In honor of women's suffrage on August 26, Ellen Goodman announced the Equal Rites Awards to those who have labored over the last 12 months to set back the cause of women. The nominees are listed in her article:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/08/24/a_year_of_notable_setbacks_for_women/
Here's the first nominee:
We begin by looking to Japan where Shinzo Abe's government wins the Knights in (Tarnished) Armor Prize. There, the prime minister refused to apologize for the Japanese Army's use of "comfort women" as sexual slaves in World War II. That was after his health minister called women "baby-making machines." And finally, the bodyguard for his gender equality minister was arrested for molesting a college student on a train. We send the land of the rising sun a sunset clause.
There's quite a few more listed, who do you think set back the cause of women the most during the past 12 months?
2007-08-26 11:49:44 · 13 answers · asked by edith clarke 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I read the whole thing, and though I admire the attempts at humor- the reality of the content was deeply disturbing. What a long way we still have to go in the fight for equality!
I can't believe this stuff is for real.
2007-08-26 12:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Probably some abortion doctor. Over a million females have been killed by abortion doctors in the last twelve months. You are right about those WW2 Japanese. Let us not forget the rape of Nanking, the Chinese certainly havn't. Those Japs were not so nice to men either. Remember the Bataan death march. I've read Ellen Goodman and from my perspective she is out in left field.
2007-08-31 18:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by james 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure if it is within the last 12 months or not, but I just read recently that, within the last few years, the Utah Attorney General's office has been giving thought to decriminalizing polygamy/bigamy. Now isn't that just dandy?
If any of you know anything at all what the Patriarchal Mormon religion is like, you know that they already don't prosecute polygamists as they ought. The Attorney General's office has devoted their time to only prosecuting obvious cases of child abuse (but this doesn't include forcible rape of young women around the age of 20 by men in their 60's and calling it "marriage").
2007-08-27 02:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but I vote Lynne Cheney an honorable mention award also. Not just for defending Dick but also for failing to
support Mary adequately. I must say that referring to women as baby-making machines definitely derserves a Scarlet letter or a bigot brand on the chest.
2007-08-27 04:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by Standing Stone 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Ezzat Attiya. I had to take a "moment" to try and put into words what I felt upon reading what I felt is the epitome of ignorance in a male. Just when you think you have heard it all......Wow that blew me away. The whole article was profoundly depressing and a reminder of what must be continued in the fight for women's equality and protection against ignorant repression.
2007-08-26 12:27:29 · answer #5 · answered by sashali 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
They all win the disgusting award but this one is thee most disturbing to me!
So many judges, so few blindfolds. The Blind Justice Award is winging its way to Carson City, Nev., District Judge Bill Maddox. While sentencing a man on kiddie porn charges, he opined: "It's my understanding that most men are sexually attracted to young women. . . . I mean women from the time they're 1 all the way up until they're 100." That blindfold should be placed carefully over his ...
2007-08-26 15:57:20 · answer #6 · answered by Libby 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
My pick would definitely be Ezzat Attiyah, the Egyptian cleric who suggested that the only way women could work alongside men would be if they breastfed them.
2007-08-27 05:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by tangerine 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Honourable mention has to go to that judge in the Anna Nicole case. In fact, everyone involved in that whole thing...yes, her life may have been pathetic, but that circus was beyond belief.
2007-08-26 17:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by teeleecee 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
my vote goes to the usual: muslim women agreeing to wear a burqa.
From the list, i choose the Japanese of course, and then Mattel. "The folks who brought you Barbie are collaborating on a new line of make-up -- for 6- to 9-year-olds. For this we award them and all their ilk a special cosmetic for the next year: egg on their face"
i better go hug my daughter before she asks for a Bratz or My Scene.
2007-08-27 05:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by Heart-Shapped Poe 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ha. Tough one. I'll go with ... Lynne Cheney. I think she started setting back the cause of women the minute she married that slob of a husband.
2007-08-26 12:22:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋