http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/sexual-politics/Content?oid=6618946 Comments On: Sexual Politics by Sarah Mirk en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
All that said, however, it's just too damned bad that the PPB still has not extended this level of courtesy to the general pubic. Anyone with any sense knows that police forces are about as misogynistic as they are racist. Fact is, women are typically in danger for their safety whenever in police custody. Most of my female friends have horror stories about how they were badly mistreated (including the threat of rape) by cops. Plus, you can ask ANY sex worker how the average cop regards women.

I'm not trying to trip, i'm just being real about it - i seriously hope that people who read or are aware of this story don't start having it in mind that the police are "alright" just b/c of a few small frontal (however positive) changes that are made. This ain't about individual cops, it's about the whole goddamned matrix.

Posted by DamosA]]> Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:33:24 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by 10-30/10-79]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:35:02 -0700 Portland Mercury "...Rice is hoping the bureau can work with neighborhood businesses to create a list of places where it would be okay for officers to stop in regularly and use a bathroom to pump milk."
Oh MY.. we don't want women pumping in a bathroom.. the businesses we recruit will have wonderful non-bathroom lactation spaces that will provide rest break accommodation!
Posted by Marion Rice Galford]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:59:49 -0700 Portland Mercury