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Bloggers Specials this week

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HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 06/01/2012 13:52

Hi MNHQ,

I wonder if you could tell me the reason behind endorsing/promoting a blog regarding a wife who believes her husband, a convicted rapist, is innocent. I was quite shocked to find it in the weekly parenting news e-mail.

There are a lot of women on MN who have been victims of rape and whose attackers will never be brought to justice. It is incredibly hard to get a rape conviction due to all the rape myths, one of which is women lie and the man didn't do it. I feel it is insulting to the victims of rape and could be triggering.

A couple of months ago you were asked to support a campaign to help dispel rape mytha which you looked on favourably here but endorsing this blog seems to fly in the face of that.

Thanks

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IslaDoit · 06/01/2012 22:49

I think it's been rather civilised and I am pleased MNHQ did not pull the thread despite the blogger requesting it twice.

I wish I hadn't Googled now though. Tragic. Just tragic. Sad

Prolesworth · 06/01/2012 22:48

Hear hear TBE

And thanks for sorting that out so quickly Helen Thanks

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HelenMumsnet · 06/01/2012 22:31

@Prolesworth

I hope the link to the blog can be removed from the 'Specials' page ASAP.

Tis done Smile

LRDtheFeministDragon · 06/01/2012 22:30

I think the women on this thread and others like Christine's, who've shared their experiences of rape and sexual assault, are inspirational, as was said earlier in the thread.

So I want to say thanks to them as well.

ChristinedePizan · 06/01/2012 22:29

Thank you Justine :)

Have some Wine and Thanks from me

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MmeLindor. · 06/01/2012 22:26

Phew. Thanks Justine.

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That is msgeneology - she is fabulous. Great blog, well written, feminism mixed with history. Totally MN

StewieGriffinsMom · 06/01/2012 22:25

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Prolesworth · 06/01/2012 22:23

I hope the link to the blog can be removed from the 'Specials' page ASAP.

AmoryCohetes · 06/01/2012 22:23

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IslaDoit · 06/01/2012 22:23

Phew! Order restored. Thank you.

DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 06/01/2012 22:22

Thank you, Justine.

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JustineMumsnet · 06/01/2012 22:16

@StewieGriffinsMom

Thank you Justine.

Will you be firming up guidelines on who and what blogs are chosen for the network? There are some incredible and passionate women bloggers on there who should be prompted.

Yes for sure we will look at the way we select blogs and promote them and make sure we have a few more checks and balances in place - am confident that this won't happen again.

Prolesworth · 06/01/2012 22:14

Thank you Justine

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thunderboltsandlightning · 06/01/2012 22:12

Thank you Justine.

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LeBOF · 06/01/2012 22:10

Well, that's a relief. Thank goodness for that.

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ShirleyKnottage · 06/01/2012 22:09

Thanks Justine.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 06/01/2012 22:06

Thanks Justine. Well said.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 06/01/2012 22:05

Helen, I think you misunderstood me?

I am asking you how passing a blog for recommendation could ever be explained as down to the 'details' of the team's daily work?

You're saying you can't answer how they selected it, because you don't know the details. But wht details would ever make it appropriate? Either MNhQ support rape victims, or they don't.

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JustineMumsnet · 06/01/2012 22:03

Evening all,
I'm really sorry about this - it is, as you rightly have identified a cock up on our part. We shouldn't be promoting a blog which protests the innocence of a convicted rapist and indeed we shouldn't really have accepted this blog into the network at all in the first place and won't be promoting it again.

It isn't appropriate for Mumsnet, especially given the number of victims of rape and domestic violence who post here, as evidenced by the informal survey that ChristinedePizan ran and posters took part in last year and the many threads we see on this issue.

We do run the bloggers network from MNHQ and I can only apologise for very poor judgement on our part on this one. Thanks for raising it all who have.