Christian Feminists an oxymoron
Using the Central Park "wilding"
incident(s) as an example of why fathers
and marriage are bad!)
Note: Rita Henry Jensen is the Director of the NOW LDEF Women, Policy and
Media Program
Fwd/fyi:
Source:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=150&context=outrage
Women's Enews Has A Resolution Ready for Congress
Run Date: 06/19/00
By Rita Henley Jensen
Whereas: The nation is now realizing how extensive the Boys-Will-Be Boys
ethos compromised the New York City police department's response on June 11
to the 47 complaints by women that they were being mauled, stripped and
robbed by gangs of thuggish young men;
Whereas, reporter Mark Fazlollah has documented for Women's Enews on June 15
that police departments in Philadelphia and most likely such other cities as
New York, Houston and Milwaukee, and perhaps others, often ignore women's
rape complaints;
Whereas, the U.S. Senate as part of its campaign to encourage women to marry
and live with the fathers of their children, all the while claiming they are
concerned about families living in poverty and violent young men, passed a
resolution designating June 18 as "Responsible Father's Day," calling upon
fathers around the country to use the day to reconnect and rededicate
themselves to their children's lives;
Whereas, good fathers don't need Congressional resolutions;
Whereas, it is extremely unlikely that such a resolution has any noticeable
affect on estranged fathers, especially those behind on their child support
payments;
Whereas, family violence leaves some children better off disconnected from
their fathers;
Whereas, members of Congress who care about the relations between women and
men, could have better spent their time pushing for the reauthorization of
the Violence Against Women Act;
Whereas, these same members who care about women and children living in
poverty could busy themselves rewriting the welfare reform law that thrust
thousands of families into poverty and left single mothers more vulnerable
to family violence;
We call upon Congress to stop the pro-father rhetoric and actually do
something that will send a strong message to young men in this country that
for boys to become men, they must disavow violence and to rewrite the
welfare laws committing the nation's resources to caring for its
impoverished children, again sending a strong message to young men about the
nature of responsibility.
