In a year when America has been
otherwise austerity-obsessed, we are still sex-scandal rich. But while
we certainly flock like moths to the scandal flame when that flame is a
photo of a Congressman's penis, isn't it just as much of a scandal when
Congressmen (and women) want to redefine rape, criminalize abortion and
sex work, and chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our
sexuality? Why is the media so easily obsessed when casting aspersions
on the real or imagined sex lives of the already powerful, but not when
the powerful target the rest of us? Before we get all misty-eyed with
nostalgia – or tear gas – let's look back on some of 2011's sex
scandals, with attention to the ones that should have scandalized us
all.
- Cops Got Bailed Out, We Got...?
- Anthony Weiner, Sext Addict?
- Trafficking in Lies
- The Scarlet Letter Lives On
- Trial By Post
- Blastocysts: Not People
- Ashton Gets “Real”
- Pro-Choice Movements: We Need a Plan B
- Unoccupy My Body
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