Rebecca has a post about the fetish for “dialogue” which starts with some great tweets by Jeff Sharlet pointing out how stupid the fetish is. What I keep saying. There is no “dialogue” to be had with people who just enjoy harassing people. They’re not confused or uninformed, they’re just people of that type, who …
Tag Archive: Sexual harassment
Mar 26 2013
Understanding understanding harassment
Update March 27 – the tweet was a mistake, and does not reflect AAI’s views on harassment. See comment 33. Update 2 See also AAI’s post on the subject.* ______________ Aaaaaaaaand there’s this. Atheist Alliance Int Understanding Harassment | Atheist Revolution And it links to the article at Atheist Revolution. There “vjack” explains what harassment is. Guess …
Feb 12 2013
Just stay home
More from those fun-loving woman-haters in Egypt. Shura Council’s human rights committee members said on Monday that women taking part in protests bear the responsibility of being sexually harassed, describing what happens in some demonstrators’ tents as “prostitution.” Major General Adel Afify, member of the committee representing the Salafi Asala Party, criticized female protesters, saying …
Feb 12 2013
No one to control them
When in doubt, harass women. Shahira Amin has an article at Index on Censorship about the harassment of women in Tahrir Square. Egyptian Salafi preacher Ahmed Mahmoud Abdulla — known as Abou Islam — recently made remarks justifying sexual violence against female protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, claiming that women who join protests are asking …
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