Mother's Day Hogs All The Attention
Probably because International Women's Day was started by the socialist party. Can't have any of that liberation and empowerment when you've got the rubes trained to buy trinkets and gewgaws on Mother's Day to make up for the rest of the year.
Let's see how that "invading these countries will liberate the women" went.
Ten worst countries for women
1. Afghanistan - life expectancy for women is 45. "...an overwhelming number of women are illiterate.
3. Iraq - "The U.S.-led invasion to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam Hussein has imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women and girls." The literacy rate used to be high.
'National crisis' for Iraqi women
"According to Women for Women's 2008 Iraq Report, shortly before the US-led invasion, "women's rights and gender equity were mentioned as symbolic issues for Iraq's new national agenda"." Guess what happened then.
Iraqi women desperate to find their husbands
US missile strike kills women and children in Somalia
Vicious attacks by gunships go unreported in america's third killing zone.
AFGHANISTAN: Sharp rise in reported cases of violence against women
Women bear brunt of Iraq bloodshed
"The situation of women in Iraq is very bad. They have no right to lead a normal life. All their rights have been robbed," she says."
Heroines - the daily life of Iraq's war widows
"Eighty-two percent of the 2.4 million people displaced inside Iraq are women and young children under the age of 12. Many mothers have lost their husbands in the sectarian violence that has torn the nation apart. But in the face of adversity, they are proving to be true heroines."
Let's see how that "invading these countries will liberate the women" went.
Ten worst countries for women
1. Afghanistan - life expectancy for women is 45. "...an overwhelming number of women are illiterate.
3. Iraq - "The U.S.-led invasion to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam Hussein has imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women and girls." The literacy rate used to be high.
'National crisis' for Iraqi women
"According to Women for Women's 2008 Iraq Report, shortly before the US-led invasion, "women's rights and gender equity were mentioned as symbolic issues for Iraq's new national agenda"." Guess what happened then.
Iraqi women desperate to find their husbands
US missile strike kills women and children in Somalia
Vicious attacks by gunships go unreported in america's third killing zone.
AFGHANISTAN: Sharp rise in reported cases of violence against women
Women bear brunt of Iraq bloodshed
"The situation of women in Iraq is very bad. They have no right to lead a normal life. All their rights have been robbed," she says."
Heroines - the daily life of Iraq's war widows
"Eighty-two percent of the 2.4 million people displaced inside Iraq are women and young children under the age of 12. Many mothers have lost their husbands in the sectarian violence that has torn the nation apart. But in the face of adversity, they are proving to be true heroines."
posted by nolocontendere at 5:26 AM
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Almost all Muslim countries are horror zones for women including Pakistan and Saudia Arabia. I once met a Muslim convert in Corvallis who claims Islam controls women because men can't control themselves in the presence of women. This of course, makes no sense at all. Islam then should seek to control the behavior of men, instead. I am not a fan of that religion, as a woman, nor am I a fan of many American grown religions who disregard and control women, or even of the Catholics. The most notable recent Catholic event was at a private Catholic school for boys, who hired refs from a pool for their basketball game. They refused to play until a woman ref was expelled from the floor, saying they believe no woman should have authority over a man. Well, Catholic boys, this is America, where all men AND women are judged equal. Take your religious fanaticism and move to Iran, maybe. That behavior has no place in America.
You bet organized religion is anathema to everyone in the long run, strayer. All of 'em. without exception, have nothing to do with our spirituality, but everything to do with control.
Interesting take on it. I did a post on Intl Womens Day from a little different angle. And Strayer, if you think women are equal in the US, you definitely should read it.
Very cogent and enviously well written I might add, brian.
You're "equal" in America if you are wealthy and powerful. It helps to be white, too.
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