Why does rightwinger not think women should have ability to vote

Far right-wing political commentator, Jesse Lee Peterson, spoke on the rights of women. Sort of. He was a board member of the California branch of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson's group, by the way. Well, this is what he said about women and voting:"Women cannot...

Gender Wars to Gender Harmony

I've made, and I continue to make, the case that the gender wars teach both the men and the women to be the worst thing that they can be. There is a reason for this stance.A good man will want to be good to the women in his life, and a good woman will want to be good to the...

Gender Totalitarians

We see men militating against women and we see women militating against men; but we do not see either side in the gender conflict recognizing differences among men and differences among women.The problem with the gender wars of the last two and a half decades is that the...

How unions help women in society, along with others

Women in the U.S. make about 78 of what men make in society. When it comes to comparing union women workers v. union male workers, that difference is cut to about 88%. This isn't surprising. Unions, though imperfect, have done a good job in supporting well paying jobs for...

What Mitt Romney Really Thinks About Stay At Home Moms . . .

When Hillary Rosen said that Ann Romney hadn't worked a day in her life, the Romney camp responded  by making it known that they consider raising five boys hard work.  Ann Ramney also recounted how Mitt would encourage her by saying, "your job is more important than...

Feminism and Beauty

A frequent claim by women of the politically correct persuasion is that beautiful women are stupid or bad people. This attitude has been responsible for vast abuses against attractive women; and it is an attitude that is rotten to the core.Yes, Sarah Palin was a beauty...

Qualities in Relationships

A behavior I've observed on the part of a number of men is going for women who have one set of qualities but expecting in a relationship an opposite set of qualities. Specifically, they are attracted to artistic free-spirited women, but want in a relationship a traditional...

Mr. Putin: End These Wrongs

As Vladimir Putin is embarking on his third term as Russia's president, it becomes useful to know what in Russia really needs changing. The tax system is OK; the property system is OK; the educational system is OK; but there are many things that are not OK. The worst...

Why Women Should Be Running Africa

For a number of decades, Africa has been synonymous with political failure. There have been changes in rulership, changes in policies, and changes in priorities; but Africa remains at the bottom of the world. An ongoing failure demands not tweaking but rather a radical shift....

"I have a dream" Speech: Revised for Contemporary Situation

In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. That was 12 years before my birth, and much has changed since then. The issues that are at work now are issues that are very different from the issues that were at work back then. This is my take on the...

Indigenous, Madhesi, Dalit, Disable and Women in Nepal

This document deals with the detail areas, issues and contemporary context of the indigenous, Madhesi, Dalit, disable and women in Nepal.  It is named as “Status, upliftment efforts, problems, solutions and potentialities of   Indigenous, Madhesi, Dalit,...