Child Brides In The United States — A Practice Alive And Well
April 06, 2018
child brides, Khatatna, need for national law on marriageable age, ultra orthodox Jews0 Comment
I wrote recently about khatatna in the United States, the practice of slicing a girl’s gentiles, behavior common in the Middle East. (Blog 6/30/17) Though a cultural ritual, it has no place in the United States. Perpetrators should be caught and punished. Kha
Continue Reading →Remembering The U. N. Women’s Beijing Conference
October 27, 2015
A Landmark Event for Women, child brides, ending abuses against women, ERA, femal circumcision, Modern Magdalenes, Myna Blyth, Paid For, Rachel MoranL, rape, Sara Marshall, U. N. Women's Beijing Conference 20 years later, Woman's movement and need for new vision
Though a staunch defender of the First Amendment, I’ve experienced moments of discomfort because of it. While in politics, I questioned the legitimacy of Rap lyrics that encouraged the brutal treatment of women, for example. If the subject were race, I pointed out, the writers could
Continue Reading →Too Young To Wed
November 25, 2014
Center for Research on Women, child brides, Girls Interrupted, Kevin Conley, Malais Yousafzai, Stephanie Sincair, Too Young to Wed
In the early 1970s, I worked hard to pass an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that would grant women equal protection under the law. The movement didn’t succeed and today, many of my sex feel such a law is unnecessary. Happily a few have begun to rethink the question and to reevalua
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