Let’s say no to violence against women

An article in Salon about girls suffering genital mutilation set my hair on fire. (Genital mutilation is a euphemism for several grisly procedures, often performed with unsterile instruments and without anesthesia.) Turns out, female genital mutilation  — or FGM –doesn’t just happen in other countries. It’s happening here. In the United States.
The Salon piece, written [...]

Tell the U.S. government to prosecute U.S. sex tour operators

It takes a special kind of loser to take a vacation that includes sex with a stranger, but apparently, enough of these creeps exist to create a market for what is known as “sex tourism.”
Even worse, some of these pervs don’t limit their activities to adult women; Equality Now says that children can be included [...]