Though at times repetitive, meandering and indulgent to the general publics morbid fascination with true crime details, ‘Eve was framed’ makes good observations on the failures of our courts in establishing true equal sentencing, in particular making insightful points on the treatment of minority women and how the intersection of various circumstances join with that of existing as a woman to create large legal disadvantages in a system created by men for men. Feeling self-conscious, uncomfortable, or dissatisfied with breast size may lead to mental health issues Thanks for joining us for the invite-only launch. We look forward to evolving based on what we learn and what we hear from you. I started sharing my thoughts with Steph. She was excited to join me in solving the question “Where’s my Sex Ed 2.0 class?” With that Eve Was Framed was born. In my thirties, my mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. It was months before doctors took our concerns seriously because she was so young.

Have you ever thought about the reason for the automatic doors at the grocery store? Or the fact that sidewalks have a ramp at the corners instead of a curve? In my twenties, I faced fertility issues, stemming from polycystic ovaries. Oh, so maybe I was right to ask about the pain I had since I was 16. Interesting. I didn’t know the term medical gaslighting at that time or that women are far more likely to have our symptoms dismissed or ignored. We might learn to love the wise snake, listen to his many hissing whispers, and realize finally that we are not cursed to die. We have not sinned. We have not fallen. We have sex and reproduce because we die. [We are mortal and want to leave a legacy.] We do not die because we have sex and reproduce. We have only grown up. Medical term of the week is a word or phrase we learned recently to expand our vocabulary and knowledge Helena Kennedy is a barrister working in criminal law, and she sees in the current spate of miscarriages of justice coming to light an opportunity for radical reform in the courts… except it's 1992. I need a sequel to this book! I should read her more recent work to see what happened next. She certainly creates a mood of drama and urgency here.Two women on a journey to answer the question “Where’s the Sex Ed class 2.0 for your twenties through your adult life?” Helena analyses the treatment of women in the British Legal system, including those who work in it, are victims, the accused, and convicted criminals.

JOIN US. On Tuesday, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Mazie Hirono & Rep. Schiff wrote a public letter in support of the Center for @intimacyjustice’s recent legal complaint about Meta’s systemic censorship of information about women and people of underrepresented genders’ sexual health. The Center asks the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and change Meta’s practices. So, I’m excited to share my journey with all of you as I learn more about my own body - and yours - to help us get a better idea of what women’s health is for each of us. We are big believers that we all deserve to love the bodies we have. We also recognize that body image is a challenge for many folks and that there are health reasons to consider as well. One key to understanding the dynamics at play in this ancient myth is the many layers of meaning around the word knowledge. You may have heard the phrase, “he knew her in the biblical sense,” meaning “ carnal knowledge,” embodied knowledge. Notice that immediately after Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, we read in the very next verse that, “the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain.” The same Hebrew word for knowledge ( yada) is used both for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as well as for Adam knowing his wife Eve in such a way that a baby was born nine months later. Similarly, consider that God is depicted in this story very much like a stereotype of the parent of a young child, who is too young to know the difference between good and evil. Adam and Eve are told not to eat the forbidden fruit “Because I told you so!” And God — as many parents have — tells an exaggerated “white lie” (“if you eat of the fruit you’ll die!”) to try to keep them away from adult matters they are too young to understand.Police, lawyers and judges still have difficulties in abandoning their stereotype of the abused woman as someone who is submissive and cowed. When the woman appears competent or has a bit of gumption or if she seems to be materially well-off, there is a failure of the imagination as to how she could be victimised. Lawyers still say of a battered woman 'She is a middle-class woman. It is not as though she could not afford alternative accommodation.'" At least men get commercials on television with thinly veiled messages and bathtubs for erectile dysfunction. Have you ever seen anything women’s health? Me neither. Similarly, you may have heard of Meg Wolitzer’s 2014 novel The Interestings, which has been getting a lot of buzz. Her earlier 2005 novel The Position, which was also well-reviewed, is about the children of parents, who (before they had children) published a book together about their sex lives. Wolitzer’s novel tells the story of this couple’s four children, ages 6 to 15, stumbling upon this book in 1975 and how it differently effects each of them for the rest of their lives — given the different ages at which they are in 1975 when they encounter the “knowledge” in this age-inappropriate book, which we could think of as a contemporary version of the “forbidden fruit.” Pharmacokinetics is the branch of pharmacology dealing with a drug’s journey through the body. It has 4 stages: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion. Studies show these stages are affected by gender which should inform dosage, instructions (take with food or not), and side effects. Conversely, another riveting (and disturbing) contemporary parallel is the 2009 Greek film Dogtooth about parents, who keep their children cloistered inside their walled property, completely cut off from the “knowledge” of the outside world. This film can be read as a tale of what happens if you stay in the Garden too long and the forbidden fruit is not eaten, such that adult knowledge about morality and sexuality is repressed, forcing it to come out in twisted ways.

I initially started reading this book during the summer before coming up to Oxford as a way to fill the gap between the end of A Levels and the start of term; I wasn’t expecting to gain much aside from passing the time. However, whilst reading the introduction and highlighting opinions I support and share, I realised I had come across the first book about law that I actually enjoyed reading for the sake of reading, rather than to have something to talk about if I inadvertently found myself in an academic discussion. Two women on a mission to help more women learn about themselves and the companies working to put control of women’s health into our own hands through sharing our own personal journeys.As a survivor myself I found the sections about sexual violence particularly illuminating and infuriating. There is still a troubling, largely unconscious, perception that entitlement to a woman's body is something that can be debated. Here is a quote from the House of Lords during the reading debate of the Sexual Offences Act: I read this book during the summer before coming to Oxford and it has proved surprisingly useful in my studies so far. At the start, Kennedy warns that this book is not to be treated as an academic account but as a polemic, her own take on how our law fails women. However, while studying criminal law I found myself constantly drawing on her accounts of how women have been treated in famous cases and how our laws struggle to deal with female victims and defendants. For example, one of the first pieces of legislation you would study in criminal law as Law student at Oxford is the section of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 dealing with the partial defence to murder of loss of control. This was designed to help people who are victims of domestic violence and go on to kill their abusive partner. However, the courts continue to struggle to deal with this issue effectively. Kennedy details several well-known cases and gives her interpretation of how the courts have failed to adequately take the defendant’s situation into account. The inspiration comes from a t-shirt my mother had during my childhood. My first teacher. The first person to look out for my health and wellbeing. The woman who taught me to stand up for myself. The mother who fiercely, relentlessly demanded better treatment for me when I will ill in my 20s. The warrior who fought Alzheimer’s in her final years and showed us all grace and courage in the face of that battle.