impediment to realizing women's rights in the country."
Tweeting for change
The HRW report, which detailed how women must obtain permission from a male guardian to travel, marry, and sometimes to work or access health care, was followed by a social media campaign, #TogetherToEndMaleGuardianship.
By September, the Arabic version of the hashtag had taken on a life of its own, with women across the country risking the wrath of their guardians, or even persecution.
Some, dressed in abayas, post selfies holding signs with short messages like, "Slavery comes in many shapes and forms: Male guardianship is one." Others post pictures of the cover of their Saudi passport with statements like, "I'm a prisoner and my crime is that I'm a Saudi woman."