Senate Let's Talk: Feminism

Ugh... that's disgusting.

Also, did he have to be from West Virginia. I'm not actually surprised, but I try so hard to be proud of being from WV and then something like that guy happens. *sigh* And people wonder why young West Virginian's are abandoning ship at an alarming rate. It's large in part to people like that dude is telling you there's beauty in being raped.

 

It's a terrible headline and the way it is expressed is awful but it seems what the republican is trying to say is that the act of rape is "awful" but any child which may result is "beautiful". So the child is "beautiful" but not the manner of the child's conception, which is awful. That is the only way I can interpret that without despising humanity even more that I currently do.

 

Ewok Poet -- didn't know where else to put this (and it's not in the context of women), but going back to sexuality and representation, apparently the American comic book Jughead (which is based on the Archie Comics universe) is doing some interesting things since they ditched the Comics Code and they are officially making the character Jughead be an asexual character (at least confirmed as of Jughead #4). I didn't know if you were specifically looking for MSM sources of representation (or if I'm off ignore)...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...-zdarskys-promise-identitfies-asexual-issue-4

 

You're one of the good people from that state. Every state has good and bad people and those who are in between.

I've become aware of how certain politicians talk about and trivialize rape. It's beyond a nightmare. I, for one, have taken to quoting President Obama's take on the situation: "Rape is rape. It is a crime." But I'm adamant that it is immoral and insane to excuse it.

 

I have a question. I know equal pay for equal work for women is a big issue in Hillary Clinton's campaign.,does that effect sports? Will the WNBA have to pay it's players the same as the NBA? If it did that would definitely fold that league and I would have to say goodbye to the Connecticut Sun. and let me just say I do believe in equal pay for women, just not in sports if it closes down a league.

 

I wish that that proposed constitutional amendment had been passed to guarantee equal pay for women.

 

Another aspect of how women are treated in sports relates less to pay and is more about respect. For example, in press conferences and media situations male athletes are invariably asked about their strategy, their coaching style, their approach to the game or the contest, whilst female athletes get asked who they are dating, any celebrity 'crushes', favourite designers, beauty tips etc etc. You also see female athletes pushed into 'sexy' photoshoots by their sponsors. Maybe it is just my imagination but I just perceive female athletes to be asjed questions that male athletes seem to avoid, particualrly in tennis, when females tennis players are sometimes asked to do a little 'twirl' so they can showcase their outfit. I'be never seen ahybody on court asking Nadal to do a twirl.

 

An article about the GOP Draft and women registering for Selective Service...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ar...ighlights_feminist_contradictions_129624.html

 

men's pay in sports is a reflection of the money that the sport itself produces, through television rights, sponsors, ticket prices, etc. it's not really possible to pay a female the same as a male if her sport is only producing a fraction of the revenue - it would cripple the sport itself. the more important task is encouraging more people to watch women's sports, which will encourage more investment, which will then result in increased pay. I'd say sports isn't really the same as equal pay within the normal workforce, much like how the salaries of sports stars aren't comparable to normal workers, male or female.

it's different, however, within, say, the movie industry, where there is no justification for men to be paid more if a female lead's movie generates just as much as a male lead (hunger games, for example).

 

It is absurd, in the 21st Century, that men and women - doing the exact same role - are paid completely differently.

As the late Christopher Hitchens always said, the key to prosperity is the economic emancipation of women.

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/04/24/what-sex-means-for-world-peace/

 

It truly is ridiculous. I'm fortunate that I'm paid very well as a tutor. But when I become a social worker, I imagine that I will be paid less than some male colleagues. My primary goal is to help women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Anyway, I recall that when I was attending Catholic school, one of my male teachers believed that the female teachers should be paid as much as him. He eventually started working at public school.

 

It truly is ridiculous. I'm fortunate that I'm paid very well as a tutor. But when I become a social worker, I imagine that I will be paid less than some male colleagues. My primary goal is to help women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Anyway, I recall that when I was attending Catholic school, one of my male teachers believed that the female teachers should be paid as much as him. He eventually started working at public school.

 

not sure what a gop lawmaker or state senator is, but does this mean that he's been elected by the people for some kind of position? or what exactly does it mean?

 

All 50 states in the United States have their own legislatures. Most are bicameral, with an upper house (usually called the State Senate) and lower house. This guy is part of the South Carolina Senate. He was elected, but most Americans barely pay attention to their state legislatures and the vast majority can't even name the people who supposedly represent them.

 

There's really a pro-rape movement? I hate everything.

 

Yes. It's called society.

 

I signed a petition to shut down the pro-rape supporter Roosh Valizadeh's Facebook account. He is a nightmare of a misogynist.

Anakinfan, I remember hearing about that guy saying that stupid, awful thing. Still, my ex-girlfriend said she believed that we women are superior to men, and I didn't like that, either. She said she didn't like to say that, since she wanted to believe in equality. But, still, believing in equality shouldn't be that hard.

 

I'm astonished people still believe in Social Darwinism. Especially since we fought a global war, against a regime, which built its entire society around it. Your gender or race most certainly doesn't not determined if you're "better at something"; it's completely backwards thinking.