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” Human Events Online, May 18, 2004; Carey Roberts. “Amnesty Stuck on the Shoals of Political Correctness,” MensNewsDaily.com, June 4, 2005; David Usher. “Feminism, the WKKK, and the Gender-Lynching of Michael Jackson,” MensNewsDaily.com, April 21, 2005.

6 Mary Rettig. “CWA Official: Rising Crime Among Women Linked to Feminist Agenda,” AgapePress, October 27, 2005.

7 Ibid.

8 Vaginal “rejuvenation” is the newest form of plastic surgery by which women can get labiaplasties, vaginal tightening, and liposuction on their labia.

9 The American Heritage Dictionary.

10 Rebecca Traister. “The F-Word,” Salon.com, July 5, 2005.

11 Ibid.

12 Post in response to Rebecca Traister’s “The F-Word.” Found online at: www.sabreean.com/?p=10.

2 Feminists Do It Better (and Other Sex Tips)

1 Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.

2 Representative Henry Waxman. “The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Education Programs,” U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform, December 2004.

3 Gail Schontzler. “Abstinence speaker pushed religion in school, dad charges,” The Daily Chronicle, May 11, 2005.

4 Representative Henry Waxman.

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 “In Their Own Words: What Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Say,” Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, August 2005.

8 Quoted in Camille Hahn. “Virgin Territory,” Ms. magazine, fall 2004.

9 “Jessica Simpson’s Virgin Vow,” Female First, December 30, 2004. Found online at: www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment.

10 Reginald Finger. “Association of Virginity at Age 18 with Educational, Economic, Social, and Health Outcomes in Middle Adulthood,” Adolescent & Family Health, April 2004.

11 Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect (HB 580).

12 Jodi Wilgoren. “In Nebraska, Rape Charge Follows Legal Marriage, in Kansas, to 14-Year-Old,” The New York Times, August 20, 2005.

13 Jonathan Amos. “Ancient phallus unearthed in cave,” BBC News, July 25, 2005.

14 From a December 1994 speech at a United Nations-sponsored conference on AIDS. Found online at: www.rotten.com/library/sex/masturbation.

15 “Texas mom faces trial for selling sex toys,” Reuters, February 11, 2004.

16 Michael Lemonicka. “Teen Twist on Sex,” Time magazine, September 19, 2005.

3 Pop Culture Gone Wild

1 This term was coined by Pamela Paul in her new book by the same name. Pamela Paul. Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families (New York: Henry Holt, 2005).

2 Ariel Levy. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture (New York: Free Press, 2006).

3 Jennifer Baumgardner. “Feminism Is a Failure, and Other Myths,” AlterNet, November 17, 2005.

4 Whitney Joiner. “Live girl-on-girl action!” Salon.com, June 20, 2006.

5 From a Feministing interview with Rachel Kramer Bussel.

6 R. Scott Moxley. “Slammer Time,” OC Weekly, October 7, 2005.

7 Erin Woods. “Sex and intoxication among women more common on spring break, according to AMA poll,” AMA press release, March 8, 2006.

8 Audio interview with Janice Crouse, senior fellow with the Beverly LaHaye Institute, Concerned Women for America. Found online at: www.cwfa.org/articles.

4 The Blame (and Shame) Game

1 National Crime Victimization Survey, Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Crime and Victims Statistics, 2004. Found online at: www.rainn.org/statistics.

2 “Women in jeans ‘cannot be raped’,” BBC News, February 11, 1999. Found online at: www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world.

3 Naomi Schaefer Riley. “Ladies, You Should Know Better: How feminism wages war on common sense,” The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2006.

4 Found online at: www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe.

5 Sexual assault research, Amnesty International, November 2005. Found online at: www.amnesty.org.uk/news.

6 R. Scott Moxley. “Slammer Time,” OC Weekly, October 27, 2005. Found online at: www.ocweekly.com/news.

7 R. Scott Moxley. “Hung Jury?” OC Weekly, June 24, 2004. Found online at: www.ocweekly.com/news.

8 “Three Men Receive Six-Year Sentences in Sexual Assault Case,” NBC News, March 10, 2006.

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