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Columbia's Student Association for Gender Equality: Bringing a cross-cultural perspective to gender dynamics
A well written article about the shape an form of feminism today, and its possibilities for tomorrow coming from Barnard College’s very own President D Spar.
A sad truth in many parts of society, SAGE - Student Association for Gender Equality hopes to help combat :”[men] don’t know how to make the right changes and are generally not party to the conversations that women have among themselves. All too often, women are scared of raising the topic of gender with men, thinking it will brand them as radicals or troublemakers, while men are terrified of saying or doing anything that might classify them as politically incorrect. The result, of course, is that no one says anything productive at all. Women mutter to themselves about their continued exploitation, men mumble platitudes and hire high-priced diversity consultants, and nothing changes.”
True? “[The problems we have] come partly from the media, partly from society, partly from biology, and partly from our own vastly unrealistic expectations”
and, just for kicks, one of the replies in the comments section (beware: hilarious/absurd/sexist):
“I recently worked at a company in which it was 75% plus female. I hated it. I’ve always got along well with girls in social situations, but boy are they god damn catty towards each other. You can never get to the bottom of things, since they sugarcoat like its no tomorrow. Too much politeness, and shields.Just get to the goddamn point and stop talking behind your backs like little girls. Be a “man” and say it front of everyone. Oh wait, your girls, you can’t break social structure and live off emotional highs and lows- and that’s a fact.
Contrary to what feminists think, a 50/50 workplace is much better than an all girl one. Keeps the attitude at the door. Much more calm environment.But I think most of the people ranting on here have been disregarded by society in one way or the other. Sorry, not everyone is beautiful. I’ve found that really attractive girls are usually much more open and secure than the fugly girls who complain about everything.
No surpise mosts feminists are pretty damn ugly and such is shunned by society which places a lot on beauty. No wonder they are so bitter. Its always better to deal with a douchebag than a bitchy fugly girl. At least with men we can settle it outside.” ^^
In Brazil, sex with a child under the age of 14 is considered violent, and classified as rape… except a recent ruling decides that child prostitutes don’t count.
“Whether they were mature enough to consent had to be decided with reference to their wide sexual experience, not just their age.”
Disgusting.pr
A court in Brazil decides that some children are less equal than others
A Wisconsin law that made it easier for victims of wage discrimination to have their day in court was repealed on Thursday, after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly signed the bill.
The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was meant to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. Among other provisions, it allows individuals to plead their cases in the less costly, more accessible state circuit court system, rather than just in federal court.
In November, the state Senate approved SB 202, which rolled back this provision. On February, the Assembly did the same. Both were party-line votes in Republican-controlled chambers.
SB 202 was sent to Walker on March 29. He had, according to the state constitution, six days to act on the bill. The deadline was 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The governor quietly signed the bill into law on Thursday, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau, and it is now called Act 219.
Walker’s office did not return repeated requests for comment.
State Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) and Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee), the authors of the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, criticized Walker on Thursday for not informing the public of his actions on SB 202.
“We are finally starting to see progress here in Wisconsin, yet like their counterparts across the country, Legislative Republicans want to turn back the clock on women’s rights in the workplace,” said Hansen.
Women earn 77 cents for every dollar that men make. In Wisconsin, it’s 75 cents, according to the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health (WAWH), which also estimates that families in the state “lose more than $4,000 per year due to unequal pay.”
Business associations lobbied in support of SB 202, according to the state’s Government Accountability Board. Groups like Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and the Wisconsin Restaurant Association all backed a repeal.
Sara Finger, executive director of WAWH, said that the repeal was a “demoralizing attack on women’s rights, health, and wellbeing.”
“Economic security is a women’s health issue,” she said. “The salary women are paid directly affects the type and frequency of health care services they are able to access. At a time when women’s health services are becoming more expensive and harder to obtain, financial stability is essential to maintain steady access.”
I’m sorry, what century is this again?
(via le-kif-kif)
Why is it that after a few weeks of outrage, our collective memory seems to have amnesia?
People have gotten angry, but this issue has not been resolved, and we cannot let it be forgotten.
Went to get my taxes done and they insisted on performing a transvaginal ultrasound. This is getting out of hand.
And I’ll use this as a reminder that we are on day 53 (FIFTY THREE) here in Texas of actual forced transvaginal ultrasounds before abortion. So, this is funny but it also reminds me that here in Texas actual people are being forced to endure this procedure without being able to consent to it.
Join SAGE tomorrow night, Wednesday the 7th at 8pm in Hamilton 609 for our next meeting! Come for crazy cool discussion and more! And eat free food as well =D
The topic will be “Obarnard” responses: elitist, sexist, or something else?
Obama decided to speak at the Barnard Commencement this year, and all of a sudden bwog is full of comments such as “Barnard is full of academically inferior students that are able to use OUR campus, take OUR classes, and are stereotypically easy to get in bed. We feel like we worked our asses off to get here, and it’s annoying as f*** that Barnard can get the milk for free, so to speak.” and the lovely “While you guys were perfecting your deepthroating techniques and experimenting with scissoring and anal play, we were learning Calculus (usually by sophomore year of high school).” And how do you interpret Barnard President’s statement that this “probably is 19-year-olds writing at 4:30 in the morning”? And PrezBo’s belief that comments like those above “reflect the views of hardly more than just a few people”?
Bwog, the Spec, the New York Times, Jezebel and many more have already picked up this story, but what do you think?
(Photo) Woman faces down riot cop at protest for women’s rights - Virginia, 3/3/12
**Trigger Warning** Rape apologists, rape naysayers, rape deniers
Mr. What About The Men
“The real problem here is all these false rape accusations that are destroying our society! 90 million men are falsely accused of rape every second! A woman just has to sort of…
(Source: lawsonry, via theirriandjhiquishow-deactivate)
More people need to be listening to Judge Parker’s common sense.
Not bad, Texas. Not bad!
