Feminism
May 26 2011, Marco Villa

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, otherwise known as DSK, insists that he is innocent of the sexual assault, including attempted rape, charged against filed in a Manhattan courtroom.

DSK, heretofore the head of the International Monetary Fund, wrote in his...

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The Economist magazine recently posed the question as to whether the former head of the IMF would have faced the same prosecution in Paris or Rome. If an African...
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It’s decent in our times to talk about the flaws of men. It’s indecent to expose the flaws of women in modern times. A man becomes a “Male Chauvinist...
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Israeli President Moshe Katz has been found guilty of rape charges. The former president, I should note, had to resign his office after being indicted for rape after...
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There’s two types of gender gaps: pay scale and professional employment. The former is often cited, but rather dubious. Feminist groups often allege that women...
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