Articles By Julie Bindel
March 2016
The suggestion that drunkenness means it’s only non-Muslims who have a domestic violence problem ignores the sexism of Islamic laws
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January/February 2016
The clash between secularists and cultural relativists is forcing feminists to take sides — at the risk of accusations of Islamophobia
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November 2015
From ‘flirt coaches’ and seminars on finding your soulmate to mail-order brides, falling in love has never been more commercialised
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September 2015
Even after the exposure of the true extent of sexual offences against children, influential academics continue to argue for ‘paedophile rights’
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May 2015
Whatever the result on May 7, Labour candidate Naz Shah’s campaign against George Galloway has revealed divisions among Muslim voters
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April 2015
A stark warning about cultural relativism
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December 2014
Lynne Featherstone is not up to the task
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October 2014
Feminist campaigners are outraged by the Law Society's advocacy of a code that protects violence and enshrines legal inequality
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June 2014
Dubai may be a popular holiday destination but it is also a human rights quagmire for women
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April 2014
Why has the new darling of the media class has not been taken to task for the child abuse scandal that happened on her watch in Islington?
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March 2014
Those who try to halt FGM and other violence or abuse must expect to be accused of Islamophobia — but the tide is turning
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September 2013
‘Half a million cases of domestic abuse were reported last year. It is time for radical action’
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June 2013
The dearth of women at the top of the party and a laid-back approach to sex has left the Lib Dems open to accusations of sleaze and sexism
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April 2013
'The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and violence'
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March 2013
From the Occupy movement to George Galloway and Julian Assange, misogyny is still a disturbing feature of radical left-wing politics
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December 2012
Soon Jews will have no visible presence in the most prosperous nation on earth. No one is protecting them
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October 2012
The experiment is over. After 12 years of legalised prostitution organised crime in Amsterdam has risen, not fallen.
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July/August 2012
The death penalty is supported by the majority of Florida residents but is expensive, fails to deter crime and is shamefully inhumane
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April 2012
‘The Lib Dems say they stand for “the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals”. But it is the freedom of men rather than women that is prioritised’
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January/February 2012
The fear of singling out Islam for criticism has so far blocked the criminalisation of the abduction and rape of Muslim girls
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June 2011
In order to encourage Muslim countries to send more women athletes to the Games, the IOC is allowing them to wear the hijab
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April 2011
Two men evicted from a gay-friendly pub were not — as many have claimed — subject to homophobic abuse; public displays of sexualised behaviour are inappropriate, whatever one's orientation
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March 2011
Peta is the world's largest campaign group for animal rights. But this international vegan organisation resembles a misanthropic cult
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December 2010
Asian pimps in the North get away with rape as police run scared of being branded racist
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October 2010
Gay and lesbian couples are using surrogacy and IVF to produce designer babies
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September 2010
The Greens’ first MP — Lucas's hypocrisy and cultural relativism have led her to collude with extremists and fundamentalists
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July/August 2010
The 'Inspired by Muhammad' poster campaign airbrushes the oppression of Muslim women
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May 2010
The phenomenon of female conversion to Islam poses tough questions for feminists
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November 2009
Sex-change treatment for children is abuse and some transsexuals regret having it
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About Julie Bindel
Julie Bindelis a feminist activist, broadcaster and writer. She is the author of Straight Expectations: What Does it Mean to be Gay Today? (Guardian Books) and is currently researching a book on the international sex trade.
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