Category: Women's Empowerment
Those Iranian Mullahs are such champions of women's rights, of course. See articles here and here.
Today is Equal Pay Day. Feminist groups and political leaders have set aside this day to protest the fact that women’s wages are, on average, 78 percent of men’s wages. “This date symbolizes how far into 2010 women must work to earn what men earned in 2009,”says the National Committee on Pay Equity.
Mark Perry reflects:
The recent deaths of 29 men in a West Virginia coal mine illustrate an important point about the labor market: men have much greater exposure than women to work-related fatalities because men are overrepresented in the most dangerous, high-risk jobs like coal mining (almost 100 percent male), fire fighters (97 percent), police officers (84 percent), correctional officers (73 percent), and construction (97 percent), according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data.
Jonah Goldberg opines: "Female equality seems to be a pretty reliable treatment for many of the world's worst pathologies."
Dana Perino opines: "Today is International Women’s Day, the annual global celebration of women’s achievements — past and present, rich and poor. . . ."
"The desire for fun, the hunt or self defense has drawn shoppers looking for the perfect Christmas gift to gun stores . . . . At most stores, the shopping is a family affair . . . . Dealers say they've seen more women shopping for guns and training this season than ever before."
American Thinker article: "It has been almost two years since I woke up and broke up with liberalism. During these many months, I've discovered that everything I believed was wrong. But the biggest shock of all has been realizing that the Democratic Party is hardly an oasis for women. Now that it has been infiltrated by the hard Left, it's a dangerous place for women, children, and other living things."
"One of the most revealing things about liberals is their insistence that only they can define a 'real' minority or a 'real' woman."
"Home is where we feel the safest. Or at least we should. When that security is stolen, it leaves many people, especially women, wondering how to fight back."
"Peoria police continued Thursday to look for a Glendale man of Iraqi descent who is alleged to have run over his daughter and another woman in a Peoria parking lot Tuesday. . . . A police spokesman said Tuesday that the father reportedly was upset that his daughter had become too Westernized and was rejecting traditional Iraqi values.
"For a feminist party, Democrats have a problem with women, or rather, with one certain type: Young and/or youngish, cute and/or stunning, with good hair, many children, and outspoken center-right views."
