SPARK a Movement! (I question whether she was using intentionally...)

"I question whether she was using intentionally murky language because she is a very prominent, extremely well-paid abstinence speaker and not having willingly had sex could bolster her position and reduce criticisms from those who consider her a hypocrite…. But it could also be that a young woman from a very conservative family that traffics in circles that regularly deny that date rape exists would have a hard time naming it. We don’t know. It could be that she doesn’t even know."

Jennifer L. Pozner, executive director of Women in Media & News, on Bristol Palin’s memoir, in which she describes losing her virginity to Levi Johnston. (via cheatsheet)

Tricky, tricky issue, but strikes us as too important to ignore.

ETA: SPARK Blogger Melissa has called out our calling this “tricky” as hypocritical, ad we can’t say we disagree. Please read her post and let us know what you think!

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