July/August, 2003
(Volume 10, No. 4)

 


WFN Editorial
A New Editor at WFN
by Christine Rosen

Patience is a Virtue
by Jean Bethke Elshtain

Policy Update:
Human Trafficking
by WFN Staff

Interview with Jean Bethke Elshtain
by WFN Staff

Hannah More: The First Victorian
by Ann Stott

Reviewed by WFN Staff

March/April & May/June, 2003
(Volume 10, Nos. 2 & 3)

 


Battling for Baghdad and Freedom
by Barun S. Mitra

WFN Editorial
Freedom the World Over
by Dr. Rita J. Simon

Title IX Commission Recommendations
by WFN Staff

The Price of Motherhood
by Ann Crittenden

Reviewed by Bruce Kanter

January/February, 2003
(Volume 10, No. 1)

 


If You're Going to be Raped,
Let Me Give You a Condom
by Donna M. Hughes

WFN Editorial
My Trip to Cuba
by Dr. Rita J. Simon

Working it Out:
Career Plans and Business Decisions

Interview with Julianne Nelson

November/December, 2002
(Volume 9, No. 6)

 


What Happened in the 2002 Election?
by Christine Degregario

Pundits, Polls & Projections
by Daniel Dreisbach

Trying Times for Immigrants
and the U.S. Constitution

by Jay S. Marks

September/October, 2002
(Volume 9, No. 5)

 


Young Woman Masters the Sport of Kings
by Dr. Rita J. Simon

The Politics of Family Destruction
by Steven Baskerville

Boys: The New Underclass
In American Schools

by Glenn Sacks

July/August, 2002
(Volume 9, No. 4)

 


Should We Revisit Title IX?
by Dr. Rita J. Simon

A Woman's Choice:
Letting Her Defend Herself

by John R. Lott, Jr.

Combating International Sex Trafficking:
Progress Made, Challenges Ahead

by Andrea Bertone

The Collapsing Nuclear Family:
Inventing a Crisis

by Carl F. Horowitz

Jan/Feb & March/April, 2002
(Volume 9, Nos. 1 & 2)

 


WFN SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

President's Opening Remarks
by Dr. Rita J. Simon

Exploitation of Children and Youth in
the U.S., Mexico and Canada

by Richard Estes

Report on the Second World Congress Against CSEC
Yokohama, Japan

by Carol Smolenski

Forced into Commercial Sexploitation:
A Personal Account

by Cherry Kingsley

The Demand for Trafficked Women & Children
in Destination Countries

by Donna Hughes

The United States Campaign Against
Commercial Exploitation of Children

by Laura Barnitz

Organized Crime and Trafficking
in Eastern Europe and Russia

Dr. Louise Shelly

A Student's Field Experience in Thailand
by Christina Arnold

November/December, 2001
(Volume 8, No.6)

 


How to Make the Abortion Issue
Go Away

by Andrew Hyman

Violence Knows No Gender
by Bill Kuhl

Letter to the Editor

September/October, 2001
(Volume 8, No. 5)

 


WOMEN'S FREEDOM NETWORK DEBATE
Women in Combat:
Civic Duty or Military Liability?

by Lori M. Fenner
& Marie E. deYoung

WFN Editorial:
The World Has Changed
by Rita J. Simon

Americans: the People Who've
Forgotten Who They Are

by Judith Kleinfeld

U.S. Policy Has Betrayed Afghan
Women for Twenty Years

by Glenn Sacks

The Case for Force
by Jeane Kirkpatrick

May/June & July/August, 2001
(Volume 8, Nos. 3 & 4)

 


WFN Editorial:
China Frees American University Scholar
by Rita J. Simon

Love & Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire
Family Doesn't Work

by Jennifer Roback Morse

Reviewed by F. Carolyn Graglia

Dorothy Rabinowitz Accepts
Wfn's Annual Leadership Award

by WFN Staff

MEDIA WATCH
NOW Revisited

by Bruce Kanter

March/April, 2001
(Volume 8, No. 2)

 


WFN Editorial:
American University Researcher Held in China
by Philip A. Pan

International Sex Trafficking in Women:
Progress made, Challenges Still Ahead

by Andrea Bertone

Autism, Motherhood & the Life of the Mind
by Laurie Morrow, Ph.D.

WFN Reader's Reaction

Dorothy Rubinowitz to Receive Award

January/February, 2001
(Volume 8, No. 1)

 


WFN Editorial:
Pro-Choice, but Opposed to Government Funding
by Cathy Young

Human Rights Violations Against Women in Iran
by WFN Staff

The Politics of Children: An Example of
Practices and Vested Political Interests

by Stephen Baskerville

The Advantages of Workplace and Campus Dating
by Russell Eisenman

WFN Hosts Reception for Senator Anne C. Cools
by WFN Staff

November/December, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 6)

 


WOMEN'S FREEDOM NETWORK TOWNHALL MEETING

2000 Presidential Election:
Opening Remarks

by Rita J. Simon

Glamour Politics and the
Women's Victim Culture

by Christina Hoff-Sommers

Disrupting Medical Misinformation
by Sally Satel

Governmental Gridlock
by Steve Moore

WFN Editorial
At Long Last, Gender is Considered
in Proposed New Asylum Rule

by Rita J. Simon

September/October, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 5)

 


Responsible Fatherhood--
Or Irresponsible Policymaking?

by Lisa Oliphant, Cato Institute

Research Report
Lending Practices to Women-Owned Businesses:
A Vital Component of Economic Stability

Economic Prosperity, Women & Access to Credit

July/August, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 4)

 


WFN Editorial:
Violence Against Women Act
by Cathy Young

Sexual Harassment Policies and Academic Freedom
at George Washington University

by David Robinson, Jr.

WFN Editorial:
Men's and Women's Studies Programs:
Who Needs Them?
by Rita J. Simon

Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice
for Women in Academia
by Emily Toth

Reviewed by Claire Morgan

The War Against Boys
by Christina Hoff-Sommers

Reviewed by Bruce Kanter

Minorities and the Poor
Favor School Choice Programs
by Maureen Blum

May/June, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 3)

 


WOMEN'S FREEDOM NETWORK AWARDS

Gender Equity Award Winners:
Judith Kleinfeld and Mary Ann Glendon

by Claire Morgan

Why Publish a Report That Does Not Advance the
Interests of Women in the Sciences?
by Judith Kleinfeld

What Would My Mother Have Thought
of Women's Freedom Network?
by Mary Ann Glendon

Nanny State Clobbers Fathers' Rights in Court
by Stephan Baskerville

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
by Amanda Foreman
Reviewed by Ingrid A. Merikoski

March/April, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 2)

 


WFN Editorial:
Friendships Among Successful Women
by Rita J. Simon

Women, Work and Family
by Claire Morgan

all about love: New Visions
by bell hooks
Reviewed by Amanda Printz

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
by Susan Faludi

Reviewed by Meri Ann Merikoski

January/February, 2000
(Volume 7, No. 1)

 


WFN Editorial
Economic and Political Freedom
Go Hand in Hand
by Nina W.Chernof

MIT Tarnishes its Reputation With
Junk Gender Science

by Judith Kleinfeld

Free Market Feminism
by Amanda Printz

Cease Fire! Off and On Target --
But Not Always Sticking to Its Guns

by Cathy Young

Reviewed by Bruce Kanter

WFN Editorial:
More Problems With Deportation
of Immigrant Women

by Rita J. Simon

Woman: An Intimate Geography
by Natalie Angiers

Reviewed by Andrea Bertone

Sept/Oct & Nov/Dec, 1999
(Volume 6, Nos. 5 & 6)

 


WOMAN'S FREEDOM NETWORK
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEXUAL TRAFFICKING

National Press Club, Washington D.C.
November 8 & 9, 1999.
by Claire Morgan

Keynote Speaker: Michael Horowitz
Senior Fellow Hudson Institute

Michael Horowitz

The Protection Project:
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

Laura J. Lederer, Director

Ending Child Prostitution, Child Pornography
and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes:
ECPAT - USA

Carol Smolenski, Coordinator

National Conference on Sexual Trafficking
Guest Speaker: Andrea Bertone

Andrea Bertone

Victims of Sexual Trafficking:
An Interview with "Inez"

by Laura J. Lederer

National Conference on Sexual Trafficking
Guest Speaker: Nora Demleitner

Nora Demleitner

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Luncheon Speaker: Maureen Walsh

Maureen Walsh, OSCE

Law Enforcement and Legislation:
The International Justice Mission

Gary A. Haugen, President

Law Enforcement and Legislation
Guest Speaker: David Fagelson

David Fagelson, American University

National Law Center for Children and Families
Robert Flores, Vice President

National Conference on Sexual Trafficking:
Jewish Law and Women's Rights

Blu Greenberg

Tourism Industry Complicity
Carol Smolenski

The International Organization for Migration
Marco A. Gramegna

National Conference on Sexual Trafficking:
Concluding Remarks

Rabbi David Saperstein

July/August, 1999
(Volume 6, No. 4)

 


WFN Editorial:
The Role of Women in the Next 100 Years
by Rita J. Simon

A Room of One's Own --
and $50,000 a year

by Claire Morgan

Punitive Damages: The Only Cure in Town?
by Sarah J. McCarthy

Intersecting Voices:
Feminism, Liberation, and Individuality

by Iris Young

Reviewed by Ana Kogel

Rennaissance Women in Science
by Louise Q. van der Does
and Rita J. Simon

"Compassionate Conservatism" --
The Feminization or the Liberalization
of Republican Policy?

by Fred Smith

May/June, 1999
(Volume 6, No. 3)

 


WFN Editorial:
Women Are Still Being Discriminated Against
in Gaining Refugee Status

by Rita J. Simon

What Day-Care Crisis?
by Darcy Olsen

Ending Sexual slavery: A 21st Century Challenge
by Michael Horowitz

Fatherhood
by Cathy Young

The Whole Woman
by Germaine Greer

Reviewed by Donna Laframboise

Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder:
The Woman Behind the Legend

by John E. Miller

Reviewed by John Moser

March/April, 1999
(Volume 6, No. 2)

 


WFN Editorial:
From Sexual Warfare to a New Equality.
by Cathy Young

Hildegard von Bingen
(1098 - 1179)

by Claire Morgan

Editorial:
In Her Own Words -- Gloria Steinem
by Rita J. Simon

The Mythical Mother
by Joanne Cvar

The Leslie Whaley Case
by Rita J. Simon

So You Want to Teach Feminism -
And You're a ... Guy?

by Jonas Brodin

A Return to Modesty:
Discovering the Lost Virtue
by Wendy Shalit
and
What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us:
Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman

by Danielle Crittendon

Reviewed by Donna Laframboise

MEDIA WATCH
WFN Staff

January/February, 1999
(Volume 6, No. 1)

 


WFN Editorial
A Woman's Place is in the White House?
by Peter L. Francia, PhD.

In Praise of Bridget Jones, Ally McBeal...
& Other (So-Called) Post-Feminist Icons.

by Claire Morgan

A Case Study in Advocacy Research:
The NIJ/CDCP Study on the
Incidence and Prevalence of Violence Against Women

by Dr. Susan Sarnoff

Sexual Trafficking of Women and Children
by Rita J. Simon

Elizabeth
a film directed by Shekhar Kapur

Reviewed by Ingrid Merikoski

Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment
and the Future of Feminism

by Daphne Patai

Reviewed by Wendy McElroy

November/December, 1998
(Volume 5, No. 6)

 


WOMEN'S FREEDOM NETWORK PANEL PRESENTATION
The Election Results, the Role of the Media
and the Impeachment Hearings

by WFN Staff

WFN Editorial:
Gender Based Hate Crimes: Think Twice
by Cathy Young

Forget Big Brother-- Beware Little Sister:
Turning Our Children Into Spies

by Nat Hentoff

Contrition Feminist-Style:
The AAUW's 1998 Report on Gender Gaps

by Judith Kleinfeld

Politicizing the Personal
by Daphne Patai

MEDIA WATCH
by WFN Staff

Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths
by Sanford L. Braver with Diane O'Connell

Reviewed by Stephen Baskerville

September/October, 1998
(Volume 5, No. 5)

 


WFN Editorial:
Child Custody Court Decisions
by Cathy Young

The Patriarchy Made Me Do It
by Sally Satel, M.D.

False Memories Live On At Seminar For Therapists
by Martha Churchill

A Civilian Looks at the Air Force
by Rita J. Simon

What Glass Ceiling?
by Rita J. Simon

MEDIA WATCH
by WFN Staff

Real Politics:
At the Center of Everyday Life

by Jean Bethke Elshtain

Reviewed by Claire Morgan

May/June & July/August, 1998
(Volume 5, Nos. 3 & 4)

 


WFN Editorial:
Sexual Harassment at a Food Plant
by Rita J. Simon

The Institutionalization of Misinformation:
VAWA II

by Dr. Susan Sarnoff

Sex Differences and Anti-Research Attitudes
by Russell Eisenman, Ph.D.

Sex Differences are Real:
But Individual Differences Matter Even More

by Cathy Young

Sexual Harassment:
Put the Blame for Misconduct Where it Belongs

by Ralph Bleiland

Not Serving a Child's Best Interests
by Rita J. Simon

Coping with Catastrophe
by Judith Kleinfeld

MEDIA WATCH
by WFN Staff

Beyond Gender:
The New Politics of Work and Family

by Betty Friedan

Reviewed by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

March/April, 1998
(Volume 5, No. 2)

 


WFN Editorial
Women's Freedom Network Newsletter
by WFN Staff

Stretching the Meaning of Sexual Harassment
by Robyn Blumner

How Blind Should Justice Be?
by Brian and Elisabeth Carnell

Culture Matters: A Review of Reassessing the Sixties --
Debating the Political and Cultural Legacy

edited by Stephen Macedo

Reviewed by Judith Kleinfeld, Ed.D.

Local Laws Fail to Keep Pace With
Evolution of Homes as Businesses

by Clint Bolick

MEDIA WATCH
by WFN Staff

January/February, 1998
(Volume 5, No. 1)

 


WFN Editorial:
Clinton and the Feminists
by Cathy Young

Gender Bias in Sentencing:
A Look at Statutory Rape.
by Kay A. Schwarzberg

The Incredible Educational
Success of American Women
by Judith Kleinfeld, Ed.D.

Women's Home Based Businesses
by Claire Morgan

Women of the Far Right:
The Mother's Movement and World War II

by Glen Jeansonne

Reviewed by John Moser

WFN Welcomes New Board Members

A Women's Freedom Network Fundraiser

Fall 1997
(Volume 4, No. 4)

 


FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
American Women: How Far Have We Come and
Where Are We Going in the 21st Century?

by Claire Morgan

WFN Editorial
Promise Keepers
by Cathy Young

The Marriage Tax
by Robyn Blumner

The First Stone: Some Questions about Sex and Power
by Helen Garner

Reviewed by Daphne Patai

Feminism, Fanaticism, and False Memories
by Sigrid MacDonald

Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence
by Phil Cook

Summer 1997
(Volume 4, No. 3)

 


WFN Editorial
VAWA Perpetuates Stereotypes
by Cathy Young

Clint Bolick is Awarded the WFN Outstanding Leadership Award
by WFN staff

"Coming Out" Against Affirmative Action
by Robyn E. Blummer

Civil Rights Act 1997
by WFN staff

Sexual Harassment Trials: Festivals of Shame
by Sarah J. McCarthy

Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womenhood
by Naomi Wolf

Reveiwed by Kate Fillion

The Reality of Sexual Harassment Charges:
Worse Than You Think...

by Russell Eisenman Ph.D.

Spring 1997
(Volume 4, No.2)

 


WFN Editorial:
The Balancing Act
by Cathy Young

Who Are The Major Targets of Violent Crime?
by Rita J. Simon

Women's Work at Harvard
by Marilyn Bennett McLatchey

The Chilly Climate of Academic Harassment
by Etzel Cardena

Title IX as Quota System for College Athletics
by Donna G. Matias

The N.O.W. Declares War on Fathers
by Anne P. Mitchell

The Lipstick Proviso
by Karen Lehrman

Reviewed by Donna Laframboise

Pseudo-Statistics and Domestic Violence
by Cathy Young

Winter 1997
(Volume 4, No.1)

 


WFN Editorial:
Bill Clinton v. Paula Jones
by Rita J. Simon

The Right and Left of Feminism
by Cathy Young

Sexual Harassment and Politics:
Poor Bedfellows

by Jean Bethke Elshtain

None Dare Call It a Problem:
Male Underachievement

by Judith Kleinfeld

Is Sex Necessary?
by Mark Pendergrast

The Princess at the Window:
A New Gender Morality

by Donna Laframboise

Reviewed by Daphne Patai