Top Stories from Reproductive Justice & Gender on AlterNet April 2nd, 2008 From the editors: Last week, Barack Obama spoke frankly about race in America, and started a national conversation that needs to continue throughout the election season. Unfortunately, I don't think the candidates will be giving speeches on gender anytime soon -- not because either sexism or racism is "worse" than the other, but because the ways in which we are allowed to publicly discuss issues of sex and gender are different than the ways we are allowed to publicly discuss race. And so yet again, race and gender are separated out in the ways we talk about them, as if all women are white and all people of color are men. But just because Clinton and Obama aren't talking about gender and race together doesn't mean that the rest of us can't. It's time to start a conversation about the myriad issues that form our identities, influence our politics and shape our lives. We need to talk about how those identities intersect, and how that intersection plays out in the real world -- from prisons to the armed forces to international policy. Our realities are complex and overlapping, and simplistic conversations about race vs. gender -- or focusing on either race or gender -- just doesn't cut it anymore. Thanks for reading, Jill Filipovic Editor, Reproductive Justice and Gender RAPISTS IN THE RANKS By Jane Harman, Los Angeles Times Women in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. When will Congress and the DOD take notice? THE IRAQ LEGACY: MILLIONS OF WOMEN'S LIVES DESTROYED By Nadje Al-Ali, Comment Is Free Politicians hoped the Iraq war would see the advance of women's rights. Instead, Iraqi women face violence, sexual abuse and segregation. ANTI-CHOICE AND THE WOO FACTOR By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check It's time for rational people to cast an eye of skepticism on the unscientific and wholly irrational claims of the anti-choice movement. MUSLIM LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGE By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check The opposition of prominent Islamic scholars to forced marriage is an important step in the fight for gender equality in the Muslim world. WHAT ZAMBIA TEACHES US ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AIDS POLICY By William Smith, Wendy Turnbull, RH Reality Check Conservative, HIV/AIDS policy is doing damage world-wide. Zambia is one illustrative example. SMEARING OBAMA'S RECORD ON CHOICE By Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check Anti-choice activists claim that Obama voted against protecting infants. In fact, he cast his votes for choice and for women's health. MY PET BIMBO By Jessica Wakeman, Huffington Post Is the latest misogynist online game brilliant satire or just another dangerous message to young girls? AlterNet Blogs: EXTINGUISHING THE MYTH OF BRA BURNING By Claudine Zap, Huffington Post Women never burned their bras. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to 1968, Atlantic City. To the Miss America Pageant. KNOCKED UP? YOUR JOB MIGHT BE ON THE LINE By Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money The rise in pregnancy discrimination is further evidence of how little our society values women as equal citizens. BUSH OFFICIAL: DOCTOR'S RIGHT TO WITHOLD INFO GREATER THAN PATIENT'S RIGHT TO RECEIVE IT By Cara Kulwicki, The Curvature The Bush Administration has already said that doctors should be able to deny medical care to women. Now they want to deny information, too. These stories and more are available on in Reproductive Justice & Gender on AlterNet. Donate: Visit to support AlterNet and independent journalism. Purchase: Visit to Purchase.

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