Did You Think Our Work Was Done?

New Years Resolution:

Resolved that in 2010 no woman running for office will be subjected to the sexism and misogyny that brought down Hillary and Sarah.

Food for thought:


The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. ~Lois Wyse

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl." ~Shirley Chisholm

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. ~Gloria Steinem

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man. ~Marlo Thomas

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. ~Author Unknown

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes." ~Clare Boothe Luce

[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. ~Timothy Leary

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ~Lucretia Mott

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776. ~Susan B. Anthony ( and still so in 2010 msbehaved)

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. ~Susan B. Anthony

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war. ~Robert Mueller

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. ~Cissy Farenthold

I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough. ~Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982

Add your own quotes and get ready for battle.

Women are People, too!

If not now,when?



http://www.civilrights.org/

Goodbye to All That #3, Ms. Morgan?

I wonder if Robin Morgan is among those who are feeling buyer's regret?

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6572-NY-Obama-Administration-Examiner~y2009m12d17-Are-Hillary-Clinton-supporters-murmuring-I-told-you-so

Ms. Morgan's Goodbye to All That #2 as posted on the Majority Post last year:

http://www.womensmediacenter.com/ex/020108.html

Ms. Morgan's post from the Majority Post calling for support of Obama.

http://womensmediacenter.com/wordpress/2008/10/robin-morgan-when-sisterhood-is-suicide-and-other-late-night-thoughts/

Undomesticated Violence and Political Asylum

There is nothing "tame" about the violence women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners.

http://www.examiner.com/a-2378753~Domestic_violence_victim_granted_asylum_in_US.html

Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer on empowering women

Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer on empowering women

Another Day, Another Skirmish

From: The Baltimore Sun

November 24, 2009

Council passes pregnancy center bill

As expected, the Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a first-in-the-nation law that would require faith-based crisis pregnancy centers to display signs telling prospective clients that they do not provide or refer for abortion or birth control. Sun colleague Julie Scharper has a story in Tuesday's newspaper.

The legislation now awaits the signature of Mayor Sheila Dixon. Dixon, an abortion rights supporter, has not said whether she will sign it. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien has hinted at a legal challenge should the bill become law.

Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who sponsored the legislation, called the vote "a step towards making sure that women have the information they need to make the right decision for their health and their future."

But abortion opponents say the bill unfairly targets centers that they say provide much-needed assistance to poor women.

"The thing that's most disappointing about it is not the particular signs that are put up or the particular bill itself, but the message that it sends," said Jeffrey D. Meister, the chief lobbyist for Maryland Right to Life.

"This is the first time in the United States that any elected body has chosen to vote to condemn pregnancy centers. Baltimore City has just said, 'We recognize you do great work, but politically we're going to regulate you anyway.' "

Is the First Black President a President Mostly for Blacks?

The Professor Gates Incident may have opened some eyes. It would be interesting to know how the proportion of people of color in this administration compares to that of the general population. Just Asking.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124484/Obama-Approval-Slide-Finds-Whites-Down-39.aspx