Today we received a copy of a an email purportedly written by a member of USC's Kappa Sigma chapter, in which he offers a treatise on how to be an effective "cocksman" (how creative). Disgust ensues.

Last week I raised the question of whether misogyny was involved in Jared Loughner's targeting of Cong. Giffords. An excerpt from a lengthy New York Times profile of Loughner suggests that he definitely had some deeply misogynist beliefs,

Women, who make up about 40% of the students at elite business schools, have an especially difficult time moving into the ranks of senior management at America's largest public companies.

It's the 1960s all over again, and I am talking about the dark side, not the glamorous, glorious side.

Half the people in the world commit this sin against god: they are born women. It's an astounding thing that any women at all accept Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; these are profoundly misogynistic faiths.

Last month I graced the overground line's replacement bus service to Gospel Oak, north London.

"A Moroccan man who refused to shake hands with a French female official and whose wife wears the full Islamic veil has been denied French citizenship, the immigration ministry said Friday.

"Saudi law forbids women to socialize with unrelated men or walk in public without a male guardian, other than her husband, father or brother.

This is completely horrifying, and a huge step backwards for the human rights of women.

A neighbor of the convicted rapist in Cleveland who was arrested Saturday night after six decomposed bodies were found in his house said Monday that the police were notified repeatedly about violence there, but little was done.

As violence against women in Pakistan continues to grow, every new incident is eerily reminiscent of an earlier event that was equally if not more shocking. Two reports from Punjab on Monday are a blot on society's collective conscience.