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Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter book recommendation about transition houses! Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists, The Origins of the Women's Shelter Movement in Canada by Margo Goodhand
As feminism becomes increasingly individualistic and marketized, it risks losing its political edge and inclusivity. Understanding feminism as a movement built on collective liberation is essential to its existence. This understanding, however, is in danger with the spread of โchoice feminismโ.
Itโs not just Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote. Many men in hockey, men in sports, men in general, commit sexual violence against women with impunity.
Hockey Canada has settled 21 sexual assault โallegationsโ since 1989. And these are just the cases that have been brought to and settled by Hockey Canada. Who knows how many rapes/sexual assaults male hockey players have actually committed against women with no recourse or justice for the women.
The recent report published by the Israeli Dinah Project about Hamasโ sexual violence against Israeli victims on October 7, 2023 took me back to two essays by the Palestinian feminist activist and writer (a citizen of Israel), Samah Salaime.
