Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Where have all the women gone?

Ok, lets just jump right in ,shall we?

When in the hell are women going to start counting in the world? Ever? I have been told I need to stop seeing everything through the feminist lens , that I need to lighten up . These stories remind me that *no* the problem isn't people like me , its people who choose to say nothing when women are mistreated .

Like when 12 yr old girls die during childbirth
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/14/yemen.childbirth.death/index.html

or when victims of domestic violence are denied health care because being beaten is considered a pre-existing condition:

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/15/domestic-violence-as-a-preexisting-condition/
or this group that wants to make both abortion (even for rape/mothers health )and oral contraception illegal . I guess condoms would still be ok .

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/10/110946/would-proposed-amendment-make-birth-control-illega/
or get raped and imprisoned for 18 years .
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/world-won-most-2555260-never-one

Sorry , I can't get the links to be clickable. I need to get back into the swing of things.
Dammit.

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