Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Patty Stein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patty Stein. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

How a black-belt Lakota woman is using crowdfunding to fight rape

Until now, Patty Stein has been using her nine years of Taekwondo training and her black belt in Hapkido – a Korean martial art – in the service of embattled Egyptians. The 21-year-old is a volunteer with Tahrir Bodyguard, a group that seeks to protect women from the threat of sexual assault on the streets of Cairo.

But Stein was in the middle of a recent self-defense training class – “literally mid joint-lock,” she writes – when she realized she should bring her work home. As a Lakota woman born in the U.S. and a survivor of sexual assault, Stein knew as well as anyone that First Nations women make up a disproportionate number of sexual assault victims.

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