I was trying to think of good topics for my first blog post. You know the stuff: real issues, attention grabbers, need to know information. But then I decided that every issue I plan to write about will be real, everything I write will (hopefully) grab your attention (otherwise you'll probably stop coming back), and everything I plan to write will also be information that I think everyone should know. So this blog will just be a compilation of ideas running through my mind.
Let's take a look at the ideas presently running through my mind (in fast forward speed).
Let's take a look at the ideas presently running through my mind (in fast forward speed).
D.C. passed a law that says women carrying more than two condoms will be considered prostitutes? The salem witch trials were so sexist, and I can't believe they drown women to see if they were witches. There was just no winning! Who knew that women might use the word "like" more often as a form of apology and as a way of being less direct? Are there really 35 different sexes? Anne Fausto-Sterling claims five, but to add a thirty in front of that!
Actually, a lot of these ideas come from a few of the interesting classes I am in this semester. I imagine these classes might inform some of my posts, but in general, you can look for posts about: culture, news, literature, and whatever else I see as pertaining to this subject.
Since this is my first blog and all, I am going to try to start with an interesting issue: Anti-prostituion laws in D.C. that limit women's rights to safe sex.
D.C. Law: Fact or Fiction?
I am a Digg user, or a Digger, if you will. Recently, while I was surfing Digg to find a topic I could use to go off on a feminist rant about, I found this one: http://digg.com/d31F92J . According to the article, D.C. passed a law which is supposed to restrict prostitution by deeming any woman in possession of more than two condoms a prostitute. There has been a HUGE amount of negative comments pouring in on different sites, even signing petitions to have this "law reversed." However, according to http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/01/13/can-having-three-condoms-in-d-c-get-you-arrested/ this might not be necessary. This blog suggests that all the information was taken out of context and that there is no real law suggesting that women with more than 2 condoms on them will be arrested. It might, however, be grounds for an officer to believe that you are prostituting yourself. (However they are not supposed to arrest anyone for this.) So rest sound tonight women, it is highly doubtful that if you are carrying 3 condoms in the D.C. area that you will get busted by the police for intent to prostitute (as long as you don't "linger" in an area that has been deemed a prostitution-free zone, that is). Therefore, I'm going to chalk this one up to fiction.
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