All PIV Sex rape?

Some radical feminists have made the claim that all forms of PIV (Penis In Vagina) Sex constitute a form of rape in patriarchal societies. To most people this claim would appear utterly ludicrous, no one denies that rape happens but to say that all PIV Sex is rape is somewhat of an overstatement. Most dismiss the argument out of hand, but I believe such an approach is fundamentally mistaken. There seems to be a surprising number of people who accept this rather dubious argument and therefore I want to examine where the argument(s) go...

Radical or Gender Feminism as an evidence based philosophy

Recently, bloggers have claimed that radical or alternatively gender feminism is an empirically based philosophy. However, I want to object to this position but this is not to say that certain types of feminism cannot be justified rationally.  Firstly, I want to make a differentiation between equity feminism and gender feminism.   Equity feminism, is a moral doctrine regarding the equal treatment that makes no commitments regarding empirical issues in psychology or biology. It is a normative ethical theory...