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Zimbabwe is a much-maligned place, possibly because there is much about it to malign.

In Zimbabwe, a person can be charged with rape only if the victim is female.

This could be why authorities in the country are reporting an escalation in rapes by women on men - there have been five such incidents in the past 12 months.

In the latest, in Bulawayo yesterday, a 26-year-old man was offered a lift by three woman. He was drugged and robbed of his money and mobile phone.

When he woke up, "He was naked and the ladies took turns to rape and abuse him,'' police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said.

Police say the motive could have been ritualistic. We assume they aren't talking about the theft of the money and phone.

The first of these female gang attacks happened last November when three women kidnapped an 18-year-old man.

In February, four women forced a 25-year-old to have sex with them at gunpoint.

Last month, a 44-year-old man was raped by two women while a man stood guard. In this case, the victim was ordered to wear a condom.

In a fourth incident, a 30-year-old man was drugged by three women, two of whom had guns, and sexually assaulted.

If any of these women, or male accomplices, are caught, they could be charged with theft and assault. But not rape.
news.com.au

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Posted By: Chris Champion - Category: Africa, Zimbabwe, Sex, Sexism

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A story about a womans rights, lefts, hooks and upper cuts

May 18th 2010 03:54

Saudi Arabias religious police are not popular. Their job, fundamentally, is to ensure that Saudi women behave the way Saudi men think they should behave.

The thinking of Saudi men can be summed up by the fact that they have religious police in the first place.

Recently one woman, aged in her 20s, visited an amusement park with a young man. This is the sort of irresponsible behaviour which young people will get up to without adequate supervision. How, for example, are the religious police to know, just by looking at two young people strolling around an amusement park, if they are married? It is important to know this, of course, because in Saudi Arabia it is a crime for an unmarried couple to be alone together.

The religious police approached the two young people and initiated questioning about the legality of their activity.

In response, the young woman punched a policeman. Then she punched him again. In fact, she landed quite a number of blows, and as a consequence he was taken to hospital to be treated for fairly serious facial injuries.

Now the story worsens. Instead of decrying the violence as an outrageous and irresponsible denial of the customs and traditions of Saudi society, many women in the country are cheering.

One, a women's rights activist named Wajiha Al-Huwaidar, said, To see resistance from a woman means a lot. People are fed up with these religious police, and now they pay for the humiliation they cause. There will be more resistance.''

Fighting words. Policemen beware.

The names of the young couple and date of the incident have not been made public. The woman faces a lengthy prison term and lashings not for punching the policeman, but for refusing to confirm her relationship to the man.

Sources: News Corp, The Media Line news agency, Okaz newspaper, Jerusalem Post newspaper.

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Posted By: Chris Champion - Category: Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Religion, Sexism

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Tuxedo veto, let alone the lesbianism

March 12th 2010 05:47

Constance McMillen

VYOOS EDITORIAL
We all have decisions to make in life, and the decisions we make define us.

Constance McMillen, of the Mississippi town of Fulton, population about 4,000, decided she wanted to go to her high school prom with her lesbian partner, and she wanted to go dressed in a tuxedo.

The district school board of Itwamba County decided to take issue with the clothing side of McMillen's intentions. A female may not attend a prom, they said, wearing a tuxedo.

The American Civil Liberties Union then informed the Itwamba County school board that its decision was illegal. Not letting McMillen wear a tuxedo violated her rights of free expression. Further, the ACLU said, please note that banning same-sex prom dates is a violation of students' rights.

The Itwamba County school board decided, that being the case, they would cancel the prom "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events''. In a true political soft-shoe shuffle, it mentioned neither Constance McMillen nor the ACLU.

As a consequence, Constance McMillen decided that she had made a mess of things for everyone and couldn't face going back to school. Her father decided to say a few words. It was important, he said, to face her classmates, teachers and officials. "Daddy told me that I needed to show them that I'm still proud of who I am,'' said Constance.

Back at school, Constance faced some hostility. "Thanks for ruining my senior year," said one student, who has a bright future on the Itwamba County school board.

But Constance was back in the groove which gave her the courage and confidence in the first place to propose going to the prom on her own terms. "The fact that this will help people later on, that's what's helping me to go on," she said.

Good decision.
source, picture: www.dallasvoice.com

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Posted By: Chris Champion - Category: North America, US, Sexism, Vyoos Editorial

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Are the Academy Awards sexist?

March 6th 2010 21:58

VYOOS EDITORIAL
The Academy awards are sexist because the Best Actor Awards are separated into genders. We don't have separate Best Actor awards for black and white actors, so why should we have them for men and women

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