Tag: feminism
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A Female President at Last?
There has never been a female President of the United States since our founding on July 4, 1776. I have personally been waiting for a female President since Hillary Clinton ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries in 2008. I believe she was the more qualified candidate, but I watched with distaste, dismay and…
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Hooray for the Olympics
The first Summer Games of the Olympics in the modern era took place April 6-15, 1896 in Athens, Greece. Then May 20-October 28, 1900 the next Summer Games took place in Paris, France and were part of the World’s Fair. For the first time women were allowed to participate. There were 22 women who competed…
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Sadly We Are Not Alone
Over the past year I have read three stories in the New York Times about problems that women experience in other countries. These articles are so important that I would like to share them with you. It is proof that the problems faced by American women exist in other countries many times in an even…
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I’m Looking for a Lot of Good Men
Many of my blogs are critical of men. However, it would be incorrect to assume that I am a misandrist, a hater of men. As the old saying goes, some of my best friends are men, and I have had the privilege to meet many admirable men during my lifetime. I want to talk about…
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Clothes Control the Woman
A consistent theme in my blog is the unfair control that men have over women. I believe that most women tend to live their lives oblivious or unconcerned about this fact. I think it is important for us to recognize that male control makes women’s lives smaller and keeps us from realizing our full potential…
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The Talk About the Birds and the Bees
The men have done it to us again. On April 9, 2024 the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated the enforcement of an 1864 law banning all abortions even if necessary to terminate a pregnancy caused by rape or incest. The only abortions allowed would be in order to save the life of the mother. The reinstatement…
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Power to the People?
“In the history of human beings gender has proved to be the single most important factor in determining the fate of an individual. Gender is more important than ethnicity, skin color, religion, or economic status. Indeed, the influence of these secondary factors is merely magnified by the gender of an individual.” These are words I…
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War: A Lose-Lose for Women and Children
This week I watched the movie 20 Days in Mariupol written and directed by Mstyslav Chernov. He headed up a team of Associated Press journalists taking daily videos in Mariupol, Ukraine during the first twenty days of the Russian siege of that town as part of Putin’s goal to take back the nation of Ukraine.…
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