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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed in the U.S. Senate  last Thursday after the tireless championing of co-sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The bill is inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) victims, immigrant victims and Tribal women. These underserved communities were determined to be priorities of the more than 2,000 victim services advocates across the country who worked for the past two years to create a bill that reaches all victims. The day after the legislation was passed, and in response to a tweet about VAWA, some random guy called me  a cunt. (So much for civility on twitter) .
 
That certainly seems anti-woman. I wasn’t called a dyke - although that may be  coming. I was called a specifically anti-woman word. And it plays right into the “war on women” debate that has dominated this country’s discussions about birth control, working women and violence against women. But I don’t think that’s entirely wh! at’s going on with here.

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