Dianne Post

Dianne Post graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 with a BA in correctional administration, from California State University, San Jose in 1973 with an MS in psychology, and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979 with a J.D. She has worked in fields, in factories, in stores, and in a trucking company – the only thing she never did was waitressing, though she was a bartender! As a lawyer, she represented battered women and children for 18 years and then moved to international human rights doing gender-based violence work and representing the Roma to the current day. She was active in the LGBT movement for years until they lost their way. She is currently facilitator for the Central AZ National Lawyers Guild, treasurer for Central Phoenix Inez Casiano NOW, facilitator for Arizona Justice Alliance, legislative liaison for State NOW, and on the ERA Task Force AZ board. In her spare time, she grows organic vegetables and reads.

The Erasing of Women in Surrogacy

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    Many articles and books can be found describing the horrors of surrogacy – exploitation, abuse, slave like conditions for women, forced abortions and forced Cesareans, abandonment and abuse of children, trafficking and sale of women and children, illicit adoptions, violations of medical confidentiality and ethics, health issues for both mother and child, immediate … Read more

Prostitution is Not a Victimless Crime

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When I was in college and studying correctional administration (1969), I was told that drug abuse and prostitution were “victimless” crimes i.e. that the people chose the behavior and no one was hurt so the acts should be decriminalized.  We now know better regarding drug abuse i.e. that is more likely a medical condition that … Read more

Violence toward women is not the cause of mass incarceration.

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Two recent books that deserve no publicity are pedaling this idea. Telling the truth about women’s lives is a radical act. Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, wrote the book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Womenin 1991 about what happened when women told the truth.  The introduction is entitled, “Blame it on Feminism” which is … Read more

100 Years – We Learn Nothing.

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I just finished reading, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History,  John M. Barry, Penquin Books, 2018, about the 1918 Spanish Flu – more accurately called the Kansas flu. The parallels between that pandemic and COVID 19 are astounding. That one was vicious and killed in 3-72 hours. Eventually – in four … Read more