<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:20:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@petticoat.hyena/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Part 1: What three different cases of violence say]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the week of 3 March three women – Elizabeth Koue, Babes Wodumo and Karima Brown – provided us with a glimpse into the economy of public sympathy in South Africa. By that I mean the ways in which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/domestic/@petticoat.hyena/part-1-what-three-different-cases-of-violence-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/domestic/@petticoat.hyena/part-1-what-three-different-cases-of-violence-say</guid><category><![CDATA[domestic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81RhW39ZTy4T1MhTG2nYWtyu6krFqeqXFyeHoC9CVjKtkhhERAiwiZaX88tQ7CZx1ATyaHSs9jYZChbTShjTJK4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costing shelter services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the National Shelter Movement and the Hlanganisa Institute for Development in South Africa launched the report 'What is Rightfully Due: Costing the operations of domestic violence shelters.']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shelters/@petticoat.hyena/costing-shelter-services</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shelters/@petticoat.hyena/costing-shelter-services</guid><category><![CDATA[shelters]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:58:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt1VaCGnxea3DDzezpWB18AYFrFkRZdSr2Eq1qudRrFWydCPdzajaBjzfypkpThRw1ffUgd6ZwGF59NR77yp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the importance of domestic violence shelters in South Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[In S v Baloyi the Constitutional Court placed a clear duty on the state to address domestic violence. As the form of violence most frequently experienced by women, this obligation is entirely necessary.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/domestic/@petticoat.hyena/introducing-the-importance-of-domestic-violence-shelters-in-south-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/domestic/@petticoat.hyena/introducing-the-importance-of-domestic-violence-shelters-in-south-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[domestic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VJqJLqR5zBUHP4kh1omedYW93HgdfFm9Yxe2FPDrk6rsSJKUPKFhSEjdUxdDAiamc6MekDiGp9p1bU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-infection after rape: not just swallowing a pill]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Africa provides rape complainants with a 28-day course of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent infection with HIV. This course of anti-retrovirals is not easy to complete and adherence to PEP]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hiv/@petticoat.hyena/post-exposure-prophylaxis-to-prevent-hiv-infection-after-rape-not-just-swallowing-a-pill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hiv/@petticoat.hyena/post-exposure-prophylaxis-to-prevent-hiv-infection-after-rape-not-just-swallowing-a-pill</guid><category><![CDATA[hiv]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzh6Ycc1dG67vyo7pSmmKJWWQRtvzYKEt2kqFco6mxVbMTPP8feEj2z75rtKEye3DBbxVTHE3iNbJ4vpGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 2: What does justice cost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's post looks at the role of prosecutors, who are also crucial to the creation of specialised court responses to rape. Directives issued by the National Prosecuting Authority in 2014 stated that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/specialised/@petticoat.hyena/part-2-what-does-justice-cost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/specialised/@petticoat.hyena/part-2-what-does-justice-cost</guid><category><![CDATA[specialised]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:50:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WRSyGQjnfwm4wU8sXsJKgU61Y8rDx9oyrGvvihNsDbndoSFCABuwRLd7Zr4D8YyVtyeBSiWiNMdPix1oSatE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does Justice Cost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justice is the colour of money and the weight of numbers – which is just another way of saying that justice depends as much on the mundane art of administration, as it does on law and rights. To understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/courts/@petticoat.hyena/what-does-justice-cost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/courts/@petticoat.hyena/what-does-justice-cost</guid><category><![CDATA[courts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:36:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WRSyGQjnfwm4wU8sXsJKgU61Y8rDx9oyrGvvihNsDbndoSFCABuwRLd7Zr4D8YyVtyeBSiWiNMdPix1oSatE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 2: Rape trials and the art of war]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday's post looked at cross-examination as a set of tactics. Today's follow-up looks at the language and grammar of cross-examination, with grammar referring to the tightly-controlled way questions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/part-2-rape-trials-and-the-art-of-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/part-2-rape-trials-and-the-art-of-war</guid><category><![CDATA[rape]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:09:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQXiR7JUXYEBwsJvTChJELTJ1gSB8dfFzyss5n3N6tYdmfbnE5Fhg6LNnjiroW6p13adHTFmriS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape Trials and the Art of War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week South Africans were transfixed by the cross-examination of Cheryl Zondi, one of the complainants in the trial of Timothy Omotoso, a pastor accused of rape and trafficking. The country's criminal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/rape-trials-and-the-art-of-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/rape-trials-and-the-art-of-war</guid><category><![CDATA[rape]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQXiR7JUXYEBwsJvTChJELTJ1gSB8dfFzyss5n3N6tYdmfbnE5Fhg6LNnjiroW6p13adHTFmriS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to write]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been trying to write again: Business Day, News24 and the Sunday Times. But too many years of writing horrible, pedestrian reports in the passive voice ((outputs were; participants said; the results]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@petticoat.hyena/learning-to-write</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@petticoat.hyena/learning-to-write</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:33:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9FhCHwT8t3irx4LnTyk8H28FWj3eYhnPXVrmCoDU1UpAPibSaLdADzg14jm1GnoDkURXEpmFS28Fg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelter in South Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first domestic violence shelter in South Africa was opened by People Opposing Women Abuse in 1984. A second shelter was opened by Rape Crisis Cape Town the following year. Shelters today differ quite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shelters/@petticoat.hyena/shelter-in-south-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shelters/@petticoat.hyena/shelter-in-south-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[shelters]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:04:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VJqJLqR5zBUHP4kh1omedYW93HgdfFm9Yxe2FPDrk6rsSJKUPKFhSEjdUxdDAiamc6MekDiGp9p1bU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an end to limbo becomes possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's taken 14 months - yes, 14 months - to do something very simple: convert a csv. file to excel and then import it into SPSS. I almost cannot comprehend why I made this so difficult. First, I didn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/endings/@petticoat.hyena/when-an-end-to-limbo-becomes-possible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/endings/@petticoat.hyena/when-an-end-to-limbo-becomes-possible</guid><category><![CDATA[endings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:02:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP4ShPtCURn8RzAzMJFv1rD31saqk3WTBwGp7E3bUhCypLFr2FJzo8LR5VjuuS5F4VioTV9a46J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 2: The paedophile in South Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The paedophile did not always exist as a psychological type waiting to be discovered. 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It was an extraordinarily brazen act which has outraged most South Africans. What made the incident even]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/part-1-a-history-of-race-and-rape-in-south-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/part-1-a-history-of-race-and-rape-in-south-africa</guid><category><![CDATA[rape]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrebwDPuKJG4wij1yrKtnvyjGaBmZw6RYmU8xUBmgR7VGch1XF5FgoW3abxuragNMp1uR3JYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day 1: creating new habits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Willpower, I have read, comes with the entrenchment of better habits. And if these habits are not made, well, habitual, then I am destined for a life of chaos and under-achievement. Worse, I could become]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/habits/@petticoat.hyena/day-1-creating-new-habits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/habits/@petticoat.hyena/day-1-creating-new-habits</guid><category><![CDATA[habits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:15:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgvtUDVPJd3ioUaK87k2VNNeENWYuPULBr9ZV6JzHgmXwfJjwA9h9PnZ6hwmr7iaRZFmui49sTrN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes, or what you can't hide from forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[I last submitted my taxes in November of 2012 when I stopped working full-time and became a student. My income became more erratic and I more protective of what I had earned. I did not want to give over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@petticoat.hyena/death-and-taxes-or-what-you-can-t-hide-from-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@petticoat.hyena/death-and-taxes-or-what-you-can-t-hide-from-forever</guid><category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 18:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUzhcDL7jdmh9T1MABhWefHQApBRMU4UdQeccekYocjSaHse9hZLbTUPcNAPnqZG6ELayd28cv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[War and epidemic, or how we've been thinking about rape]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally, after months of confusion, I woke up with the title to my PhD. This is 'War and Epidemic, or the Science of Rape.' The departure point will be the 2012 UN meeting in which participants declared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/war-and-epidemic-or-how-we-ve-been-thinking-about-rape</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rape/@petticoat.hyena/war-and-epidemic-or-how-we-ve-been-thinking-about-rape</guid><category><![CDATA[rape]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPu4MSXsHFca165XabnykQSk65eE5HqhoWuL96RGPCdoZzi7qeXULP181SvP3Eh1SfV4CEojDg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ranting and raging when things fall apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last two/three years I've been tracking what's happening to women's services in South Africa so know it's bad. 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It might be something like Frankenstein - a combination of hubris, an unwarranted faith in science, coupled to the belief that behaviour can be programmed and engineered; that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/frankenstein/@petticoat.hyena/a-science-of-rape</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/frankenstein/@petticoat.hyena/a-science-of-rape</guid><category><![CDATA[frankenstein]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 20:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9ULZLHbdcwAkKq76enTA2iof6dEdpxp59Co5cdvTJsgfGc8F3bpFXoP8amSi8bvfebcYabCGernFtMt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories and their times]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started out writing in anger about today's Total Shutdown March, which I didn't attend - partly due to PhD deadlines and partly because I cannot bring myself to ask government for anything. The memorandum]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/archaeology/@petticoat.hyena/histories-and-their-times</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/archaeology/@petticoat.hyena/histories-and-their-times</guid><category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[petticoat.hyena]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3Ce8z6es2XKhaxrMHhW8Qvv4twPBbdAtq521A75116ZmAZFf3BqPJZz37yHjr78moRrfd8FN3in?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordering people, places and things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's reading focused on the way we sort things out - how we constantly classify, categorise and order things, often using particular standards. 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