Tag: Justice
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Equal Rights Amendment Now
I have a friend who is active in the American Bar Association (ABA). She recently informed me that the ABA has been researching the status of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This blog has important information about that amendment. The ABA has analyzed the history of the ERA from its inception in 1972. They have…
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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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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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What Has Happened to the “Just” in Justice”
Over the past few years I have come to believe that our justice system in the U.S. is very dysfunctional. This dysfunction has led to slow justice or a total lack of justice in many civil and criminal matters as well as rulings on local, state and federal laws. Endless fighting over interpretation of laws…
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