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Bought and Sold: The Exploitation of Female Sexuality in a Market-Driven Society
by Stephanie M. Crumpton Special to the YWCA Recently I’ve watched the sexual assault case against an extremely affluent international businessman unravel due to efforts to render the victim uncredible. The case kept coming up in the back of my … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Self Image, Sexual Assault
Tagged Abercrombie & Fitch, beauty, Botox, criticism IMF, Dominique Strauss-Khan, DSK, female sexuality, girls, Kim Kardashian, Logan Levkoff, marketing to children, marketing to girls, rape, self esteem, self image, sexual assault, sexuality, sexualizatioin of girls, Skechers, Skechers Shape-Ups, Stephanie Crumpton, Stephanie M. Crumpton, women
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Support Military Women!
Throughout the summer, the YWCA USA will be celebrating our sisters in arms, the women who volunteer for the United States armed forces. Today, more than 350,000 women are serving in the U.S. military. While serving, they are more likely … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual Assault, Women in the Military
Tagged armed forces, military, women, ywca
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