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Forget single mums and absent fathers - the current spate of knife crime can be traced back to the so-called 'real man', argues Jennifer Drew

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/knife_crime_and 2008-07-19T19:19:59Z 2008-07-18T19:50:33Z Jennifer Drew

Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence, and can face a range of additional barriers - from inaccessible shelters onwards, Clare Laxton reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/domestic_violen 2008-07-12T18:44:16Z 2008-07-12T18:19:29Z Clare Laxton

Violent men do not attack girls or women because they are 'vulnerable', argues Jennifer Drew, and it deflects attention from the perpetrators to pretend otherwise

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/there_is_a_buzz 2008-05-19T21:53:27Z 2008-05-19T21:31:33Z Jennifer Drew

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/the_oxbridge_se 2008-05-12T21:29:42Z 2008-05-11T22:03:34Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

A spate of convictions has put femicide into the headlines again. But, as Jennifer Drew reports, the media is still blaming women - and ignoring 'everyday' incidents of male violence against women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/the_epidemic_of 2008-04-06T11:25:34Z 2008-04-06T10:41:21Z Jennifer Drew

Matthew Provost draws the connections between male violence against women and bullying in the playground

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/stopping_violen 2008-04-04T20:15:50Z 2008-04-04T20:06:29Z Matthew Provost

Approaching men on the street and asking them to undress and be photographed can be frightening - and highlights the struggle for women to find equality. Alex Brew explains

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/walking_on_eggs 2008-04-02T21:45:41Z 2008-04-02T20:52:37Z Alex Brew

What use are sex worker groups that give out condoms and showers, but can't help women who want to exit prostitution? Ekis reports from Barcelona on prostitution and the campaign for legalisation

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/how_to_get_an_a_1 2008-03-17T00:13:36Z 2008-03-16T23:07:42Z Ekis

Amina pairs women who have experienced sexual violence with volunteers who have been through the same ordeal - and turns their perceived 'victim' status on its head. Rachel Bell reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/im_no_sad_victi 2008-03-11T10:39:00Z 2008-03-10T19:19:11Z Rachel Bell http://www.bettybandit.co.uk/

Threatened, intimidated, bullied, violated: this is hospital birth as many mothers experience it. Amity Reed reports on the little-recognised crime of birth rape

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/not_a_happy_bir 2008-03-07T21:27:24Z 2008-03-07T20:14:45Z Amity Reed http://noblesavage.me.uk/

All over the planet women are denied the most basic rights. Ruthie Samuel asks: where is the outrage?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/uk_feminists_mu 2008-02-06T00:19:20Z 2008-02-04T21:47:25Z Ruthie Samuel

Jo Legg asks, when will feminists take over the Home Office?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/crime_and_patri 2008-02-04T10:14:21Z 2008-02-03T23:26:26Z Jo Legg

Ever been called a 'slag'? How about 'frigid'? Jennifer Drew explains how such derogatory language is used to keep women in their place

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/how_the_word_sl 2008-01-31T23:06:57Z 2008-01-31T08:19:07Z Jennifer Drew

Porn should be reformed, not banned, argues Laurie Penny

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/against_censors 2008-01-02T19:30:43Z 2008-01-02T17:46:06Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

Gender-neutral language applies to male criminals, but not to their female victims, argues Jennifer Drew

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/12/does_gender_neu 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-12-03T23:58:26Z Jennifer Drew