Finally, the military will start to hire the best person for the job, whomever she might be.
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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Freedom to Choose, Freedom to Marry
Many in the LGBT community may not realize it, but we have Roe v. Wade to thank for same-sex marriage.
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Roe v. Wade Was About … the Environment?
Millenials don’t know much about the historic decision—but, to be fair, they don’t know a lot about the ’70s to begin with.
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To Stop Rape Culture, Ring the Bell
The campaign to end assault against women must also include men.
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Building a Respect Culture
With some effort we can shift away from a rape culture. And it can help not just women, not just the most socially vulnerable, but the entire social climate.
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Purity Culture Is Rape Culture
The shocking assault in India reveals that rape isn’t about sex—it’s about controlling women’s lives.
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Call it Trafficking
Unpacking the gray moral areas the United States has created when it comes to international adoption.
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2012’s War on Women
This year featured attacks on everything from contraception to the definition of rape.
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Paying for Having Been Raped
Women in the military might finally, finally, be able to rely on their health insurance for abortion coverage in the case of rape or incest.