What’s Current: Mariela Castro calls to criminalize men who buy sex

Mariela Castro

Mariela Castro, Raúl Castro’s daughter, calls for the Nordic model: “We have to act. We can’t simply say that we are against sexual exploitation as a form of sexual work.”

The U.S. military has launched an investigation into reports that male Marines have been sharing nude photos of female service members and vets in a secret Facebook group called “Marines United.”

It’s called karma.

The remains of hundreds of fetuses and children have been uncovered at what was once a home for unmarried mothers managed by by the Sisters of Bon Secours, a Roman Catholic order in Ireland.

Jenni Murray, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, questions the idea that a male can simply “become a woman.”

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Meghan Murphy is a freelance writer and journalist from Vancouver, BC. She has been podcasting and writing about feminism since 2010 and has published work in numerous national and international publications, including The Spectator, UnHerd, Quillette, the CBC, New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and is now exiled in Mexico with her very photogenic dog.