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The young women changing the face of Aussie rules
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Canadian defence lawyer asks sex assault complainant why she didn't clench her legs together
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Toowoomba woman wins court bid to use her dead boyfriend's sperm to have a baby
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So apparently there's an ongoing controversy about Battlefield V allowing you to play as a female character
Any perspectives on that, fellow Tildoes? Tildarians, Tilderinos, Tildonkeys, etc.? From what I can tell, the main argument against it is that it's not historically accurate. I guess that makes...
Any perspectives on that, fellow Tildoes? Tildarians, Tilderinos, Tildonkeys, etc.?
From what I can tell, the main argument against it is that it's not historically accurate. I guess that makes sense, but A) that doesn't seem to warrant the utter seething rage that I see from opponents, and B) I rather doubt the Battlefield franchise has made it a habit to be 1-to-1 regarding history anyway. I've played none of them, but I saw someone mention that in-game events are definitely not historically accurate anyway. So I guess the "keep women out" side is conflating the game's setting with a declaration of dedication to historical accuracy? Seems silly to me to take umbrage at a game failing to meet an expectation that you invented.
Then again, maybe I'm wrong. My initial gut reaction was to write it off as casual sexism and an unwillingness to break tradition, and while I'm sure that explains a minority of the outrage, I highly doubt the controversy can be explained so simply.
Anyone here want to way in?
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The hidden history of the women who built the computer age
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'Shocking' level of sexual harassment at music festivals
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The health gap: How women experience the medical system
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The health risks of maturing early
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Spain now has the most female cabinet in Europe
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Margaret Atwood: 'If the ocean dies, so do we'
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Denmark bans the burqa and niqab
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Abortion: Sanctity of Human Life and the Rights of (wo)Man
Yesterday, Ireland passed a referendum that will repeal a constitutional amendment that banned abortions. The government of Ireland will now have the explicit authority (as soon as the results are...
Yesterday, Ireland passed a referendum that will repeal a constitutional amendment that banned abortions. The government of Ireland will now have the explicit authority (as soon as the results are certified) to legislate matters of abortion directly. This seems likely to lead to a substantially less restrictive stance toward abortion in one of the most restrictive member nations of the EU. It would still likely end up being slightly more restrictive law than in the United States.
Ireland's history regarding abortion's legality is explicitly tied as a counter-reaction to Roe V. Wade, the American supreme court case that found abortion legal until the third trimester under a rights-balancing test under the 9th and 14th amendments (which--implicitly--enshrines a right to privacy and--explicitly--expands that right to the state level, respectively). While this balancing test was later changed to a standard requiring "fetal viability," states and activists through the United States organized against the Supreme Court's decision to create new limitations on abortion.
So today, I'm seeking to sidestep some of that history to wrestle with the core underlying balancing test Roe v Wade and other similar legal frameworks have tried to answer: when is a pregnant woman's rights more or less important than the life of the living being growing inside of her? In what circumstances (if any) should a woman be allowed to choose to end her pregnancy?
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Winnipeg girl, three, forbidden from wearing 'inappropriate' sundress to preschool
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Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country
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Ireland’s abortion vote becomes a test for Facebook and Google
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MI6 airs TV ads to recruit more women and ethnic minorities
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An open letter about female coaches
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Successful treatment of a rare genetic disorder in the womb
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A woman has been named as NYSE president. It only took 226 years.
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