"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires,
is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."
-Jonathan Swift
Feminism 3
United States - National Statistics:
1 in 6 women in the United States has experienced an attempted or completed sexual assault. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Somewhere in America a woman is battered, usually by her intimate partner, every 15 seconds. (United Nations Study on the Status of Women, 2000)
Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 90 seconds. (US Department of Justice, 2000)
1 in 3 murdered females are killed by a partner, versus 3.6% of males. (US Department of Justice, May 2000)
Approximately 1 million women are stalked annually in the United States. (US Department of Justice, November 1998)
According to the Justice Department, 1 in 2 rape victims is under 18; 1 in 6 is under 12. (Child rape victims, 1992)
Boys who witness their fathers' violence are 10 times more likely to engage in spouse abuse in later adulthood than boys from non-violent homes. (Family Violence Interventions for the Justice System, 1993)
Of the 1,977 high school girls aged 14-18 surveyed in 1997 study, about 20% reported that they had been hit, slapped, shoved or forced into sexual activity by a dating partner. (Journal of The American Medical Association, 1999)
Domestic violence often does not consist of a single incident; it is instead a continual state of victimization. (“Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection,” National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics joint report, July 1996)
In 47% of rapes, the victim sustained injuries other than rape injuries. (“Violence Against Women,” Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994)
Battering is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15 to 44 in the United States. (US Surgeon General, 1992)
Approximately 50% of the homeless women and children in the United States are on the streets because of violence in their homes. (“A Report on the 1988 National Survey of Shelters for the Homeless,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1989)
Domestic violence occurs in approximately 25-33% of same-sex relationships. (NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, October 1996)
Pregnant or recently pregnant women are more likely to be the victims of homicide than to die of any other cause. (Journal of the American Medical Association, March 2001)
Okay Ladies, everbody thank George Dubbua Bush for increasing the pay gap from 72 cents to 73 cents or roughly a loss of $4,200 a year. Thanks for nothing Bush!
Don't look at me, I voted for Gore.
Think you know all about domestic violence? Take the Domestic Violence Quiz and find out Here!
Note: Planned Parenthood said this better than I could ever paraphrase...
For more than four years, an FDA-approved pregnancy prevention measure known as emergency contraception has been available to hospitals and healthcare providers for reducing the risk of unintended pregnancy among rape and incest survivors. Yet many hospitals, typically faith-based, still deny emergency contraception to women who have survived a sexual assault. EC should be available to all women, but there is absolutely no excuse for denying it to women facing such a critical situation.
Just as alarming, these same hospitals often refuse to refer women to other health care facilities that may help them. Many do not even inform patients of the availability of emergency contraception.
These unethical policies are cruel and undermine a woman’s right to information about her own best medical treatment options. Further, they place an additional burden on women who are particularly vulnerable because of post-rape trauma and stress. A sexual assault survivor may have already delayed seeking treatment at the hospital. Since it is best for women to initiate treatment for reducing the risk of pregnancy within 72 hours, any refusal of service will further delay a woman’s access to this basic reproductive health care service.
Women who suffer sexual assault should not have to face the additional trauma of an unwanted pregnancy. They also should have immediate access to all necessary information and health care treatment, regardless of which hospital treats them.
Voluntary compliance is not working. Congress must step in now and ensure that emergency contraception is available to all those who need it, when they need it most.
Notify your Representative with your support HERE!
Margaret Sanger wrote this text during the 1920's and it is still as relevant today as it was than. No feminist should miss out on this!
Read the text HERE!
Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.
Q: I’m two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.
Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby’s sex?
A: Childbirth.
Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes she’s borderline irrational.
A: So what’s your question?
Q: My childbirth instructor says it’s not pain I’ll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?
A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.
Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out you’re pregnant.
Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?
A: Not unless the word “alimony” means anything to you.
Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.
Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if you change the baby’s diaper very quickly.
Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When the kids are in college.
In the world of romance, one single rule applies: Make the woman happy. Do something she likes & you get points. Do something she dislikes & points are subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something she expects... Sorry, that's the way the game is played. Here is a guide to the point system.
Simple Duties
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You make the bed..............................................+1
You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows.....0
You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets...................-1
You leave the toilet seat up..................................-5
You replace the toilet-paper roll when it's empty..............0
When the toilet-paper roll is barren, you resort to Kleenex...-1
When the Kleenex runs out you shuffle slowly to the next bathroom..-2
You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra-light panty liners with wings......+5
But return with beer.........................................-5
You check out a suspicious noise at night......................0
You check out a suspicious noise and it's nothing..............0
You check out a suspicious noise and it's something...........+5
You pummel it with a six iron................................+10
It's her father..............................................-10
Social Engagements
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You stay by her side the entire party........................0
You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college drinking buddy...-2
Named Tiffany.................................................-4
Tiffany is a dancer...........................................-6
Tiffany has implants..........................................-8
When mingling, you hold your mate's hand and gaze at her lovingly....................................................+1
When mingling, you introduce her as "the ol' ball and chain" and pat her on the
rump.......................................-5
When your mate points toward a hot-looking woman and asks you if you think she is attractive, you say, "Yes, but nowhere near as attractive as you"..................................+1
When your mate points to a woman and asks if you think she's attractive, you say, "Yeah, but she's lousy in bed"...........-6
That woman is her sister......................................-90
You have one drink, and that's it..............................0
You have more than a few and perform the tango with a poodle....-2
You have a lot of drinks, vaguely remember being fingerprinted....-18
Saturday Afternoons
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You go to the mall together.......................................+3
You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then park the car....+4
You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then drive to a sports
bar......................................................-2
You spend the day shopping for furniture and pretend to like it...+3
You spend the day shopping for furniture, and nap on a sectional...0
You spend the day at a wholesale club, buying in bulk.......+3
Most of it chips and beer...................................-6
You tackle a large household project, such as painting the den..+15
Or refinishing the floors.......................................+16
Or rewiring the basement........................................+17
Or adding a second floor........................................+18
Or setting up a Nerf Ball hoop over the bathroom wastebasket.....-6
And you're tickled pink about it................................-15
You visit her parents............................................. 0
You visit her parents and actually make conversation...+3
You visit her parents and stare vacantly at the television ........-3
And the television is off.......................................-6
You spend the afternoon watching college football in your underwear...-6
And you didn't even go to college................................-10
And it's not your underwear......................................-15
Her Birthday
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You take her out to dinner......................................0
You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar........+1
Okay, it is a sports bar.........................................-2
And it's all-you-can-eat night...................................-3
It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team........................-10
You go to a nice, pricey restaurant and hire a guitar player.....+3
You go to a pricey restaurant, hire a guitar player and get up and sing......................................................+4
If you stink....................................................+2
If you're not half bad..........................................+5
You get up and sing a Barry Manilow song, and you're escorted out to much
applause................................................-2
You give her a gift...............................................0
You give her a gift and it's a small appliance.............-10
You give her a gift and it's not a small appliance........+1
You give her a gift, and it isn't chocolate......................+2
You give her a gift that you'll be paying off for months...+30
You wait until the last minute and buy her a gift that day .-10
With her credit card...........................................-30
And whatever you bought is two sizes too big................-40
Thoughtfulness
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You forget her birthday completely.............................-20
You forget your anniversary....................................-30
You forget to pick her up at the bus station....................-45
Which is in Newark, New Jersey.................................-50
And the pouring rain dissolves her leg cast.....................-60
A Night Out With The Boys
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Go out with a pal.........................................-5
And the pal is happily married............................-4
Or frighteningly single...................................-7
And he drives a Mustang....................................-10
With a personalized license plate (GR8 N BED).............-15
You have a few beers............................................-9
And miss curfew by an hour......................................-12
You miss curfew by an hour and you didn't call.................-20
You get home at 3 am............................................-30
You get home at 3 am smelling of booze and cheap cigars......-40
And not wearing any pants.......................................-50
Is that a tattoo??.............................................-200
Her Night Out
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You stay home while she goes out with her annoying friend from work................................................+5
She goes out with her annoying work friends, and she comes home late.......................................................+10
You wait up....................................................+15
She goes out, comes home late and drunk, and you put her to bed..+20
A Night At Home
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You watch TV together........................................... 0
You rent a movie................................................+2
You rent a movie and it's SENSE & SENSIBILITY.................+3
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you stay awake throughout........+5
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep....................-1
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep and drool........-2
A Night Out
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You take her to a movie.........................................+2
You take her to a movie she likes................................+4
You take her to a movie you hate..............................+6
You take her to a movie you like.................................-2
It's called DeathCop 3..........................................-3
Which features cyborgs having sex...............................-9
You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans........-15
Flowers
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You buy her flowers only when it's expected..................... 0
You buy her flowers as a surprise, just for the hell of it ....+20
You give her wildflowers you've actually picked yourself....+30
And she contracts Lyme disease..............................-25
Your Physique
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You develop a noticeable potbelly...............................-15
You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it.....+10
You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to loose jeans and baggy Hawaiian
shirts..........................................-5
Finances
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You spend a lot of money on something impractical...............-5
Something she can't use.........................................-10
Such a motorized model airplane...............................-20
And she got a small appliance for her birthday..................-40
Driving
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You lost the directions on a trip...............................-4
You lost the directions and end up getting lost............-10
You end up getting lost in a bad part of town..............-15
You get lost in a bad part of town and meet the locals up close and
personal..................................................-25
You know them....................................................-60
The Big Question
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She asks, "Do I look fat?" ....-5 (Sensitive questions always start with a deficit)
You hesitate in responding.....................................-10
You reply, "Where?"...........................................-35
Communication
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When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen, displaying what looks like a concerned expression.....................................0
When she wants to talk, you listen, for over 30 minutes........+5
You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV...+10
She realizes this is because you've fallen asleep...............-20
HOW A MAN CAN TELL IF A WOMAN HAS PMS
1. She stops reading Glamour and starts reading Guns and Ammo.
2. She considers chocolate a major FDA food group.
3. You ask her what time it is, and she replies,"What do you mean I look fat?!"
4. She makes you sleep on the couch because all the potato chips and cheesedoodles have taken up your side of the bed.
5. She puts on one of those pads with "wings," then flies off the roof laughing hysterically while riding a broom.
6. Her jeans grow 2 sizes larger while her canine teeth grow 2 inches longer
7. She's developed a new talent for spinning her head around in 360 degree circles.
8. She retains more water than Lake Superior.
9. She denies she's in a bad mood as she pops a clip into her semiautomatic and "chambers one."
10. She buys you a new T-shirt-----with a bulls-eye on the front.
11. You ask her to please pass the salt at the dinner table and she says,"All I ever do is give, give, give! AM I SUPPOSED TO DO EVERYTHING?"
12. She answers every question with the same answer, "Over my dead body!"
13. She's more paranoid than O.J. Simpson in a Bruno Magli shoe store.
14. She looks at you thru her thumb and index finger and makes the "I'll squish your tiny head" gesture.
15. She enrolls in the Lizzie Borden School of Charm.
16. She orders 3 Big Macs, 4 large fries, a bucket of Chicken McNuggets, and then mauls the manager because they're out of Diet Coke.
Why Women are called Crabby:
We start to "bud" in our blouses at 9 or 10 years old only to find anything that comes in contact with those tender, blooming buds hurts so bad it brings us to tears. Enter the almighty, uncomfortable training bra contraption the boys in school will snap until we have calluses on our backs.
Next, we get our periods in our early to mid-teens (or sooner). Along with those budding boobs, we now bloat, we cramp, we get the hormone crankies, have to wear little mattresses between our legs or insert tubular, packed cotton rods in places we didn't even know we had.
Our next little rite of passage (premarital or not) is having sex for the first time which is about as much fun as having a ramrod push your uterus through your nostrils (IF he did it right and didn't end up with his little cart before his horse), leaving us to wonder what all the fuss was about.
Then it's off to Motherhood where we learn to live on dry crackers and water for a few months so we don't spend the entire day leaning over the toilet. Of course, amazing creatures that we are (and we are), we learn to live with the growing little angels inside us steadily kicking our insides night and day making us wonder if we're having Rosemary's Baby (that's a devil child for you young ones). Our once flat bellies now look like we swallowed a watermelon whole and we pee our pants every time we sneeze.
When the big moment arrives, the dam in our blessed Nether Regions will invariably burst right in the middle of the mall and we'll waddle with our big elephant feet moaning in pain all the way to the hospital. Then it's huff and puff and beg to die while the OB says, "Please stop screaming, Mrs. Hear-me-roar. Calm down and push. Just one more (or 10 ) good pushes," warranting a strong, well-deserved impulse to punch the bastard (and hubby)
square in the nose for making us cram a wiggling, mushroom-headed 10lb bowling ball through a keyhole.
After that, it's time to raise those angels only to find that when all that "cute" wears off, the beautiful little darlings morph into walking, jabbering, wet, gooey, snot-blowing, life-sucking little poop machines. The teen years. Need I say more?
The kids are almost grown now and we women hit our voracious sexual prime in our mid-30's to early 40's while hubby had his somewhere around his 18th birthday (which just happens to be the reason all that early hot man sex got you pregnant in the first place).
Now we hit the grand finale: "The Menopause," the Grandmother of all womanhood. It's either take the synthetic hormones and chance cancer in those now drooping things that were once perky, or the aforementioned Nether Regions, or, sweat like a hog in December, wash your sheets and pillowcases daily and bite the head off anything that moves.
Now, you ask WHY women seem to be more spiteful than men when men get off so easy INCLUDING the icing on life's cake: Being able to pee in the woods without soaking their socks...
Now I love being a woman but "Womanhood" would make the Great Gandhi a tad crabby. Women are the "weaker sex"? Yeah right. Bite me.
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