Controversially, the council will also set out grounds where ‘mitigating circumstances’ will be taken into account. They are expected to include cases involving ’sexual familiarity’ between rapist and victim before the attack.That could mean a woman and a man becoming intimate with the woman later refusing full sex, only to be overpowered. Such ‘date rapes’, where victims know their attacker, are the most common form of rape.

So, looks like a girl’s got to get herself Napolized to get a decent conviction. I could spit.

The Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community says in an inspirational speech that women should be celebrated for their role in human development, because, in case patriarchy hasn’t made this crystal clear, “women are the nurturers of our children. They are the first carers and educators in our families. The human race owes its existence to women.”

Patriarchy did acknowlege this, that is why patriarchy’s first and most defining act was to impose male control of social reproduction so they could reproduce patriarchy. They acknowlege this ever time they hysterically attack abortion and birth control for restoring some autonomy over social reproduction to women.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4789090.stm

What does he want? The right to force her to have an abortion? The right to just dump her and walk away? BBC has been covering some very scary reproductive rights related stories lately…

Utes (USAn:pickup trucks) are a rural/trades staple, and are being marketed to to “ocker” contingent aggressively.

Ford utes got a strong reaction a few months ago with ads where free-range gazelle-women were irresistably lured to follow a Ford ute Pied-Piper like up a grassy hill. They followed that ad with the same two men in the same ute being followed this time by lots of canines. “Can’t we stop and pick them up?” says Ocker 1. “Nah mate, they’re dogs.” says Ocker 2. Ba-dum-tish!

So Holden (Oz subsidiary of GM) decided to join the ocker fantasyland for their ad for utes: couple lying in bed, she asks “what’s your fantasy?” and he talks of how he’s like a bright shiny new 4WD ute to drive through rugged bushland. She asks “alone?” in a slightly hurt voice, and he says “Yep”. Cut back to fantasy, pan across to pasenger seat, wherein is arrayed a polished smiling glamorous sexbot, who goes to speak but is signalled to be quiet by Our Typical Ocker Bloke raising a finger to his lips.

When I saw the first Ford ad, I said to Mr Tog “right, our next car won’t be a Ford, right?”.
When I saw the second, I said “ok, we are never buying a Ford”.
When I saw the Holden ad, I said “well, that’s it, we can’t buy Australian-made because they’re all sexist fuckers”.

I can’t imagine I’m the only Australian woman to feel that way. Boycott Ford and Holden, sisters! Don’t buy one, sell one if you’ve already got one, don’t date a man who drives one.