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Friday, May 7, 2010
Rape Culture 101 -- The true purpose of rape culture claims
I don't believe the rape culture exists. It's a total fabrication of those who knowingly concoct it and a delusion for those who genuinely believe -- or perhaps a hallucination.
In any case, we're told that rape culture is a particularly heinous tool of the patriarchy for subjugating women. It uses fear and intimidation to keep women psychologically unable to achieve status and power, thus enabling men to maintain their positions atop the hierarchy.
But everything I've encountered in feminist writings designed to persuade me of its existence fall short. Why? Because they presume to speak for others. They attempt to tell me what's in the minds of millions of men they don't know. They presume to tell me what motivates the general public and society itself. They even try to tell me what I think.
Unfortunately for them, I don't consider feminists writings to be reliable sources of information about those they consider to be their critics and opponents.
Another reason I don't buy into the existence of rape culture is because it falls so far short of fulfilling its purported purpose.
Consider that the number of men who rape, the number of rapes that occur, the number of women raped (far fewer than the thoroughly debunked one-in-four figure) aren't enough to keep women too cowed to achieve. I mean, really. How many scared women do you know?
Despite the reality of rape (and crime in general) women do achieve -- whether you agree it's always a good thing or not. Women are the overlords of primary, secondary and higher education in the USA and they dominate college enrollment. They comprise the majority of the workforce. They do most of the consumer spending and shape the popular culture. They're the beneficaries of sex-based legislation and mountains of government spending. The list goes on and on.
If the real deal doesn't result in what's claimed, how can make-believe -- even well coordinated, and widely trumpeted make-believe --succeed at it?
It can't. And therein lies a clue to the true purpose of rape culture claims. Basically, rape culture was invented not to explain women's fear-based lack of achievement, but to portray men as heartless oppressors. It is a tool of feminism designed to foster animosity toward men, because the foundation of feminism is the hatred of men, it's goal female supremacy. The rape culture fable is making much more headway with its true purpose.
Yes, I know not every feminist embraces the goal of female supremacy, nor do they all plant their patent leather stilletos firmly upon the hatred of men. But knowingly or not, they are reinforcing the foundation and advancing the goal.
The constant carping about rape culture is indeed making headway. The increasing reports of false rape accusations recorded on this blog document it. Hopefully, The False Rape Society will also serve to blunt its advance. Kudos to Pierce Harlan, E. Steven Berkimer, contributors, commenters and readers for their
*Connie is a regular contributor to FRS. Her principal blog is http://conniechastain.blogspot.com/
59 comments:
- Archivist said...
I love it!
I'd add that as of now, women also control more wealth in the U.S. than men. Let's see, they control the wealth, they control the ballot box (males are a minority), they control education, they control every aspect of the domestic realm, child custody, raising children, and the family law courts. Need I go on? - May 7, 2010, 2:24:00 PM
"delusion for those who genuinely believe -- or perhaps a hallucination."
It would be a delusion (a persistent irrational belief despite all evidence to the contrary), not a hallucination (unless they claim they are hearing or seeing imaginary rapists).
Anyway, if rapists were acting as political agents of an evil patriarchy to oppress women, why wouldn't they go after successful businesswomen and politicians instead of relatively powerless teenagers? The one area where feminist surveys and actual crime statistics agree is the age of the victims.
Which leads to another point. Not that the definitions and methods used aren't complete bullshit, but none of the surveys I've seen that were designed to show college rape exclude alleged events that occurred before college. Not one of them asks anything like "since you've been in college..." - May 7, 2010, 3:00:00 PM
- slwerner said...
Archivist - "Need I go on?"
Still, there are two things that women, and gender-feminists in particular do not (yet) control: sexuality, and individual "valuations" in the socio-sexual marketplace.
When it comes to sexuality, women certainly do not have control over male sexuality and male sexual expressions (so, they often try to demonize that uncontrollable beast); and, whats more, since modern women have effectively thrown off that mantle of "patriarchy" that once kept their own sexuality (and expressions thereof) in check, it turns out that a great many women cannot even control their own (personal) sexuality. [I'm certainly not advocating for the pick-up artist (PUA) sorts, but they do have a better "handle" on female sexuality that most women do.]
I'm not sure just how the idea of "rape culture" comes into play in regards to these two areas where women have not yet gained domination and control; but, I have the feeling that there is some connection. Perhaps I'm just don't fully understand this idea of "rape culture" well enough?
As I see it, one possible "use" of the rape-culture umbrella could be in seen in the way some women seek to absolve themselves of any responsibility for having consented to sex that they end up regretting. If men can be portrayed as sexualized monsters, always forcing themselves of women, then is makes excuses like, "I was too drunk to have consented" seem more plausible; with the explanation of "rape" seen as a way to alleviate the socio-sexual devaluation a women tends to experience as she racks up increasing numbers of partners. Maybe I'm "reaching" here?
This is a very thought provoking subject Connie has brought up. I'll have to ponder it a bit, as time allows. Hopefully, others will proffer their own ideas for consideration. - May 7, 2010, 3:10:00 PM
- Miss Magenta said...
One day, earlier this semester, my female professor asked my all-female class, "Right now, ladies. What is the possibility of you becoming a rape victim, right here, right now?"
She then answered, "Absolutely zero," and went on to say, "Now, what if you were in a classroom for class with males in addition to females or a male professor?"
Her answer, "The possibility of you becoming raped has greatly increased. It's why you need to be aware of your surroundings."
Talk about instilling unnecessary fear into the easily molded minds of self-righteous, female college students.
It's like she was saying, "You need to know that all men, at any second, can become rapists." - May 7, 2010, 3:18:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
- May 7, 2010, 3:18:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
"One day, earlier this semester, my female professor asked my all-female class, "Right now, ladies. What is the possibility of you becoming a rape victim, right here, right now?"
She then answered, "Absolutely zero,""
Interesting, particularly since this woman claims to have been raped by a Women's Studies major.
Absolutely zero, eh? Sounds like re-victimisation of all those who have been raped by women. - May 7, 2010, 3:20:00 PM
- slwerner said...
Chef Snark - "Sounds like re-victimisation of all those who have been raped by women."
Now, Snark,
You know full well that it's taboo to mention lesbian rape. Don't you know, "if it was rape, then it was a good rape"?[/snark]
Miss Magenta - "It's like she was saying, "You need to know that all men, at any second, can become rapists.""
Right there, in the classroom, with a room full of witnesses?
It's good to see that some young women are seeing through the non-sense of some of the rape-hysteria. I believe that women, like you, who do take the time to understand the issue better have a good chance of "educating" other women, as you are not likely to be dismissed as being a rape-apologist. - May 7, 2010, 3:29:00 PM
While lesbians have the highest rate of domestic violence, reports of adult lesbian rape are rare but not non-existent.
- May 7, 2010, 3:34:00 PM
- Archivist said...
MM: thanks for sharing that disgusting story.
There is a reason that serious, and successful, people disparage women's studies and similar educational endeavors that explore, promote, and wallow in the purported victimhood of a particular groups: it is a waste of time. Seriously, out here in the real world, nobody takes that seriously. - May 7, 2010, 3:34:00 PM
"Don't you know, "if it was rape, then it was a good rape"?[/snark]"
Oh, that would be lesbian statutory rape, which is much less rare. - May 7, 2010, 3:37:00 PM
The possibility of becoming a man-hating, totalitarian shithead vastly increased when that professor entered the room. What a bitch!
- May 7, 2010, 3:41:00 PM
- slwerner said...
Anonymous - "While lesbians have the highest rate of domestic violence, reports of adult lesbian rape are rare but not non-existent."
There may be more of it that many people realize. The under-reporting may be a by-product of the "men as abusers and rapists" meta-narrative women and girls hear from the sexual grievance industry.
A couple of years ago, I came across an article by a lesbian (in a lesbian magazine/publication, IIRC) about the need to be honest about the reality of lesbian rape, especially of under-aged girls. She made note of the tendency to compel the young "victims" into silence about it. She might have even used the same remark from Eve Ensler that I alluded to earlier in describing the prevailing attitude among lesbians regarding female-on-female rape.
I'll try to find it again. - May 7, 2010, 3:46:00 PM
- Archivist said...
To my all-male class: "Men, what are the odds of you being falsely accused of rape? What would those odds be if a female walked in the room?"
You know what's disgusting? A false rape claim is more likely than a rape (let's stop playing games about it and come out and say it), but very few men would have the indecency to say what I wrote above to a class in college. - May 7, 2010, 3:47:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
But guys, you do know, that by drawing attention to lesbian rape, we are just showing ourselves to be a bunch of woman-hating misygobanysts.
Men who like women will be good and allow them to continue committing rape, do you get it? And they will aid those women who want to falsely accuse any man they please of rape because like don't you know all men are evil and deserving anyway?
If you're not doing this then ... as I say. A bunch of masyjinists. - May 7, 2010, 3:50:00 PM
It's worth pointing out that the chances of a girl being raped by another student in front of the entire class really don't increase at all just because there is a male student there. But I don't suppose the feminazi ever thought of that.
I think that word is entirely appopriate for this brand of hate speech and indoctrination. - May 7, 2010, 4:15:00 PM
Your chances of being falsely accused of rape definitely go up if you're ever alone with that man-hating professor or her brainwashed students! It isn't safe for men to be around perverts like her.
- May 7, 2010, 4:16:00 PM
- Miss Magenta said...
In the classroom setting, we were never allowed to gear the discussion around women lying. The professor, who is also a University Police Officer, high ranking no less, told us she knew that women on campus lied about being raped. But, it was not a topic "worthy" of discussion because, "That's not what this class is about."
Excuse me for thinking a class about rape education should discuss about how women lying discredits legit rape victims AND how it leaves the falsely accused in shambles.
The professor even mentioned how she knew of one case where the girl gave herself a black eye and cuts, cried rape and got her boyfriend expelled from the college before confessing she was lying.
Yet, that's not worthy of talking about because it's, direct quote, "rare." - May 7, 2010, 4:33:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
That woman is a fascist. An ideological pig in power. Her kind needs to be removed, to quote one great civil rights activist - by any means necessary. - May 7, 2010, 4:39:00 PM
A woman I supervised came to me about an older woman having forced herself on a teen girl and the girl was very upset about it. My supervisee was letting me know she was counseling her through it, "but I don't need to report it because it's not abuse, right?"
I corrected her and the report was made.
I'm not casting aspersions as this was an otherwise good therapist, but it does highlight the slant and skew of ignorance even in higher education. Perhaps this therapist sat in on a class like the one described here. - May 7, 2010, 4:48:00 PM
Yet, that's not worthy of talking about because it's, direct quote, "rare."
These days the feminist playbook on false rape accusations is to get all huffy when the woman is charged and to complain that newspapers "only cover rape when it's a false accusation -- and that almost never happens!" - May 7, 2010, 5:27:00 PM
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http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/search/label/WronglyAccused - May 7, 2010, 6:00:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
"These days the feminist playbook on false rape accusations is to get all huffy when the woman is charged and to complain that newspapers "only cover rape when it's a false accusation -- and that almost never happens!""
Yet strangely, it 'almost never' happens enough to be a daily occurence, much more than even the most liberal estimates of the prevalence of rape. - May 7, 2010, 6:02:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
Addendum to the last post: excluding in prisons.
- May 7, 2010, 6:02:00 PM
Rape hysteria, and faulty and inflamatory agitation propaganda that main stream media publish with reckless abandond, serves its main purpose..which is to "Victim Empower" the white middle class Gender/Raunch community.
I myself am white as a cracker, but am not part of the "Gender/Raunch" decadance of Rome. - May 7, 2010, 6:45:00 PM
The Klu-Klux Klan rose to extreme power throught the strategic ussage of Rape hysteria Rallies.
The Gender/Raunch community are now "Empowered" through Rape hysteria Rallies and marches. - May 7, 2010, 6:47:00 PM
What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything?? - May 7, 2010, 6:52:00 PM
It is a serious perversion of the American legal community to have allowed false rape accusers to multiply to the situation we are going to soon experience.
SO MANY FALSE RAPE ACCUSSATIONS THAT THE POLICE PERVERSION, AND THE MEDIA CAN NO LONGER KEEP THEM FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. - May 7, 2010, 6:55:00 PM
"a daily occurence, much more than even the most liberal estimates of the prevalence of rape."
A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year. - May 7, 2010, 7:10:00 PM
- Chef Snark said...
"A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year."
That still sounds too high to me. - May 7, 2010, 7:27:00 PM
What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything??
That particular lying cunt was Ashley Todd. So far as I know she got slapped on the wrist; no jail time. - May 7, 2010, 7:34:00 PM
Something just sunk in....
This is the exact reason liberal extremists and feminists hate Sarah Palin. Love her or hate her, she stands up for the tradition of family and men being the man of the house and not some pussy whipped worm who bows to his wife's every desire.
I get it now....
Thank you Connie for taking time to contribute to the blog. I enjoy reading your articles
CBGirl - May 7, 2010, 9:22:00 PM
- Miss Magenta said...
Well, I hate Sarah Palin because she's a horrible person...
- May 7, 2010, 10:04:00 PM
Why is she a horrible person?
- May 7, 2010, 10:05:00 PM
I was just thinking that the lady that said that the rape risk is zero since it is an all female class....
Should say that to the all female classes at oprah's all girls school.
Since what like 15 of them were raped by a female! - May 7, 2010, 10:37:00 PM
Anon- http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-its-quite-clear-that-we-would-create-law-based-on-the-god-of-the-bible/
- May 7, 2010, 11:34:00 PM
The real "rape culture" is our culture of victim glorification. If you're a woman with a story of victimhood and "survival" you can go on Oprah and make your fortune.
No wonder false rape accusers are tempted to grab some of that spotlight by making up a false accusation. - May 8, 2010, 1:08:00 AM
Gee, and they wonder why more men aren't interested in "gender studies." why the hell would I want to spend hundreds of dollars to take a class where I get to be told I'm "responsible for every evil ever done or will be done" because I have a Y chromosome?
Screw that, find somebody else to blame for your problems. - May 8, 2010, 3:00:00 AM
- Brandon Webb said...
Studies show that more MEN are raped in prison then unincarcerated women. Rape culture conspiracy theory DEBUNKED...
- May 8, 2010, 3:31:00 AM
Hey Slim
I agree.
And it's not just in colleges the news networks and news papers do nothing but trash Men every day. - May 8, 2010, 4:08:00 AM
Two Women Face Charges for False Report
http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-fsm-false-rape-report,0,39365.story - May 8, 2010, 5:53:00 AM
New Zealand Teenager admits making up false rape claim because she liked the attention
Woman accused of filing false rape report
Mom of woman accused of false report faces charge
University student accused of making false rape claim
http://abusegate.mensnewsdaily.com/2010/05/07/flyer-distributed-on-capitol-hill-vawa-the-new-jim-crow/ - May 8, 2010, 5:56:00 AM
DNA test clears American musician after 28 years in jail for rape - May 8, 2010, 6:03:00 AM
Just think of that: 28 years, an innocent man. What a shameful system.
- May 8, 2010, 6:14:00 AM
""A daily occurrence would only be 365 rapes per year."
That still sounds too high to me."
Seriously? That's seems like an awfully reactionary opinion, with little or no fact to support it. - May 8, 2010, 6:54:00 AM
- Chef Snark said...
I have no reason or evidence to believe that one in four women are raped, that rapes are happening around every corner, on every night out, in every dorm room, and so on.
In short: there is nothing to suggest that more than 300 rapes are happening per year.
Nothing at all - nothing more than the suggestion.
The suggestion, which is all the evidence provided for the one in four claims.
So why should I trust the same level of evidence, just because it indicates a lower number?
If a suggestion alone is not valid for believing one in four, then a suggestion alone is not valid for believing that 300 rapes happen in a year. - May 8, 2010, 6:57:00 AM
- Chef Snark said...
But in truth - I just DON'T KNOW. I don't KNOW how many rapes (of women) occur in an average year.
I have absolutely no way of knowing.
All I am going on is my own experience, which quite clearly shows that it does not happen very often at all, and what we usually refer to as 'rape' is much more usually a false accusation, or drunken regretful sex later mistaken as rape.
But, as I say, I DO NOT KNOW.
And I am not about to look to explicit man-haters for my answers. - May 8, 2010, 6:59:00 AM
"What about the fat little white girl that scratched a "B" on her cheek (To stand for Obama) During obamas campaign for president; and then called the police and said some black guys sexually assaulted her and scratched it on her face.
Did that little gender/Raunch porker ever get charged with anything??
That particular lying cunt was Ashley Todd. So far as I know she got slapped on the wrist; no jail time."
She shows the symptoms of cluster b personality disorders, especially borderline:
"In my time in the field, I have witnessed a tremendous amount of self-mutilation both severe and surface. This particular marking on her face looks very familiar to me. It is a surface scratch that did not break deep skin. It was not a mark hastily done as it was made very clear with little evidence of multiple scratches, which usually indicate a certain amount of desperation or hastiness. It appears to be a single stroke cut, which would be extremely difficult to do, even pinned down in a struggle. One would imagine that you would try to shake your heard about to avoid such mutilation and such a struggle would not yield such a flawless, albeit backward, "B". Then there is the issue of the backwardness itself, which I have also seen before where someone would cut in front of a mirror.
More often times than not, cutting occurs because the person perceives a certain amount of real or imagined abandonment and often make these allegations to receive attention to a much larger personal affliction. While I do not claim to know anything of this woman's personal life, I can look at this from a political perspective due to the nature of the act. If you take the political body and look at it as a person for a moment, McCain's campaign would be one who could be perceived as being abandoned, put down, or left behind in the recent weeks. If you place a personality disorder on this metaphorical body for a moment, one might see an action of acting out such as this." - May 8, 2010, 8:45:00 AM
"In short: there is nothing to suggest that more than 300 rapes are happening per year.
Nothing at all - nothing more than the suggestion."
That's nonsense.
"So why should I trust the same level of evidence, just because it indicates a lower number?"
Because it isn't the same level of evidence. While there is evidence to support that the false conviction rate is high, that the alleged perpetrator was found guilty according to legal definition of forcible rape in a court of law following a professional investigation is much better evidence than someone taking a poll was determined to be a victim of rape based only on that persons word and a vastly expanded definition of rape.
"what we usually refer to as 'rape' is much more usually a false accusation, or drunken regretful sex later mistaken as rape."
While that is often what people describe as rape, you could probably gather more than 300 cases a year of violent stranger rape, where the alleged victim was sober, that involved injuries, use of a weapon, etc. - May 8, 2010, 9:31:00 AM
In the story of the rape class professor, it sounds to me as though she may be a lesbian trying to get rid of the competition. I mean come on. She is basically telling her class to avoid any social situations where men may be present.
It must be hard for her though, having a class full of cute young babes, but knowing they probably won't sleep with you because you are missing that certain something. I feel your pain, Miss Bull Dyke Professor! - May 8, 2010, 10:04:00 AM
NICK says
In the story of the rape class professor, it sounds to me as though she may be a lesbian trying to get rid of the competition. I mean come on. She is basically telling her class to avoid any social situations where men may be present.
It must be hard for her though, having a class full of cute young babes, but knowing they probably won't sleep with you because you are missing that certain something. I feel your pain, Miss Bull Dyke Professor!
I SAY... folks downplay the role that the lesbian community plays in attacking men/boys/fammilies. The highest percentages of domestic violence manifest from the lesbian community, and there elevated levels of violence come out in the form of faulty and inflamatory Rhetoric also. - May 8, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Has anyone considered creating a podcast utilizing articles like this?
- May 9, 2010, 3:22:00 AM
Anon, I don't really have anything against lesbians in general. I have known lesbians who are actually quite good sensible people, and who aren't into the radical feminist nonsense.
It is more the radical minority of gay activists that I'm not too keen on. All I'm really getting at is that frustrated sexuality (either straight or gay) sometimes leads to the kind of perverse views that this woman seems to hold. - May 9, 2010, 8:10:00 AM
I don't think there is any sense in the gay community that straight men are on the side of gay men, and perhaps with good reason. They are usually on the side of the feminists for that reason.
I think that men's rights has something to say about male homosexuality. Gay men are potentially our allies, and since two-thirds of gays are men, that would put the gay rights movement squarely in our corner. It's something to think about. - May 9, 2010, 3:57:00 PM
Let's also remember what happened to the gay rights movement in California. They were all set to win it by a mile, then in came the Mormons (yes, the Morons!) with their anti-gay marriage campaign, and... they blew it.
By reacting too aggressively to this coalition of religious groups, and engaging in foul tactics, the gay rights people managed to lose California, if just by a hair. As our movement gets bigger, let's remember the mistakes of others. - May 9, 2010, 3:59:00 PM
That isn't supposed to read "the Morons!" but "the Mormons!" Sorry.
- May 9, 2010, 4:00:00 PM
- Archivist said...
Gay men are no different than straight men as far as this blog is concerned. Because they have penises, they are at risk of false rape claims, and we are all in the same boat. It's that simple.
- May 9, 2010, 4:00:00 PM
And here is another important point, that many on the left fail to consider: men are very divided, and those divisions can be very damaging to liberal causes. (This isn't to say that every "liberal cause" is necessary in the right, but just analyzing how this works.)
The gay marriage ban is the perfect example. That never would have passed without the overwhelming support of black men. Now, if those same men had identified with the male homosexuals (and two-thirds of gays are men), the story would have been very different.
It is a huge problem for the left that its identity politics orientation keeps men so divided. The MRA movement-- and only the MRA movement-- has the potential to heal these divisions.
Not saying that men can't oppose gay marriage on principle, but I think this applies to other issues as well. - May 9, 2010, 4:04:00 PM
- Michael Ejercito said...
If we had a rape culture, our culture would not view rape as abhorrent and detestable.
- May 11, 2010, 12:19:00 AM
A lot of points I could make or respond to... but the gay reference reminded me of something I came across when I looked up Brownmiller....
It's a good critique, and raises some good points. A favourite para:
"At the first gay conference at Rutgers in 1970, the major panel on the last day was disrupted by a group of women who demanded that all proceedings come to a halt. They charged that the panel was "elitist" and "sexist" (although half of the panelists were women); their main ostensible grievance was that on a table in the hall, provided for leaflets and free literature, were copies of Gay newspaper, in which they had found a reproduction of a beautiful, lush, reclining female nude, painted in the style of classic romanticism. This, they charged, was designed to titillate men, and was degrading to women. Overlooked was the fact that the picture illustrated an article written by a lesbian, and that it was unlikely the editors of Gay had intended to convert their male readers to heterosexuality."
Feminists! Don'tcha love em!? - May 11, 2010, 8:23:00 PM


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I was just thinking I wanted to experiment with raw pumpkin pies this weekend. I will start with this recipe (and probably need to go no farther since every recipe I've made from this site is awesome!). Thanks for sharing.
Crust ingredients:
1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (or a combination of walnuts or pecans and macadamia nuts)
1/2 cup dates
1/4 cup dried, unsweetened coconut
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
Pumpkin pie filling:
2 cups cashews
1 cup chopped pumpkin
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup honey or agave nectar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon allspice (optional)
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
First, make the crust in your food processor:
1. Place crust nuts in food processor. Process until crumbly. Add dates, coconut and salt. Process again until well-processed but still airy. Pinch between fingers. Sticks together? Ready.
2. Dump pie crust mixture into pie plate. Press crust down firmly into pie plate. Form into crust. Press down firmly. Crust is now ready. (Set aside.)
Next, make raw pumpkin pie filling:
3. Throw all pumpkin pie filling ingredients into your high-speed blender and blend from low to high until very, very silky smooth! (Try not to add any additional water other than what is called for. If it isn't blending properly, stop blender. Remove lid. Insert knife down side of blender - create air pocket. Remove knife, put lid back on, continue blending.)
4. Pour pumpkin pie filling into pie dish on top of crust. Smooth out top of pie with a knife or back of spoon. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap.
5. Place completed pie in freezer. Freeze for at least 4 hours.
6. Keep in freezer at all times. If serving, slice immediately as needed and eat frozen. Tastes like real pumpkin pie - raw style!
The Rawtarian's Thoughts
Raw pumpkin pie recipes are not something that are in my everyday recipe rotation. However, around Halloween or at Thanksgiving or Christmas it's nice to have a raw pumpkin pie recipe you can turn to for special occasions.
This raw pumpkin pie recipe is nice because it can be made the day before and kept in the freezer until ready to be eaten. It should be served frozen. I like to freeze my entire raw pumpkin pie in the freezer, and then slice about 1 minute before serving. It doesn't really taste frozen - it just tastes like cold pie. Don't defrost this raw pumpkin pie recipe because it will turn into a goopy mess!
For best pumpkin flavour, use the smaller pie pumpkins for eating (as compared to the huge pumpkins that you can buy to carve into jack-o-lanterns). Use the meaty inside part - discard the skin and seeds.
You must use the coconut oil. Do not substitute another oil. Coconut oil hardens when cooled - that's why it's so important in this raw pumpkin pie!
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You read my mind as this was what I wanted to bring to a thankgiving dinner!!! So glad you posted as your recipies are all amazing! What are your thoughts about using the canned pumpkin filling? Thanks!!!!
I tried this recipe for a New Year's Eve party and everyone seemed to really enjoy it!
I did use canned pumpkin with all the same proportions as the recipe called for, and it turned out great! I froze the pie overnight and was fearful of the "soupy mess" potential, but after some hours of sitting on the counter at the party, it became a perfect consistency by the end of the night (4-5 hours). I left the 2 leftover pieces in the fridge overnight, and they never lost their shape. I was very happy with the results. Thanks again for the recipe!!
Sigh.... I love cashews, but seem to have developed an allergy to them - severe stomach troubles, & now I'm scared to try them agian. All the good recipes have cashews... Looks yummy!
Great recipes! Being raw for the last month my concern is the fat content of all these delicious food. Am I going to expand like a ballon...
I hope not
Great recipes! Being raw for the last month my concern is the fat content of all these delicious food. Am I going to expand like a ballon...
I hope not
WOW! That is an impressive use of raw pumpkin!
My health plan at work awards me points for working out, doctor's visits, buying generic drugs, attending seminars, keeping fit, etc. I'm half way to getting a free VitaMix (3 more years). This might be the very first thing I make!
Super-like this one! My favourite in the local organic shop, has been waiting for this recipe for so long! Thanks
Is it true that raw cashews are not really raw. That they're heated to 350 degrees to neutralize a toxic oil?
This recipe is AMAZING! Over the past few weeks, I've made three of these! I made one regularly, one with a chocolate crust, and the other with a topping of your raw chocolates. Thank you! My family (and I) ate them up really quickly! I really enjoy all of your recipes!
This looks great for Thanksgiving. Thanks.
Is there anyway to make this without using the coconut oil? What could I substitute?
I made this last week and it was awesome! I'm making this again tonight. I wanted to share my substitutions: I made it with soaked cashews and canned pumpkin, and I did not add any water. I also made it in batches in the magic bullet (probably would not have gotten smooth without soaking). It was amazing, and probably easier with the canned pumpkin. Also, it didn't need to be frozen, just refrigerated.
With my knowledge of making raw pumpkin pies, I thought that you have to put the pumpkin into a dehydrator? What do you think about this?
Having a blast making my second pie as we speak!!! Goes GREAT paired with Coconut Milk Whipped Cream and a sprinkle of Cacao Nibs I must say :) ... no dehydrator needed...
I made the pumpkin pie as well and loved-loved how it turned out! Delicious! I added extra spices because I'm a freak with spices. Mmmmm.....
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Just made this pie and it's in the freezer. The pie filling taste amazing! Thank you for such great tasting recipes. So far everything I've made from your recipes are delicious.
About a year ago, I stopped eating sugar, flour and anything processed. I tried this recipe because of Thanksgiving and it was INCREDIBLE! I am so grateful that I stumbled across your website, I can't wait to try all the other recipes! I am actually considering going raw.. I'm not sure if I would be able to manage it though with school, but possibly!
Laura-Jane! FANTASTIC raw pumpkin pie recipe! I made it the morning of Thanksgiving 2012 and froze it till serving time. What a treat! Everyone loved it. It's a huge pie too! Thanks so much for sharing!
I made this for Thanksgiving and it was wonderful! I want to make it again but can't find pumpkin anywhere. Do you think I could use sweet potatoes instead?
This recipe was the focus of my first ever gratefulness journal entry! Thank you for sharing it! I can't explain how much fun I had giving this recipe a go (yeah... I'm a geek).
Do you think you could sub macadamias for the cashews in the filling? My husband is allergic to cashews, and all the good raw recipes are cashew based! Thank you
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WINSTED >> Although President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 elections on Nov. 6, the results are not official until all of the elections have been certified. Sunday's audit was Winsted's step towards verifying the results, and moderator Debbie Angell said the initial counts were almost entirely accurate.
"When you're talking 4,711 votes," Angell said, "to pick up a couple of votes is whatever."
Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for the office of President, gained four votes in the audit, but the recount made no difference in the outcome of the results. Romney outvoted Obama in Winsted, and Obama's initial count of 2,211 held up. The accuracy of the initial tallies — over 99 percent, according to Angell — was reassuring to Winsted's elections moderator.
"When you're counting 4,700 votes, and you're off by one vote, I don't see that as a problem," she said.
According to state statutes, 10 percent of Connecticut's voting precincts using electronic scan ballots must be subjected to a hand recount. Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced the precincts to be included in the audit on Nov. 20, and the last day to perform the audit is Dec. 3. Merrill's office certified the election results on Nov. 28, joining states across the country in confirming President Obama's reelection.
The audit included precincts in Andover, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bozrah, Bridgeport, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Cornwall, Danbury, East Hartford, East Windsor, Essex, Greenwich, Guilford, Lebanon, Madison, Manchester, Meriden, Middletown, Milford, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newington, Norwich, Oxford, Plainville, Putnam, Sharon, Shelton, Southington, Tolland, Torrington, Trumbull, Vernon, Wallingford, Waterbury, Waterford, West Hartford, Westbrook, Wethersfield, Winchester, Windsor, Wolcott and Woodbury. Two precincts in Bristol, Cheshire, New Milford, North Branford, Stratford and Westport were included, while three precincts in Hartford and West Haven, four precincts in Stamford and six precincts in New Haven were chosen.
During the announcement of which precincts would be audited, Merrill also announced that 13 towns had not reported their turnout totals. Winchester was on that list, but the town had submitted its results in time for Merrill's office to certify the results. Statewide, 73.77 percent of registered voters cast ballots, which — although it fell short of the 2008 total of 78.14 percent — was still the seventh highest percentage nationally.
"Despite the challenges we faced following Hurricane Sandy, Connecticut voters came to the polls with a very strong turnout on Election Day," Merrill wrote in a press release.
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Scientists gathered for the Deep Sea 2003 in Queenstown last week recognised the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as one of the best international examples of a regional fisheries management organisation, says conference convenor and Chief Scientist for the Ministry of Fisheries, Dr John Annala.
Fisheries in the Ross Sea near the ice cap are in the early stages of development and are being managed in a precautionary and sustainable manner. However vessels fishing illegally in northern parts of the CCAMLR zone continue to be a problem and current estimates are that more fish are taken illegally than legally.
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The Deep Sea 2003 conference had also discussed accelerating initiatives to remove subsidies paid to the fishing industries of other countries and reducing over capacity in the world wide fishing fleet. New Zealand is one of only a handful of nations whose fisheries are profitable and efficient and do not receive subsidies.
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*Postcard is courtesy of The National Museum of American Jewish History, an important new Jewish landmark, currently being constructed on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. An excerpt from a writing by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde in Torah from Dixie: Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. It is no longer (and perhaps never was) a celebration affiliated with any particular religion or faith, although some in America celebrate with religious ceremonies. On a social level, it is celebrated by Americans of a broad variety of religious backgrounds The History of American Thanksgiving The first Thanksgiving day celebration was held in response to the survival by the pilgrims of the particularly harsh winter of 1622/3. Not only did the colonists themselves celebrate, but food was sufficiently plenty that even the Indians, with whom the colonists were at peace, were invited. This celebration took place on July 30, 1623, in the middle of the summer. Similar such celebrations occurred throughout the New England area throughout the 1600's. However, they were only local (rather than national or even regional) celebrations of Thanksgiving -- and only to mark the end of a particularly difficult winter ? until 1789. In 1789, Congressman Elias Boudinot, of New Jersey, proposed in Congress a resolution urging President Washington to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public Thanksgiving and prayer. After quite a debate, President Washington issued the first National Thanksgiving Proclamation, setting November 26, 1789 as Thanksgiving and a national holiday. From 1790 to 1863 there were no national celebrations of Thanksgiving. Indeed, while proclamations of thanks were issued by some presidents, all of the presidents for more than the next seventy years chose to ignore the day as a national holiday of thanksgiving. It was not until 1846, when the unity of the country was again in controversy because of the Missouri Compromise and the problems of slavery, that the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday returned to the national agenda. President Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation came in 1863 ? the first such proclamation of a national Thanksgiving holiday since 1789. Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been celebrated as a national holiday and a day of rest at the end of November, occurring either the fourth or fifth Thursday of the month. For the complete article, and several halachic (Jewish Law) opinions about Thanksgiving, please visit Torah From Dixie website. Enjoy American freedom this Thanksgiving. Enjoy your holiday. And to all the troops serving on the country's behalf, stay safe. * The postcard is from the Museum's collection, and illustrates in a small way one of the costs of freedom-the cost of life borne by our country's soldiers. The postcard, according to its back (below), was published by the Jewish Welfare Board in Boston and depicts Thanksgiving dinner for 150 soldiers and sailors stationed in the Boston area. According to the Smithsonian Institute, the Jewish Welfare Board was organized shortly after America |


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I work east coast hours but work on the west so am waking up at 330am to go to work. When I was pumping I woke up at 3am. Despite the ridiculous hours I'm grateful for the support I've gotten from my team of all men to do all the things I need to breastfeed. I hear stories from my girlfriends who are teachers about how little time they have and no where to pump...and feel shocked at the lack of support. Those pics are awesome!! There wasn't a day back when Zoe was little that I didn't wish I could wear her to work. haha.
ReplyDelete- Allegra CraigFebruary 23, 2012 at 10:51 AM
I pumped for the first 8 months of my son's life, while working full-time. There was not empty office, so I pumped twice a day in an executive bathroom. It was hard, and I was really shy about it at first. But then I started to realize that, if anything, I should feel tremendous pride that I was giving my son the best start I could. And because of that, no one gave a hard time. In fact, I think some admired me for my determination.
ReplyDelete Leigh- Do you have any good resources on the benefits of creating a mother/baby work environment?
ReplyDeletethis is so apropos of my life at the moment. i am pumping at work, my office was v accomadting and gave me a fridge. i just shut the door and get on with my business twice a day. no biggie. i also work part time now, so i have to say it has worked out for me. but not without funny incidents like running from an all day client session to go pump and then literally running back. all worth it.
ReplyDeleteLove the essay, thank you for sharing! I am a PhD student and I do mostly basic science in a lab at a university hospital research facility. I resumed classes a week after the (c-section) birth of my son. I nursed him in the back of the classroom under a nursing cover while my professors discussed grant writing and research methods. In the early weeks he slept and nursed. He was never better than in a quiet classroom snuggled close to his mama.
When my baby was 3 months old I returned to the lab 3 days per week and pumped 3 times a day in the lactation room one floor above my cubicle where the breast cancer research team had set up a private office (with an online sign-up form) using grant funding. The only awkwardness I experienced was related to the lab group whose cubicles were just outside the office door - it was mostly young men who would look up as I slipped in with my bag of supplies. I must have had a big letter L slapped on my forehead. It was certainly written in plain letters outside the door - "Lactation Room" - couldn't they have just put the lovely breastfeeding icon on the door or something? The word lactation feels so cow-ish or something.
I finally went back to full-time lab work when my baby was 8 months. Pumping 5 days per week is a major PITA. For me it meant stepping out from what I was doing every 3 hours to be sure I was able to produce enough for my son. That was the most difficult semester of my life, but I was determined to give him what he deserved (my milk) for at least an entire year. I did have to go to a conference at one point and was able to get 4 days of donor breast-milk to sustain my baby while I was away (and pumping). The conference even had lactation rooms (although I used my hotel room instead).
I am grateful for the professional support I have received in the past year (my son is now 13 months), but mothering the way that I believe is right for my family has not been easy. I am wary of adding to our family for several years because of how much stress it brought on us, a working couple. At the same time, I don't know that anything will change in the years to come. Perhaps I will find an academic position in Canada, Australia or the UK and no one will blink an eye at a year-long maternity leave.- leathergalFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Since I got married about two years ago, my boss has made several comments stating that I should wait to have a baby. I think he is afraid that they may lose me to the "motherhood" once I do get pregnant. However, I work from home and have kept this job for that very reason, despite the fact that I could probably earn more if i went elsewhere. For now, my plan is to keep working from home (I'm a writer) after having my (future) baby. Hopefully they see it the same way! Woman CAN have a life of their own outside of their children. Love your blog!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:52 PM
There are a lot of studies that say multitasking is a bad idea because you do two of more things poorly at the same time. I am not trying to judge mothers who want to work but I think its unfair to the employer and the child to do both at the exact same time. Pick what you want to do and focus on it.
I think if you decide to have kids, you need to decide whether you want to be with them or leave them to the care of another. Taking care of a child is a full time job. Essentially this woman is working two jobs at the same time and "daylighting" with taxpayers money.
Of course there is "lack of support in the workplace" - the same as if I were a lawyer who also wanted to be a concert pianist at the same time and in the same office. Both wonderful professions but with very different and conflicting demands.
Bottom line - you are going to run into problems when you sign up for two full time jobs. It is not society's fault. It is not the employer's fault. It is no one's fault.Replies- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2012 at 10:41 PM
If you are not trying to judge women- don't. This seems like you are.
We're looking to start a family soon and I do *not* keep banker's hours. (I'm not sure what an 8a - 5p day with an hour lunch would look like.) In fact, I'm not sure how it will be done, but I'm confident that it can be done. Lack of support, or no, I'm going to do it anyway.
No one gets through any day without "multi-tasking" or prioritizing things that need to be done. Will having children make me a bad professional or a bad mother or both? I've heard the arguments from both sides (everywhere from "you are going to destroy your children's lives" to "you are going to waste all that education"). Yet it seems that the women who are *doing it* quietly continue on.It's such a vexing question. I haven't had children because I just don't think I can juggle it all. I see so many working mothers in a constant state of stress from managing the demands of their jobs and the demands (however delightful they can be) of parenthood. They constantly feel torn. New York is particularly bad - everything is a competitive blood sport. The only conclusion I've reached as an outsider is that the happiest mothers work for themselves - or not at all. It doesn't bode well for the rest of us.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM
This is in reply to anonymous: France's middle class women go back to work. Their country doesn't seem to be having a crisis of children gone crazy due to that fact. The mothers are able to balance the workload, whether via daycare, the father taking on caregiver role, or another family member. My mother and father worked full time and I was at a daycare. I was not destroyed by it. Rather, I: learned to get along with others, play nice, share, see other cultures, and develop my language skills. No loss. My mother got to be a woman who has a good job that fulfills her and her daughter got to look up to a grown professional woman who was respected for her brains. She also got to be mommy after work and on weekends, and both roles fulfilled her. Our house was immaculate, we ate well balanced meals, and the bills were paid.
ReplyDelete I feel the balance keeps getting harder because between the internet and cell phones, work never stops. It so much harder to carve out sanctioned time with family than it used to be - everyone wants things NOW, even if now is Sunday afternoon. That coupled with potential layoffs and a flagging economy create less than ideal work situations for so many parents, including fathers. I stay home with my son for now, and take occasional freelance jobs from home, but I see my husband struggle with this all the time.
I would also like to point out that even working moms who leave their children for the day still have "two full time jobs." You don't stop being a mom because you've left for the day.I have always been able to be home with my kids for the most part, so I feel less than qualified to comment on this. My first thought is that it is totally a win for moms and babies everywhere that this kind of thing can happen. But I can not help but wonder if a distracted-by-work mom is really not the kind of caregiver a child really deserves. I think it is fine when the baby is napping and snuggling in a sling but what about when they are older and should be exploring and learning and playing with their own hands and feet. Should they really spend their developing years closed up in a workplace that most adults would rather not be in? Bottom line- kids should NOT have to wake up and go to work every day!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2012 at 1:18 AM
i am a physician and i had to go back and finish training when my daughter was 7 months until 10 months...then i took 14 glorious months off to be a full time mama while my husband was training in australia. when she was aged 2-3 we lived in the states, both training and i sort of felt like i missed out on her growing up that year, it was brutal. i spent a year training in a less sexy medicine profession (geriatrics) because i knew it was one of the few internal medicine jobs in canada i could work part time. I just had our second child, and after i take my year long mat leave here in canada i am going back to 3 days a week, and i now wish i only had to work 2 days.
not to bash the usa, but i really found that people work hard(er) and family is not as much a priority as in canada...i would get funny looks if i said i had to leave to pick my daughter up from child care. and canada is nowhere near as family orientated as australia: i met people where it was not uncommon for dads to take an entire year of paternity leave after the moms had taken a year off, or parents to only work 4 days a week (so each parent was home one day a week with the kids and then the kids would only be in child care max 3 days a week). What an inspiration! Babies are rather far away from me at this point in my life but the questions surrounding working motherhood still vex me. It doesn't help that I work in a male-dominated field, adding to my worries that I will be looked down on for taking time off. Plus my mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was 7 and my sister was 10, so I don't have a role model when it comes to being a working mother to young children.
ReplyDeleteI had a huge struggle with pumping and my career. I am a teacher and I don't get to choose when I have a break. The months I was pumping for my daughter neither my prep nor my lunch break was early enough for the first pumping session and they sure were not going to have another teacher take over my class so I could pump. My milk dried up rather quickly since I could not pump often enough, it was frustrating. I also did not have a place to go to pump where other teachers were not coming and going, so I tried to use my room (lights off, door locked, me hiding around the corner from my door with window). I have moved rooms since and I have NO idea how I will manage pumping the next time around. :(
ReplyDeleteWhen my baby was 3 months old I returned to the lab 3 days per week and pumped 3 times a day in the lactation room one floor above my cubicle where the breast cancer research team had set up a private office (with an online sign-up form) using grant funding. The only awkwardness I experienced was related to the lab group whose cubicles were just outside the office door - it was mostly young men who would look up as I slipped in with my bag of supplies. I must have had a big letter L slapped on my forehead. It was certainly written in plain letters outside the door - "Lactation Room" - couldn't they have just put the lovely breastfeeding icon on the door or something? The word lactation feels so cow-ish or something.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2012 at 9:36 AM
After reading the essay I feel grateful to be a mommy in Canada. I'm currently in month two of a full year of maternity leave and breastfeeding my second child. I also took a year off with my first child - who I had to pump for initially because she was born premature. That experience made me determined to never use a pump again, if I could help it. I felt like a cow locked up in a stall on an automated dairy farm.
But I have to admit, that even though my employer is very family friendly it's still awkward for women who choose to continue to pump following their year of maternity leave. They have to face the "oh my god she's still breastfeeding her child?" crowd. Where I live it's not uncommon for mom's to nurse their kids until they're two. This subject is what I think about almost all the time! I just wrote about it on my personal blog (babyswandobrand.blogspot.com). As a full time worker and a full time mother (agreed-- we are still mothers all day even if we work!) I try to be secure in my choices, but it is hard to not doubt yourself regularly, especially with comments like Anonymous' above. As far as pumping at work is concerned-- my daughter just turned one and I will be slowly giving up the station in our staff bathroom (a desk and chair that people sometimes ask about-- my alternate office!). I will not miss that part-- but it has been worth it.
ReplyDeleteOh, such a great topic. I was fortunate enough to have almost 6 months off before I went back to work. Pumping at work was miserable. I had my own office, so I could have the privacy but like most women who breastfeed and pump at work it was just so much to DO,DO,DO! I really think that is why a lot of working women quit breastfeeding before they really want to. It's so challenging to get it all done and even if you have a supportive employer, you are the gal leaving a meeting or a client to go pump...grab all your crap and come back in the middle of the discussion or in my case, leave a crisis situation. I think the real issue is our lack of maternity leave. If we had paid time off (NOT FMLA, but a REAL maternity leave as other countries do) then families would be able to slow down and do what they feel is best for our children. I am not surprised at all that women give up on breastfeeding with all the demands placed on them.
As for taking your small child to parliament? Before judging her for it, I think we consider what the baby gets from it. She gets closeness with her mom and she gets to see her mom being a kick-ass strong willed smarty pants. Something tells me that is not a bad thing. As a working mom, when there are days that demand too much of my time, I would love for my son to come in for just a while and be with me.
Tina- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Wow- very cool! I am a self-employed Canadian....therefore NO Ei/maternity leave! I went back to work when my baby was 9 weeks old! I only work 7am-12 noon and I book a 30min break to pump. My son turns 1 next week and he has been 100% breastfed! I still pump at work even though he now hates the bottle, I will add the BM to homo milk when we start that transition. I guess it does have its awkward moments at work but at this point I don't care, I have a private space for pumping and having the BM (liquid gold!) is so worth it.
nicole I have always wanted to be a mom. I have always said that if I don't meet a man, I will find a way to have a child, even if it is on my own. I am a young professional working in an executive position. I have grown up around children, with a very strong mother and female role model in my life. I have to admit though, that if I were working with this woman I would be so distracted and irritated with her decision to bring her child.
I think it is worth considering that it is only woman bringing one child to parliament. what is every woman started to do it? I think it is fair to say that many more distractions would occur.
I am a firm believer in women's rights and I would always fight for and provide women in my office with the support that they needed but I don't think bringing your child to work is appropriate. I had an employee once who was training a new employee and started breast feeding her child out in the open with several other staff members present. It made many people uncomfortable and the woman being trained did not feel like she had undivided attention. If it had of continued, I know I would have had to address it and asked my former employee to breastfeed in another private space in our office.Hey I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your blog. You have good views, Keep up the good informative info. thnks
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Rio Tintio safety trainingImagine that all our position, man, woman, allow us to take care of our children and in the same time being efficient at work... a dream ... I have made the wrong business choice, I needed to become a European deputy (and well paid), BTW, beyond this beautiful picture, how many hours spend these young children at these sessions instead playing in an adapted environment? Also, FYI, this European deputy is using her own child for a political message and to become famous this way (it works)...there is a creche (day care/nurser) run by the European Parliament for all children, even a elementary school for European parliament workers and deputies (almost free!); but for sure, we need to provide an adapted local and be flexible to allow all mother to pump at work. In the European Parliament they can leave and come back whenever they want. If they need to vote, they can give their voice to an other deputy...


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