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Feminism, Jess Phillips (MP) and MRA nonsense

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Nov 3, 2015 • 9 comments

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Gender differences/outcomes ≠ gender inequality (of opportunity, rights and respect)

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For those of you outside of the UK or not following some current news in the UK, some rabid argumentation has erupted concerning the Labour MP Jess Phillips concerning a Tory MP’s demands for an International Men’s Day to discuss men’s matters. Apparently, the feminism is pretty evil (from what I have been reading) and men are discriminated against to the point that they need their own International Day

On Michael Le Vell, and why arguing about rape is a waste of time

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Sep 17, 2013 • 9 comments

Michael Le Vell, for those of you outside the UK, is another media personality (acting in a famous soap over…

Feminism: Christian vs atheist misogyny and sexism

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Sep 13, 2013 • 7 comments

I have been involved in long and protracted, and not to say a little tiring, debate on facebook about misogyny with regards to atheism, and the apparent schisms in the “atheist community”. Though most feminists will probably sigh at another man giving their tuppence on what should be a fairly straightforward point, I do feel the need to pass comment in the context of atheism and theism. Feminism in its various waves has become more and more nuanced in its outlook in what is now, in some sense, a broad collection of ideologies.

Cleveland abductions: Do white victims get more attention?

By Jonathan MS Pearce • May 10, 2013 • 1 comment

I was wondering when this issue would be raised by the bigger media outlets. The BBC reports: Three young women…

Muslims, Christians and No True Scotsmen

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Apr 17, 2013 • 158 comments

The No True Scotsman fallacy is a well-used fallacy in debates about religion with religionists. As wiki defines:

No true Scotsman is an informal fallacy, an ad hoc attempt to retain an unreasoned assertion.[1] When faced with a counterexample to a universal claim, rather than denying the counterexample or rejecting the original universal claim, this fallacy modifies the subject of the assertion to exclude the specific case or others like it by rhetoric, without reference to any specific objective rule.

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The Muslim Brotherhood has shown its contempt for Egypt’s women

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Mar 20, 2013 • No comments

Another fascinating Guardian article. It seems like Egypt is imploding in Islamic-led idiocy. Such a shame, with a wonderful opportunity to progress the country in starting with what could have been a blank slate. Instead, the country has largely regressed under the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood:

The religious right are wrong: all women have the right to choose

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Mar 12, 2013 • No comments

As the Guardian so poignantly reports:

In failing to accept that women own their own bodies, religious groups risk reversing progress on the status of women

How is it possible, in 2013, that violence against women is still tolerated? That was a question I heard several times at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last week.

Why burqas / niqabs are controversial

By Jonathan MS Pearce • Mar 2, 2013 • 12 comments

Burqas are back on the agenda in the UK. This is because there was a recent furore within the British legal aystem. A Muslim woman was barred from serving on a jury because she refused to remove her veil. In a controversial ruling, a judge said she could not sit on an attempted murder trial because her full face covering (niqab) concealed her expressions.

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