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Iranian Woman Beats Up Cleric After Being Told to Cover Up

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Ryo

Don’t mess with Iranian women. Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti was just doing his regular religious duties, politely telling an Iranian women to cover herself up. She brashly responded with “You should just close your eyes.” What happened next was a quick escalation. The woman began to insult the cleric, and when he told her to stop, she started threatening him. The woman soon pushed him to the ground and started kicking him while shouting insults at him. Evidently, this cleric picked the wrong ass-kicking Iranian woman to oppress.

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Posted in Activism, Culture, Legal Issues, Sex and Sexuality | Tagged discrimination, fashion, Iran, sexism, violence | Leave a comment

2011 World Ranking of Most Gender-Equal, Corrupt, Generous and Prosperous Countries

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Ryo

With the end of 2011, it’s a good time to think about where the world is in terms of extremes. That includes the most populated, most gender-equal, most corrupt, most generous, and most prosperous countries in the world. I specifically wanted to compare Japan with other countries, which is why I make sure it is in each list, even when they are very far down it (e.g., gender equality). It seems that two parts of the world are particularly doing well, and the countries of those regions are to be lauded.

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Posted in Aggregators/lists/rankings, Culture, Japan | Tagged economy, rankings, sexism | 2 Comments

The Barbie Effect

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Ryo

Everyone knows that Barbie isn’t a particularly realistic-looking doll, and much has already been said about the notion that Barbie promotes an unhealthy and ridiculous ideal of beauty that women can’t possibly live up to. But that doesn’t stop many of them from trying. If you watch enough TV, I imagine you may have seen some of the women who have taken these ideals to the extreme. But aside from the outliers, how has the introduction and continuation of this doll affected the general population?

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The Domestic Abuse Double-Standard – Part 2: A Man’s Worth

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ryo

In Part 1, we looked at how people thought female partners assaulting male partners was largely ignored or overlooked. In the video I showed, most people thought that such a scene was no big deal, no reason to step in, or even a good thing. In Part 2, you’ll see just how bad the double-standard of domestic abuse has gotten, and who we should be blaming for it.

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The Domestic Abuse Double-Standard – Part 1: Are women always the victims?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Ryo

What would you do if you were stuck in an abusive relationship? What would you do if asking for help was not only considered humiliating, but there was even a stigma attached to it? How would your life be different if you knew that the person you were involved with could not only get away with, but even sometimes be encouraged to do something to you that you would never – ever – be encouraged to do to them? This is what men have to face everywhere, because the world does not take seriously the idea that a man can be the victim of physical abuse by a female.

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