Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Corrie Martin <>]

Hello Colleagues,

It has been a few weeks since our campus hosted Wendy Murphy, a contributor to this list, for her talk, "Rethinking Rape," in which she made the powerful case for using the language of autonomy and human rights in our battle against rape culture and the sexual victimization of women. Her words could not be more important now, as mainstream media pushes once again the familiar myth that violence, violation, humiliation, and degradation aren't wrong; they are what women really want.

Check out the COVER story of Newsweek magazine (a DOUBLE issue, which means it will be on news stands for TWO FULL WEEKS!)

Featuring a naked woman wearing only searing red lipstick and a black satin blindfold, the headline reads, "The Fantasy Life of Working Women - Why SURRENDER is a Feminist Dream." 

That's right...in an age when few women leaders and newsmakers ever grace the cover of national magazines, we have a rare headline story about women, and it's about how what women really want is to be dominated (sexually, emotionally, physically) by arrogant, self-centered, mysoginist men (I am not exaggerating). 

CLICK HERE for a smart rebuttal to this latest high-profile incarnation of the never-ending "S&M cycle of feminine sophistry and showboating."  We need more voices like these, and Wendy's. Everyone, let's speak up and speak out against this current attack on women, which wants the world to believe that women don't really value our own autonomy.

Corrie Martin

Director

Women's Resource Center

University of the Pacific

3601 Pacific Ave.

Stockton, CA 95211

Office Phone: 209.932.2815

Campus Resources

Student Victim Advocate (confidential): 209.403.0250

Public Safety: 209.946.3911 (emergency) or 209.946.2537 (non-emergency)

Counseling Services (confidential): 209.946.2315 x2

Stockton and San Joaquin County Resources

Women?s Center of San Joaquin County (24-Hour Sexual Assault Helpline): 209.465.4997

Stockton Police Department: 911 or 209.937.8377 (non-emergency)