Comments on: Republican Women Senators Vote in Support of Al Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment

By: The New Agenda » Blog Archive » Make it happen! Kay Bailey Hutchison

The New Agenda » Blog Archive » Make it happen! Kay Bailey Hutchison — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:07:55 +0000

[...] Voted in favor of the Anti-Rape Amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that protects the rights of rape victims who work for federal contractors overseas. [...]

By: marille

marille — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:37:08 +0000

point well taken Janis, how are we bringing the message to every girl and woman on this planet.

By: Janis

Janis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:11 +0000

Marille, push comes to shove, the only thing a woman can do to make sure nothing like this happens to her is to move to a planet where there are no men. I’ve solved the problem by just not having anhy in my life; I’ve got enough crap to do and keep straight in my life already, I cannot afford the extra cycles to play the “rapist or not?” judgment game when it’s far easier and more efficient to just obviate having to make the decision.

Next time you go to a party with friends, try never ever letting your drink out of your sight or never ever taking anything from anyone else.

By: marille

marille — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:35:11 +0000

Alison, congratulation on picking up the gender situation in the vote. I tried something similar with the recent vote on hate crime legislation. there was also party crossover which evened the result out 17 to 18. all the nay votes from democrates came from male senators. the republican crossover was gender mixed. one can argue, that the hate vote like the Al Franken amendment were attached to military spending and the nay sayers were against the military spending. i don’t buy it since traditionally in the public debate female voices were in majority against war.
another important issue here is that the assault happened with a date rape drug. and this practice is increasing on college campuses and other places. a few weeks ago the new York Times had an article on a mennonite community in Bolivia, where a groups of males within the group used a sprayable drug to commit rapes undetected for over a year until they were caught. it changed lif i the community drastically. trustdeficit in the community. they did not find themselves able to punish these guys in the community but handed them over to the Bolivian police. I wonder where our media are who should have these stories all over to warn women, to never accept drinks from somebody. and i wonder from where these drugs come, why are they so easy accessible on the market?

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:17 +0000

Jenn Q,

Thank you for the correction. That clarifies things.

But I still find the scenario to be outrageous, in regard to the civil suit, and I’m very proud of our Republican Women Senators for voting in support of Al Franken’s amendment.

By: yttik

yttik — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:27:55 +0000

I certainly believe in voting along gender lines. The problem lies in trying to convince women to support women.

By: bruce nahin

bruce nahin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:24:21 +0000

The employment contract probably stated that any issues( not just assault) arising from the employment must be brought under mandatory arbitration and not court. I have looked at dozens of these…if you have an employment contract with your employer, take the time to read it…generally these clauses are found towards the end of the contract…you’ll be surprised to find that you too may have signed an arbitration agreement. I do not know why the lady did not pursue her rights under arbitration to obtain recompense…The story is silent as to that…but the criminal issues resides with DOJ- Jenn is correct- the are ther foot draggers.

This however raises anew the issue of gender voting that I have been preaching since TNA started…Gender must trump agenda for you to obtain the rights and power which ought to be inherently yours. The males will not cross lines to help you- that is the lesson of this vote- you need to achieve gender parity-Vote Palin, Bachman, Whitman,Fiona,Pelosi, whomever and whenever you can

By: Kiuku

Kiuku — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:42:06 +0000

Thanks for that clarification Jenn. I was about to dispute that. No contract can nullify prosecution of a criminal offense. It is still very strange for there to be an attempt at silencing of a sexual assault in a work contract. Was it written by rapists?

By: Janis

Janis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:06:40 +0000

If liberal women haven’t figured this out by now, I don’t hold out a lot of hope for them.

By: Jenn Q. Public

Jenn Q. Public — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:05:00 +0000

Ugh. I don’t have time to fully address this right now, but just quickly: this post completely mischaracterizes the nature of the KBR contract. Jamie Leigh’s contract does not, as this post suggests, prevent her from filing criminal sexual assault charges in court. An employment contract cannot nullify the ability to prosecute a criminal offense.

The contract Jamie Leigh signed stipulated that she could not pursue a civil suit in court against the company and would have to use arbitration instead. Whether or not that’s fair is certainly up for discussion, but please realize that it is the foot dragging of the DOJ (under both Bush and Obama) that has kept Jamie Leigh from having her day in criminal court.

This case is horrific enough without resorting to partisan talking points and hyperbole.