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11/17/09
Of course, I think I'd much rather if he *were* a pornographer . . . there are some dark, plot-based films that could actually do it well (if it was based on the story and didn't try to promote it as "The Jaycee Dugard Story!"). Shane Ryan, no matter how they try to not make it exploitative, is going to do horribly. Ugh. #jayceedugard
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REALLY? REALLY? Do you not realize what you're doing then? #jayceedugard
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I'm not sure how to interpret this. Is it because at a certain point, the entire industry is so racist that the education of the patient is irrelevant? Maybe a more subtle racism, like doctors don't look seriously for the problems more often reported by black women? Because I'm having trouble thinking of other reasons. #jayceedugard
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But your explanation is completely plausible. Depressing, but not surprising. #jayceedugard
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I would love a study that could say, "Here, look, we found some very specific numbers-based reasons that racism is bad and (more importantly) THAT IT STILl EXISTS."
@MalinaMango: It may be that there are different biological factors. Like white women are at risk for a, b, and c, while black women are at risk for x, y, and z, because of purely biological reasons. The thing is that despite being at risk for a, b, and c, white women still have a better time in the hospital (which you can see because college educated white women have a 30% reduced risk, but black women don't, so it isn't just about class but specifically about race; money makes things better for white women but not black women). This cannot be because white women are just naturally more healthy and naturally more able to have babies without complications. It is almost certainly because problems at affect white people (a, b, c) are researched and therefore the severity of the complications is lessened. Similarly, most medical studies use white people, unless they are specifically designed to look at race or a specific race. I remember reading something not long ago in which a doctor basically said that no major study of heart disease had ever been done on anyone except white men. So almost everything that is known and used in medicine about heart disease is based on what works and what happens with white men. #jayceedugard
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I cannot begin describe how sad this makes me. If anyone wants citations to learn more about this issue, please PM me, I'm having trouble accessing my library account right now. For more reading on theories of institutionalized racism in the US, I recommend Joe Feagin's book Racist America as an excellent overview of the topic. #jayceedugard
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I mean, look, I'm prepared to say in the abstract there's probably woman-friendly porn out there, or at least possible. (Dworkin woulda thought so too I think.) But folks, what that filmmaker is doing is the logical extension of the argument that if all the actors in porn consent to it, "It's fine." I mean, assuming they use of-age actors...
ETA: Okay, so it's not a porno. My point still kinda stands if it were, though.
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That is NOT the policy of our armed forces. It's NOT! #jayceedugard
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The choices were, in a nutshell:
- No. Public (government employees) are protected by the 1st amendment, private employees are not.
- No. Employees give up all their constitutional rights when they are hired.
- Yes. Employees can say whatever they want because they are protected by the 1st amendment.
None made sense to me, and I picked the wrong one (it was the first). But, I know people in private industry have been fired for discriminatory speech/actions, so I am confused. Ditto on the pro life girl above.
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Also keep in mind that like 90% of these sexual harassment courses are not developed or ever even looked at by an attorney before they go out. Therefore, anything regarding actual legal wording is very likely to be completely misguided. #jayceedugard
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I called my mom up to ask her and she was confused as well. It ended up being the first choice (public v private). #jayceedugard
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And to get permission to do that, you don't just have to prove that you were together, but that you were actively planning to marry, which was the case here. Anyway, it was weird and quite morbid, since their two little girls were at the ceremony.
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In any case, I get why she felt the need to do this for closure. I just don't get why it's an actual legally binding agreement. #jayceedugard
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I don't really get it either. It made sense when marriage was important, but in a country of godless heathens (which is one of my favourite things about living here, just to make things clear) where 52% of children are now born outside of marriage and where they have the exact same rights as those who would have been called "legitimate" in other times, it doesn't make much sense.
I'm more troubled by how their two daughters (aged 3 and 5) understood the whole thing, because they were shown on TV during the ceremony, and the whole thing was quite morbid. But hey, maybe she needed to be officially considered a widow, I don't know. Anyway, it was only permitted because they were about to get married when he died and she was able to prove it. It's not like anyone can marry their dead boyfriend.
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