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UNACCEPTABLE (Part 2) »

By Bonnie Berger on May 28, 2009 in Abuse, Health Care, Sexism, Women, Women and Children | View Comments

There are 900,000 teen pregnancies annually (11-12% of all births in US). 22% of teen girls have been sexting (sending out nude or semi nude photos of themselves) 29% of single households led by women are below the poverty level (12% for men). Women represent 52% of the voters yet are only 17% of our [...]

Our Daughters For Sale »

By Bonnie Berger on May 9, 2009 in Abuse, Women, Women and Children | View Comments

Americans tend to think of forced prostitution as the plight of Mexican or Asian women trafficked into the United States and locked up in brothels. Such trafficking is indeed a problem, but the far greater scandal and the worst violence involves teenage girls. These words are from Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times Op-Ed two days [...]