S.O.S. Stop the Onslaught of Sexism
2008 was a banner year for sexism in the mainstream media. This year we learned that it is perfectly acceptable for national news correspondents and pundits to refer to women candidates for national office as castrators, typical ex-wives, nags, Barbie Dolls, and to advocate their murders. The misogyny from public institutions was not reserved only for the candidates, one a sitting Senator and the other a respected, reformist Governor. Nope, everyone from Chris Matthews to Keith Olbermann to Jack Cafferty knew that it was perfectly okay to disparage, discourage, and ridicule entire voting blocs of regular Americans as bitter, older, hysterical women.
And, it worked. Even though Hillary Clinton received more votes from Democrats in the Primaries; even though she had more pledged delegates going in to the Convention; even though she was FAR more popular than Obama with voters in traditional Democratic states; even though she was stupendously more qualified than he — she STILL was passed over by the DNC and the Super Delegates. She was trashed by the media as a monster and a bitch and insane. And even though Sarah Palin is clearly an intelligent, competent, and successful governor the media was STILL able to convince most Americans that she is merely a ditzy slut in high heeled leather boots. (Oh, and her family is total trash, especially the slutty pregnant teenaged girl).
These were the messages of the 2008 Presidential campaigns in terms of women in office, women running for office, and women voters. All water under the bridge you say? Well, yes if you’re talking only about the here and now. Obama won the presidential election (thanks to George W. Bush). Past performance indicates he’ll be a mediocre president at best — we shall see. The election is over forever and there really IS no use in crying over spilled milk. Past performance indicates Hillary Clinton will be an excellent Secretary of State at least — we shall see. And Sarah Palin, since she really IS an intelligent, competent, and successful person, will be FINE.
But what about 2012? 2016? What about the record low number of women appointed to Obama’s cabinet. What will stop Keith Olbermann from calling for the stupid bitch to quit when Lisa Madigan or Kay Hagan or even Sarah Palin decides to run for president in the future? As the video above asks, “Where is the line?” And we all need to ask, “When does it stop?” When will our public institutions STOP ridiculing, hobbling, and sidelining competent women who dare to run for national office?
Puma PAC believes it WON’T stop until more Americans reject the sexist discourse that shamefully biased the coverage of Clinton and Palin last year. Our Stop the Onslaught of Sexism (SOS) Team is looking back in anger — collecting, documenting, and recording the blatant examples and instances of sexism and misogyny in the media so we can educate the young women in high school now who will be voters in the next Presidential election. So we will be armed with facts and ready to react immediately when the media starts revving its sexist engines against the NEXT intrepid woman who decides to run.
Be a part of the Puma PAC SOS Action Team. This is our last Action Team for 2009, and it will be one of our most important efforts. To join, send an email to actioncenter@pumapac.org today. Your job will be very rewarding, but it won’t be all that difficult — after all you’ll have LOTS of material to work with:
p.s. every article from in the link to Reclusive Leftist is worth reading. Read THESE too. You’ll be glad you did.
An unforgettable Classic from Erica Barnett to remind you why we MUST not let this pass:
Hillary Clinton is a bitch. A big ol’ bitchy bitch. And a cunt.A “big fucking whore.” Fortunately, you can “call a woman anything.” She’s “Nurse Ratched.” She’ll castrate you if she gets a chance. She would like that. She’s a “She-Devil.” She’s a madam, and her daughter’s a whore. She’s frigid, and she can’t give head. She’s a “She-Devil.” A lesbian. A nag. When things get tough, she cries like a big dumb GIRL. In fact, she’s just that — a “little girl.” In FACT, she wants to “cry her way to the White House.” To be, ahem, “Crybaby-in-Chief.” That proves that she’s not tough enough. But she’s also not feminine enough. She’s “screechy.” She’s an “aging, resentful female.” She’s “Sister Frigidaire.” She really ought to quit running for President and stick to housework. She basically spent her entire times as First Lady going to tea parties. She’s a monster whojust won’t die. In fact, she really should just die. You can buy aurinal target with her face on it to express what you really think of her. OMG she’s got claws! She’s crazy. In fact, she’s a lunatic. She’s petty and vindictiveand entitled. She’s a washed-up old hag. She’s “everybody’s first wifestanding outside probate court.” She’s a “scolding mother.” She’s shrill… shrill… shrill. She can’t take it when people are mean to her. She’s a “hellish housewife.” She’sTanya Harding. She CAN’T be President, what with the mood swings and the menses.Any woman who votes for her is voting with her vagina, not her brain. Women only like Hillary because she’s a fellow Vagina-American. And because they vote with their feelings. Frankly, anyone who still thinks we need “feminine role models” should get over it and move on, already. Oh, and men who supporters are castratos in the eunuch chorus. You shouldn’t make her President because she wants it too much. She’s totally just banking on support from ugly old feminists. And she looooves to “play the victim.” She cackles! And cackles. And cackles. It’s like she’s a witch or something! She’s definitely“witchy.” And now you can buy her cackle as your ring tone. Her voice, too, is “grating”—like “fingernails on a blackboard” to “some men.” She’s hiding behind her gender. She isn’t a “convincing mom” because she’s too strident. She never did anything on her own. Her husband keeps her on a leash. She hates men. Her campaign is a “catfight.” She makes people want to kill themselves, is like a “domineering mother,” and is cold. And OMG she has boobies! All of which are reasons to hateher. (And boy, could I go on.)
Oh, and if you even mention any of this, you’re either silly or a bad person.
And she has cankles. (h/t mangoprincess)
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TrishfromCanada 01.05.09 at 12:03 am
GUIDELINE FOR COMPLETING SOS INVESTIGATION
1. Search the internet for news articles, media reports and anything that will give you information pertaining to sexism in the media. I suggest we break this down into headings, such as CNN, MSNBC, Fox, Obama’s Campaign, myspace, facebook, blogs or anything I have not mentioned here.
2. We want the media and every single sexist person to know we are not going to take this crap any longer. As Di pointed out, we need to create a ruler to measure their news, articles, stories, comments by. We will work n this ruler over the next few weeks. This part is going to be fun. I’d love to set an icon of some sort where we judge on a scale of 1 – 10 how sexist was the article, photo, etc.
3. When you find an article, photo, etc, save the link and post it in the SOS forum that Murphy has created, feel free to copy the entire article there. It would be easier to manage if you focus on one area only, please email the team to let them know which media you are choosing. (E-mail the team leader with specifics of which media you are choosing).
4. I’ll complete the overall spreadsheet just to make things easier on each of you and send it to you.
5. We will dissect every piece of information provided to us and we will respond, but not irrationally, we will respond as the mature intelligent women and men that we are. We will demand language used to keep women in the lower spectrum of our society is changed. Newscasters and the everyday Joe will think twice about what they print, even women will know when something doesn’t sound right.
6. Part of our job will be to educate, we will work with the Curriculum Team, but more so we will work with our friends, neighbours, bloggers, anyone we can reach we will, because we will be prepared, informed and ready to roar.
7. There is no defined time line that we are looking at, however I’d suggest beginning with the primaries until today.
8. Order Results by state, if possible.
9. I would also like us to collect info on areas where we have already had an impact such as the article in the cbc.ca blogs by Heather Malkins, Pumas responded to the sexism in that article and not only was Heather forced to issue an apology but the article was also retracted!
10. List them by party affiliation.
11. Send me the following information on an as desired basis.
a. Media name
b. Link to article
c. And comments to article you feel are important
d. Did puma’s respond to article (I can help with this)
e. Is there an investigation into the sexism
f. Results or current status of Investigation
g. Follow up to report
12. Each week I will send an update to each of you; this will help when choosing the next media or making changes in our direction as needed.
13. We can write the prowls and letters once we’ve completed stages of the research
14. Our goal is to be completed the research by March 25, 2009
So in short, dig out anything you can, choose one form of media and let everyone know what it is.
I realize this all seems scattered and that’s because right now I’m scattered on my thoughts on this project, there are things we can do immediately and there are things we need to sit tight on til we are armed with more knowledge, facts, and examples. So be forewarned, this project is going to take many curves and tunnels before its done.
Thanks and good luck to All!
– Trish
I’m adding some of the quotes Di sent me with her responses, read them when you feel this is all work and no play:
This is sort of peripherally related, but I reread the Aug 08 Democratic Platform today and almost lost my breakfast. I swear I wanted to punch them thru the monitor if I could. I say, with all their attacks on Republicans/conservatives for “hypocrisy” and “holding them to their own standards” to show it…. well, (#@*$&(*# we ought to do it ourselves! They created that ruler, why can’t we measure them with it?
I love how this little blurb is @ the end of the bit on women in the Platform:
“We believe that standing up for our country means standing up against sexism and all intolerance. Demeaning portrayals of women cheapen our debates, dampen the dreams of our daughters, and deny us the contributions of too many. Responsibility lies with us all.”
Uh….. really? Could have fooled me. Pardon me while I wipe away helpless tears of laughter. And fury. For them to say that, after ALL that was said and done during the primary. So…they promised to take responsibility for standing up to sexism and all intolerance…. how’s that going so far? What’s the saying? all sizzle no steak?
Oh and of course in the int’l relations/aid section there’s this:
“Our policies will recognize that human rights are women’s rights and that women’s rights are human rights.”
Riiiiiight.
And last on the list for that section (figures) is human trafficking:
“We will address human trafficking—both labor and sex trafficking–through strong legislation and enforcement to ensure that trafficking victims are protected and traffickers are brought to
justice. We will also address the root causes of human trafficking, including poverty, discrimination, and gender inequality, as well as the demand for prostitution.”
Most importantly, if you need clarification please ask, I’ll be more than happy to help.
If you think I am missing vital information that should be added, please let me know, it will be added and I’ll revise this document.
Enjoy and have fun!
Thanks Di, now I’m all worked up about this!
I’ll leave you all with this thought from Di, simply because I love it and it’s exactly where I see this team headed:
I’m way jumping the gun, but I would love to see some variant of the “experiment” done with boys v. girls as a teaching tool, on sexism. All the teaching materials I see on the site are re: racism, black/white. The core of the exercise is so powerful, to literally feel yourself on both ends of it, based on something that you KNOW is irrelevant. It takes it out of the realm of theory.
mamabroad 01.05.09 at 5:03 am
Thanks for organizing this effort! Currently, I do not have time to be an official researcher for the SOS effort. However, I would like to know if there is a place where anyone can report a sexist or misogynist item they just happen to stumble on in the media?
For now, here are 2:
You’ve probably heard about this already, but just in case:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/31/politician.scandals/index.html
CNN lumped Palin in with politicians who have “fallen from grace” due to sex scandals, criminal prosecutions and corruption.
(maybe the report site can have a way to see if the item has already been reported so you don’t get multiple reports of same thing)
Here’s what I posted on another blog re a misogynist group I found on Facebook:
Here’s a small action you can take against misogyny if you are on Facebook. I was searching for a group that supports Condoleezza Rice. I did find many but I also found a disgusting group called “I’d tap Condoleezza Rice.” It is classified as type: common interest-sexuality” with the description “Be honest with yourself. She doesn’t look all that bad.” I find this blatantly misogynist and offensive. I reported them to Facebook. If you are on Facebook, find this group and go to the bottom left of the page and click the “Report Group” link. Facebook says “All reports are strictly confidential” so you don’t have to worry about the group knowing who reported them. The group only has 29 members but it is one small step we can take to combat misogyny. Also, I don’t think it would hurt our cause for Facebook to receive a few messages condemning misogyny. Thanks!
It will be awesome to have a report center as well as an action center. Then anyone who wants to speak out against the misogynist item, can do so and direct others to your site to do the same. Thank you!
admin 01.05.09 at 9:15 am
exactly right mamabroad, thank you!
Please DO drop links and resources here and join the conversation anytime you have the time.
request for ALL members: when you post a link or reference here would you also post it on the main board with the most recent topic. Just say something like, “off-topic, but I just posted this story about such-and-such to the SOS Forum, http://pumapac.org/forums/sos-team/
thanks!
Murphy.
mountainsong 01.05.09 at 4:46 pm
Let me know if you find the links I sent to be helpful. They may not be, or they may need a refining of focus.
mountainsong 01.05.09 at 4:47 pm
This isn’t the Forum site where we need the password, is it?
kat in your hat 01.05.09 at 10:16 pm
REPOST from downstairs:
ipotter #344
I know, I think it’s truly fascinating. Everyone should watch it. It *really* helps to see how sexist the ads are…and what messages are being pushed. Some of it is not as obvious as others, and I’m going to be keen to it now.
Watch “Killing Us Softly 3″
Here’s the google video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1993368502337678412
(General misogyny and sexism in advertising.)
kat in your hat 01.05.09 at 10:18 pm
“Sexism” page from Investigate Barack Obama”
http://investigatebarackobama.wordpress.com/61/
(Vids–double click on youtube vid to get youtube url)
kat in your hat 01.05.09 at 11:53 pm
WARNING: offensive language and imagery:
Lots of examples of sexism against Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton here:
Go to: “Sarah Palin Sexism Watch” http://palinsexismwatch.blogspot.com/
Go to: “Woman-Americans”
http://www.womenamericans.com/
kat in your hat 01.06.09 at 12:00 am
NOW’s Media Hall of Shame “2008 Election Edition”
http://www.now.org/issues/media/hall_of_shame/index.html?open=1&page=1
Casper Cat 01.06.09 at 9:15 pm
Women Are Fed Up With Sexism In AdvertisementsThe women who take part in the MEDİZ activity to end sexism in advertisements say they are fed up with the insulting creativity. They say they are not in love with their sheets, nor dance with the brooms.
BIA News Service – İstanbul
16-05-2008
Women’s Media Watch Group (MEDİZ) organized an activity to “End Sexually Discriminatory Advertisement” in front of the Advertisers Association on İstiklal Street in İstanbul within the framework of the campaign to “End Sexual Discrimination in Media”
The women chanted slogans such as “We will not buy Barbies to our daughters”, “We are not in love with our sheets, nor passionately attached to our curtains”, “We do not carry in our purses stain removers”, “End sexual exploitation in advertisements”, “We are not Barbies and we will not be”, “Long live women’s solidarity.”
The press release of Mediz to “End Sexually Discriminatory Advertisement” is as follows:
“We are fed up with the sexually discriminatory language, discourse and mentality dominant in media in general! We are tired of the creativity in the advertisements that does really not create anything new!”
“We are fed up!”
“…of watching women dancing with the surface cleaners, women in love with their sheets, women who are passionately attached to their curtains, women who are carrying stain removers in their purses.”
“In order to sell your products, can you not find any other creative way than using women’s bodies, feeding on all sorts of implications and taboos about sexuality?”
“You think that housework is woman’s duty, but at the time you ignore how demanding housework is and woman’s labor in the house. Do you think that housework is a cheery job done dancing with the brooms?”
“How did you reach the idea that women’s dreams consist of new curtains, stainless floors?”
“We are fed up with “the paper dolls”, zero size bodies, the cartoon women of the advertisement world! We want to see real women.”
“We do not want to see advertisements that produce sexuality and sexual prejudices, reflect sexual taboos.”
“We condemn all these advertisements that promote sexual discrimination and violate the mental and bodily integrity of women and we do not consume these products!”
“We invite everyone responsible for advertisements, the Advertising Self-Regulatory Board, the Advertisers Association, and the Turkish Association of Advertising Agents to act responsibly, the consumer organizations to struggle against the sexual discrimination in advertisements, and all women to not buy the products with advertisements that degrade women.” (NZ/GG/TB)
http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/106993/women-are-fed-up-with-sexism-in-advertisements
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Casper Cat 01.06.09 at 10:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY Hope it post..So, Sorry my links are not working right now…Ugh!!!!!!
Casper Cat 01.07.09 at 9:43 pm
If this doesn’t make you SICK…I don’t know what will….What Filth…Ps… Not for anyone under 16 years of age… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8YtmGhT9Y
Alice Rodham Puma 01.08.09 at 2:22 pm
There is more than one forum for SOS?
Casper Cat 01.09.09 at 1:04 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKlVcsb3czs
Casper Cat 01.09.09 at 1:07 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCHDqmJtZu0
Casper Cat 01.09.09 at 1:18 am
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/09/03/alphabet-media-cnn-abc-nbc-msnbc-set-to-destroy-sarah-palin-as-they-did-hillary-clinton/
FreeMeNow 01.09.09 at 3:10 pm
Please be sure to take 35 minutes and watch this video – this is one place we have got to attack- this is where our young girls learn to take what the media and men dish out – this is where they learn they are not valuable – this is the first attack against them. this is what weakends them for the kill! Please help me to helps females from birth to death – never buy another friggen thing from anyone who sells them short again. please give me 35 minutes of your time.Then get everyone you know to give up 35 minutes too!
http://4wea.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/got-35-minutes-ladies-watch-this-video/
Casper Cat 01.09.09 at 8:50 pm
here is another one.. http://mediamatters.org/action_center/capus/
sue66 01.10.09 at 4:22 am
Good morning all!
They just will not give up. Sarah Palin being beaten up, again by Huff Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/palin-caroline-kennedy-ge_n_156335.html
sparky 01.10.09 at 9:52 pm
Hi Team SOS, I am contacting the action center to join the team.
I am webfoot’s daughter by the way.
murphy 01.10.09 at 9:58 pm
Hiya Sparky!
Great to see you. Welcome! (back)
sparky 01.10.09 at 10:07 pm
lol thanks Murphy. third times the charm right?
TrishfromCanada 01.10.09 at 10:20 pm
Hey Sparky!
Casper Cat 01.12.09 at 9:51 pm
this is disgusting…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAlTlsW6-Q Please listen to the womann defending the onslaught sexism…WTF
Casper Cat 01.12.09 at 9:52 pm
Sorry, having trouble with links… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAlTlsW6-Q
TrishfromCanada 01.13.09 at 7:28 pm
Source: CNN Sexism Scale: 4 out of 10
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
January 13, 2009
Huckabee pans Palin’s interview with Couric
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was both sympathetic and critical of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
(CNN) — Sarah Palin has complained repeatedly that she was given unfair treatment by the media during her rapid political ascent last year.
But Mike Huckabee – a potential rival for Palin in 2012 should they both decide to seek the White House – apparently doesn’t agree.
In an interview in the current issue of Esquire, Huckabee speaks sympathetically of Palin, saying she had been subjected to “sexist things that would never have been asked of a male candidate.”
But he pushed back against Palin’s assertion that high-profile journalists – particularly Katie Couric of CBS – were biased in their interviews with her.
“Now I must say I did not think that either the Charlie Gibson interview or the Katie Couric interviews were unfair,” Huckabee said. “In fact, if anything, Katie Couric was extraordinarily gentle, even helpful. [Palin] just … I don’t know what happened. I can’t explain it. It was not a good interview. I’m being charitable.”
Since losing his bid for the GOP nomination last year, Mike Huckabee hasn’t been shy about criticizing some of the politicians he might face in a 2012 Republican primary battle – but Mitt Romney has remained his favorite target. In his new book, Huckabee wrote that Romney was “anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president.”
Palin, meanwhile, has appeared preoccupied with re-hashing the ups-and-downs of the last campaign.
In a recent on-camera interview with a conservative filmmaker, Palin remarked off-handedly of Couric: “Katie, you’re not the center of everybody’s universe.” The day after excerpts of that interview were released and drew enormous media attention, Palin’s office released a statement hammering the press.
“As a public official, I expect criticism and I expect to be held accountable for how I govern,” the Alaska governor said. “But the personal, salacious nature of recent reporting, and often the refusal of the media to correct obvious mistakes, unfortunately discredits too many in journalism today, making it difficult for many Americans to believe what they see in the media.”
pa dem 01.14.09 at 5:24 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479746,00.html
22-Year-Old’s Virginity Auction Hits $3.7 Million
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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A San Diego woman who is auctioning off her virginity said she has now received a bid of $3.7 million, according to a published report.
Natalie Dylan, a 22-year-old San Diego woman, said she got the idea for the auction after her sister was able to pay for her college education after prostituting herself for three weeks, according to the London Telegraph.
Dylan has a degree in women’s studies. She told the paper she hopes to pay for an advanced degree in family and marriage therapy with the proceeds from the auction.
She told the Telegraph that she doesn’t think she’s the only one who will be benefit from the auction.
“I think me and the person I do it with will both profit greatly from the deal,” Dylan told the paper.
Casper Cat 01.14.09 at 10:56 pm
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2009/01/14/the-treatment-of-hillary-clinton-shows-sexism-pervades-society.html Please take a look…Thank You..
kat in your hat 01.15.09 at 9:43 am
Feminist Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkFNxh2MfMw
kat in your hat 01.15.09 at 9:44 am
Was just thinking…these links may not last forever.
Youtube/ Google deletes videos.
Google webscrubs.
Copies (somehow) should be made.
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:00 pm
This is one to watch from DOVE… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQcIVbW6KM
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:04 pm
This is interesting..Not, so much sexist.. but, I think it is good… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_F4dBqsbB4
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:10 pm
I know this is the past but, just watch.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ger8Xcs- Thanks
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:11 pm
Oh, and this one….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdt0J5Av5Bc
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:18 pm
Here’s a good video regarding Reality TV and young girls… I Must bring to you attention at the end of the Video when it show which women would be a better example… Well, a couple of those gals are not my pick..But, it is a good watch.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxykeI0OruQ
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:20 pm
Sorry, for the typos…on my lap top…”your attention” ‘show’s’ sorry,..
Casper Cat 01.15.09 at 10:26 pm
A MUST WATCH………. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayj29LLe6yM
Casper Cat 01.16.09 at 12:10 am
Body image in the media of women. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jXJmcMqkhM
Alice Rodham Puma 01.16.09 at 11:05 am
Sexual Violence and Objectification of Women in Music Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayj29LLe6yM
Alice Rodham Puma 01.16.09 at 11:06 am
To download videos from youtube, get the latest RealPlayer, or a firefox extension called unplug, or video downloader.
TrishfromCanada 01.18.09 at 12:36 am
Sent to me by padem (thank you, I’m posting this on Women Lynching as well):
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477444,00.html
Report: Woman Burned to Death for Practicing Witchcraft
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
A young Papua New Guinea woman was burned to death in what authorities fear is the latest witchcraft killing in the remote and lawless interior of the country.
The woman, believed to be between 16 and 20 years old, was stripped naked, gagged and tied to a truck loaded with firewood — which was driven to a town dump and doused with gasoline — before being set aflame, according to witnesses who saw the act near Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands.
“The girl was stripped naked and could not shout for assistance or resist as she was tightly strapped and her mouth gagged,” Jessie James, a man who saw the girl’s death, told the local Post Courier Mail.
“I don’t know the right words to describe it but it’s barbaric. Can you find the best words to describe such acts that are rampant here?” said Highlands police chief Simon Kauba.
PNG police20believe the girl was either accused of being a witch or that she had been blamed for infecting one of her killers with HIV/Aids, both of which are punished by the death penalty by the jungl e justice practiced by the indigenous communities of the Highlands.
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:05 pm
found this very interesting… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtY_Wh-oUkM
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwFVgpoqN4 crossover of sexism and abuse.. Just posted..
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:19 pm
here’s one that will get you skin boiling…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFa05weRfk
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:20 pm
Sorry,………..re-post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFa05weRfk
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:29 pm
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Does Chris Matthews have a problem with women?
Using overtly sexist language, he has referred to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) as a “she devil” and compared her to a “strip-teaser.” He has called her “witchy” and likened her voice to “fingernails on a blackboard.” He has referred to men who support her as “castratos in the eunuch chorus.” He has suggested Clinton is not “a convincing mom” and said “modern women” like Clinton are unacceptable to “Midwest guys.” He has called her “Madame Defarge” and “Nurse Ratched.”
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After Clinton won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, Matthews asserted: “[T]he reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around.” He described her performance at a debate last Saturday as apparently “good enough to seem good enough here for women who wanted to root for her anyway.”
His sexism is hardly limited to comments about Clinton. During coverage of the New Hampshire primary, he said that Clinton is the only viable woman presidential candidate “on the horizon.” He couldn’t think of a single female governor eligible to run: “Where are the big-state women governors?” he asked. “Where are they? Name one.” In fact, several of the states that currently have women governors are comparable in population to the states in which the male presidential candidates serve or have served as governor.
In November 2006, shortly after the Democrats took the majority in Congress, Matthews asked a guest if then-presumptive speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was “going to castrate Steny Hoyer” if Hoyer (D-MD) were elected House majority leader.
During coverage of a presidential debate last spring, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell was compelled to remind Matthews that Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) wife, Michelle, is a Harvard-educated lawyer after he focused obsessively on her physical appearance.
The good news is that people are speaking out against Matthews’ flagrant, persistent sexism.
Of the New Hampshire primary results, the blog TalkLeft, observed:
“It was a revolt of women sick and tired of the likes of Chris Tweety Matthews and the Media Misogynists.
Barack Obama did not lose New Hampshire. The Media did. Their misogynist hatred of Hillary Clinton was soundly rejected by the voters. Especially the women voters of New Hampshire.
How the Media will react to this well deserved rebuke is the question. And let’s be clear, Chris Matthews should be removed from covering this race. His offensive behavior is a disgrace to NBC.”
It’s time to play a little “hardball.” Please contact MSNBC and Chris Matthews today and let them know what you think.
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Sexism – Notes
Key Idea
All people whatever their gender were created by God and so all people are equal in the sight of God and should be treated as equal.
“You start by sinking into his arms and end up with your arms in his sink”
Graffiti
Sexism is treating people differently because of the gender which they were born. We have no control over the gender we are. For much of history men have held positions of power and for the last 3,000 years or so people have lived in social structures controlled by male attitudes and values. Historical and religious writings over the last 2,000 years illustrate the way that societies have treated women.
“I permit no women to teach or have authority over men, she is to keep silent”
1 Timothy 2:12
“Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house and bear children”
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
“The souls of women are so small that some believe they have none at all”
Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Sexist language
The language that we speak is full of terms which state that men are superior to women. E.g. masterpiece, statesman, forefathers, God the Father.
The church and sexism
Like all institutions that are dominated by men, the church has been guilty of sexism. Women have had little to do with the power in the church, even though they have traditionally made up the majority of the members. God is assumed to be a man and still in most churches women cannot rise to the highest positions.
Over the last few years a new force has arisen in the Christian church which is sometimes called feminist theology.
Jesus and women
Although the church has been guilty of sexist behaviour Jesus did not show sexist behaviour. He preached to women as well as men (Luke 10:38-42), revealed himself as saviour to a Samaritan woman (John 4:7-30), had women disciples and after the resurrection appeared first to a woman (Matthew 28:1-10). Christians believe, and Jesus said, that God created all people equal.
Feminist Theology
Feminist theology began in the 1960s and has grown in strength. Women are slowly beginning to make the church think again about its male dominated language and sexist attitudes.
“.. the effect of not having to regard woman as fully human means that their experiences, complaints and joys do not have to be given the same validity. Male experience is regarded as normal; female alternatives to this experience are regarded as being abnormal. Prostitution has always been considered as a provision for men.”
Over the last few years in the Anglican church the issue of women priests has been very important. It has caused widespread division in the church with some male leaders leaving the church.
“The language of the church is sexist too. Why is God always Male ? Surely God, the creator of everything, is both male and female. As women we want to be consulted about attitudes in the church and not be expected just to make cups of tea !
Rev. Nan Peete
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Introduction; History; Sexist Language; Sexism and Culture; Sexism in the Workplace; The Future
I Introduction
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Sexism, set of attitudes and behaviours towards people that judge or belittle them on the basis of their gender, or that perpetuate stereotypical assumptions about gender roles. The term is most often used to refer to men’s attitudes towards women, although in recent years there has been increasing discussion of sexism by women towards men.
II History
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While the term “sexism” dates from the mid-1960s and came into frequent use after the rise of women’s liberation movements in 1968-1969, the practice of sexism has a long history. Many of the predominant cultures in the world today were founded on a patriarchal system (rule by fathers). The religions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Confucianism—which together cover much of Europe, the Americas, North Africa, the Middle East, India, and China—have all produced patriarchal cultures. Traditionally, rights to property and nationality passed through the male line, with the result that women’s legal status was generally inferior to that of men: until the 20th century, women had no voting rights, limited rights to property, and were, in most respects, subject entirely to their fathers or husbands.
Although British feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft made a powerful statement for women’s rights in the 18th century, little changed until the campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 20th century, activists in many parts of the world have achieved a steady improvement in women’s legal rights. Change has happened more slowly in Eastern cultures, where practices such as purdah (the confinement of women to the home), female circumcision, the killing of female children, and the husband’s privileged right to divorce are still found. Legal reform in some states has sought to improve women’s position; India, for example, has made reforms to combat purdah. Feminists in Eastern countries have also appealed to the United Nations to enforce women’s rights. In the West, discussion has shifted from legal rights towards attacking prevailing sexist attitudes in society; authors Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir were among the earlier exponents. The women’s and gay liberation movements which emerged particularly in Britain and the United States in the late 1960s also succeeded in raising public consciousness about sexism.
More recently, the issue of sexism against men has come into public debate, in the writings of David Thomas, Neil Lyndon, and Warren Farrell, among others. An important issue has been men’s lack of rights, particularly those relating to child custody. American feminist writers Susan Faludi and Naomi Wolf have described arguments such as these as part of a “backlash” against women by men following the successes of feminism.
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Linguists have pointed out that the English language is inherently sexist because it carries certain assumptions about gender roles. Casey Miller and Kate Swift, authors of several influential guides to non-sexist use of language, have identified a number of core problem areas. These include expressions which imply that all people are male: for example, the use of “he” as a generic pronoun; “man” as a typical person (as in “the man on the street”); or the inclusion of “man” in job titles (for example, “chairman”). Other expressions they believed demean women: the habitual listing of the masculine first, (“men and women”) or the use of the diminutive endings, “-ess” or “-ette” to apply to women’s jobs (such as “usherette”). Non-sexist alternatives to many of these terms are often used—”they” instead of the generic “he” (gramatically incorrect), “person” instead of “man”, and neutral job titles such as “chair”. Many organizations, particularly universities, have issued guidelines to their members prescribing certain expressions and prohibiting others.
However, the debate about non-sexist language has been subsumed into a wider debate about political correctness, with detrimental results. The doctrine of political correctness, which advocates vigilance for discriminatory practices in language and behaviour, has been criticized (particularly by the media) for inhibiting freedom of speech and ridiculed because some of the terminology it prescribes is considered pedantic and ugly. The result has been that even some advocates of non-sexist language have become disillusioned because it seems increasingly impossible to change attitudes by making changes to language.
IV Sexism and Culture
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Cultural media such as television and film may help perpetuate sexism by presenting uncritically stereotypical images of men and women. For example, a television drama might present women only as housewives and mothers and depict men doing exciting work outside the home, thereby implying that men have no involvement in their homes and families and that women have no interest in the outside world. To take another example, an action film might feature women who are physically attractive but who lack believable characterization. Such films have been criticized as demeaning women by presenting them as passive objects for the fantasies of male viewers. However, there are many writers and artists whose work makes a conscious effort to question sexist assumptions and to subvert gender stereotypes. For instance, “alternative” (non-subsidized) theatres have sought to give expression to women’s and gay people’s experience. In addition, some writers have developed children’s stories that avoid narratives which endorse marriage or demean women by casting them as witches and wicked step-mothers. It is argued that it is important to introduce children to non-sexist culture and behaviour from an early age because cultural pressures within and outside the home mean that even very young children have absorbed sexist attitudes which affect the way they perceive themselves and other people.
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V Sexism in the Workplace
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The workplace is the area in which sexism is most commonly found. Sexism is in evidence in unfair recruitment practices, unequal pay, and intimidating behaviour towards colleagues. Although legislation is now in place in many countries that prohibits unfair treatment of staff on the grounds of their sex, such legislation is in practice often difficult to apply. In the United Kingdom, the Equal Pay Act (1970) requires employers to provide equal pay for equal work, and the Sex Discrimination Act (1975) makes stipulations on fair recruitment policies. The European Equal Pay Directive (1975) and the Equal Treatment Directive (1976) are also in force and individuals have the right of appeal to the European Court of Justice. Sexual harassment—suggestive or abusive behaviour made towards colleagues which has a sexual motive, or unwelcome sexual advances by colleagues—is not mentioned in sex discrimination legislation, although such legislation has been used in a considerable number of harassment cases. There is a European Code of Practice that advises employers on how to prevent sexual harassment, but employers are not legally bound to comply with it.
It is possible for employers to comply with existing legislation but to continue to make sexist assumptions when appointing or promoting staff. The “glass ceiling effect”—whereby women are able to rise up the career ladder to a certain position but no further—is probably the result of presumptions about women’s abilities and lifestyles. In Western societies, there is still a high proportion of white, middle-class men in the senior jobs in most organizations. At the same time, there are more women than men in lower-paid jobs. Women also make up a sizeable percentage of the part-time workforce (often due to family commitments preventing them from working full-time), which can mean that they have no rights to pensions or redundancy pay. In developing countries, women are paid 60-70 per cent of the amount that men receive for similar work, and there are more women than men in seasonal (rather than full-time or permanent) jobs. It has also been argued that sexism prevails in domestic work, too, for most housework worldwide is still undertaken by women.
In an attempt to address covert sexism, many Western organizations have adopted positive discrimination policies which give preferential treatment to women and homosexuals when recruiting staff. However, this practice is controversial, particularly because it results in discrimination against others, and it has been criticized strongly by the media.
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Despite the progress made to improve women’s rights in many parts of the world, it is clear that equality between women and men has not been achieved in many respects, particularly in the developing world. In recent years, there have been initiatives to tackle sexism on an international level. For example, four United Nations (UN) Women’s Conferences have been held, bringing together an international group of delegates to work towards the promotion of women’s rights worldwide. The Conference has outlined a number of sexist practices which governments need to take action against, including rape, domestic violence, female circumcision, the killing of female children, unsafe abortions, property laws which discriminate against women, and women’s unequal share in education and power. These are complex issues which demand careful treatment and it is likely that they will remain causes for international concern for many years to come.
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Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 9:45 pm
A Must see…….Please WATCH!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eseoMOEaFnM
Casper Cat 01.18.09 at 10:05 pm
Here for a change is an interesting read…
Meeting the Challenge of Violence
by Peter Davison, teacher and member of Men For Change.
It’s a scene found on most school playgrounds. A boy, undersize for his age, gets shoved to the ground as he jostles for a loose basketball. I intervene in the name of fairness and one of my male Grade 6 students comments, “It’s like the woods, Mr. D., the strongest survive”, as he dribbles away eager to continue the game.
In that 11 year old’s summation of an abusive incident lies an accurate analysis of how boys are socialized from a very young age to be tough, in control and aggressive. I recently ‘borrowed’ a comic book from a boy who should have been doing Math. Here’s how one of the ads read:
“Pick A Fight After School: After a hard day at school, have you ever just wanted to go home and break a few heads, destroy a couple of cities? Or just blow up the entire universe? Of course you have. And now you can without getting grounded. Just plug in any of these four smash arcade hits….. and get ready for the fight of your life.”
What influences the minds of children today is overwhelming. My students will watch, on average, 22 hours of television per week, including18,000 violent deaths, by the end of grade 12. Based on time alone (not to mention stimulation effect) the entertainment industry is the first curriculum in young peoples lives. It’s a fantasy world where the powerful survive and the heroes are Terminator and GI Joe.
As we look at these and other dominate influences it should come as no surprise that newspapers are now reporting children bringing guns to school as well as a rise in swarming gangs and teacher abuse surveys.
Schools are one of the last places in society where positive values are transmitted but there is a lot of work to be done. Society and its primary professional mentors, teachers, are looking beyond reactions to violence by demands to toughen the Young Offenders Act. We need to look at where these attitudes are learned. How the practice of being male is taught ( it is men, lets face it that do 90% of the violence). When we understand how we learn then we can teach a lifetime of skills and attitudes to children.
A resource called Healthy Relationships: A Violence-Prevention Curriculum for grades 7, 8 and 9 has recently been developed by Men For Change in cooperation with the Halifax County-Bedford District School Board. Grade 7 activities focus on aggression and emotions, Grade 8 deals with media literacy and sexual stereotypes and Grade 9 promotes healthy choices over date rape.
Men For Change is a Halifax based men’s group that formed after the Montreal Massacre to look at what we, as men, can do to end violence against women, children and ourselves. We have since conducted dozens of workshops with eager teachers and insightful students in Halifax County. We look forward to sharing our resource with other school boards.
Sexism and violence are inextricably linked, as anyone working with battered women would attest. If sexism is learned and violence is one manifestation then our schools are one the best places to help children learn healthy attitudes. But in the same way, schools can also pass on sexist expectations to the boys and girls we teach.
Subtle messages get passed to children when we have them separating into boys and girls groups to line up or hang up their coats. The perspective that the world is to be viewed through male eyes may not even be considered next time we refer to a room of boys and girls by the popular term “guys”.
Even the amount of praise we give male students or the statistic that boy’s hands are answered more frequently than girls are only small ways we may be contributing to a problem.
The following more explicit examples occurred in three different Junior High Schools in the Metro area. They are examples, hopefully even exceptions to the rule, but each bear witness to how teachers unknowingly legitimize male stereotypes and their violent practices.
I was recently in a Junior High early one morning making photocopies before a workshop when a Grade 9 student came into the building to seek refuge from others who had just punched him in the chest and kicked him. The duty teacher responded, “You’re a big guy, why don’t you stand up for yourself?”
The student stated simply, “I don’t fight”.
The teacher then sent him back out to tell the tormentors to come in.
As my own students would say, Duh!! Not only was that young man’s need for safety ignored but I had a strong sense that nothing would be resolved even if his assaulters got suspended for a few days. My sense that the problem was not truly resolved was confirmed. I met the victimized student half an hour later in the washroom cleaning up the blood from a punch in the nose.
If we believe that violence is something that men and boys learn and use to maintain power over others then suspensions and other punitive measures, like a tougher Young Offenders Act are not the means to end violence. They merely offer token consequence in a society where violence is rampant, profitable and embodied as the very essence of what it means to act like a man.
Sometimes the messages to live up to this image come out through subtle comments. I was in another school where a grade 9 class teacher was welcoming students for the afternoon. A student asked him for a band-aid. The teacher obliged and commented, “I guess you lost that one huh! What’s the matter couldn’t you stand up to him?”
One of Men For Change’s first in school workshop experiences several years ago was with a class of Grade 8 boys. We had a good dialogue about being macho, stereotypes and date rape. The discussion wrapped up 10 minutes before the bell so the teacher filled the time by playing Hockey’s Hardest Hitters on the video tape player.
These anecdotes from the front lines may not be very pleasant to read at a time when teachers seem to be undervalued and stressed out but lets not forget the teachable moment here for all of us. As in all social change movements, from the successful Teens Against Drunk Driving programs to anti- Racism objectives, the first step begins with an awareness of the breadth of the problem. It is when we realize how deep the roots and tradition of violence is that we begin to see the solutions.
We need to all work together and challenge the deeply ingrained illusion that we are all lock into a rigid stereotype, tough and aggressive for boys, passive and beauty-bound, for girls. Then and only then will we be helping teach our students, and ourselves, not the law of the jungle where only the strongest survive, but rather the choices needed to build healthy relationships based on cooperation and trust where everyone is thrives.
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Casper Cat 01.19.09 at 1:16 am
This is REALLY SICK… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYjhFjvw5gk
Casper Cat 01.19.09 at 1:22 am
Please do not watch…Unless, you can stomach this sick twisted garbage…..What sick vile person would do this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHvk5-DntpU I am so disgusted to even post this.. But, it is what is out there and hiding is not going to help women but, exposer will ……
Casper Cat 01.22.09 at 10:15 pm
http://atheism.about.com/od/womenandreligion1/?terms=women+being Please take a look…
Casper Cat 01.22.09 at 10:23 pm
How very sad…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtfINUwalLA
Casper Cat 01.22.09 at 10:31 pm
Interesting…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h59ke0WEWM
58states1 01.23.09 at 5:14 pm
I think my links got me moderated LOL will post the rest of the links sep. I posted this on the main site as well.
Re: Gillibrand selection
I am THRILLED about this one, but disgusted at the media already. They are giving her the Palin-treatment. Focus on her conservative positions (barely mention her liberal ones) Don’t get into oh, her nearly lifelong experience, grassroots campaigning. GRR! She’s a rural woman with a baby that likes guns, nuff said. Never mind she’s obviously intelligent and qualified and has many liberal positions too, works well across the aisle.. the woman’s a freaking AMAZON in my opinion given what she’s managed to do already as “just” a new representative. More impact than a certain Pres did as Senator but what do I know?
MY personal favorite– last year she “Worked a full day and voted 14 times on the House floor before going into labor and delivering her second son, Henry, early the following morning”
That’s probably more votes than BO in a month.
Here’s a review of one article I found that really REALLY galled me: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/23/politics/main4748665.shtml
(would you like some bias with that?)
How long did it take them to start on Ms. Gillibrand? This one article on the selection manages to focus on Caroline Kennedy, offer only negative quotes on Gillibrand while trying to minimize her political victories, experience, and education… and selectively presents only her more conservative positions on issues and where she is in conflict with Democrats. I mean, why “pile on this person who’s such an iconic figure within the Kennedy family?” when you can attack “a little-known congresswoman who’s basically still a freshman, just starting her second term, from upstate Hudson, conservative-oriented, supported by the NRA which doesn’t go over well with liberal Democrats.” On and she’s from a rural district. We can’t have that. Oh, I almost forgot she has young kids, even a baby! Huh… it *almost* looks like they’re trying to shift the Palin-Hate in the Senator’s direction.
Never mind her liberal positions on gay rights, reproductive rights… her ACLU rating… she’s a WOMAN, which is of course the only reason she was chosen. They are already painting her as WAY TOO CONSERVATIVE, and surprise surprise people are already piling on her:
(start here: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/23/1758254.aspx)
Didn’t we just elect a freshman Senator to be President? Oh right, male and more famous. What was I thinking?
Number of times Gillibrand’s name is mentioned: 15
Number of times Caroline Kennedy’s name is mentioned: 13
Number of times the word “Kennedy” appears: 17
Number of positive quotes about Gillibrand: ZERO
Number of negative quotes: 4 named sources, one with significant section
Placement of stance on guns: First section, 4th paragraph, in critical quote
Placement of education (Dartmouth, UCLA law degree): dead last.
Suggestions that she didn’t really “earn” her achievement: at least 2
Details of legislative experience given: 2
(Committee positions, vote on bailout bill)
Conservative positions mentioned: gun control, extensively. Vote against bailout.
Missing:
–liberal policy positions
–”Both Clinton and the state’s senior senator, Charles Schumer, think highly of Gillibrand — though they deny reports that they pushed her for the job”
–joined with a Texas Republican to co-found the Congressional High Tech Caucus
–As a member of the Armed Services Committee she has traveled to Iraq and Pakistan.
–Worked a full day and voted 14 times on the House floor before going into labor and delivering her second son, Henry, early the following morning.
–Would be the youngest Senator
–in addition to her work on legal and policy issues, she set aside time for pro-bono work on behalf of abused women and children and low-income tenants.
No wonder the press is trying to bury her NOW by establishing a (false) narrative. The worst part is people are buying it.
Bonus points:
She and Pelosi are not exactly buddies
58states1 01.23.09 at 5:15 pm
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090123/NEWS01/90123016/1006/news01
http://www.womensvoicesforchange.org/
58states1 01.23.09 at 5:16 pm
and re: Gillibrand and Pelosi
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/Nancy_Pelosi_feud_dims_Gillibrands_Senate_hopes.html?showall
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:28 am
Please take a look…… http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/misogyny-vs-sexism/
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:31 am
Here’s another one….. http://www.automotoportal.com/article/men-vs-women-sexism-in-the-showroom
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:34 am
http://marionetteblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/definition-of-terms-misogyny-vs-sexism.html
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:39 am
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90755773
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:42 am
OOOOOOOOOOOHO this makes me mad
http://www.newser.com/tag/2379/2/sexism.html
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:45 am
Another one UGH!!!! http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/74146/
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:47 am
http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/sexism.html please take a look
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:48 am
http://www.feministing.com/violence-against-women/
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:51 am
please take a look… http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1234
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:55 am
http://donnadarko.wordpress.com/category/violence-against-women/ how very sad…..
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 12:57 am
http://plantspedia.org/info/Sexism
Casper Cat 01.24.09 at 1:01 am
Take a look…….. http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/02/22/playground-roles-haven-t-changed-much.html
58states1 01.26.09 at 1:58 pm
This is supposed to be FUNNY??? Attacks Palin, Gillibrand, AND ridicules anyone who thinks there’s any sexism going on. All in barely a dozen lines.
http://freedomhaters.org/content/new-york-names-kirsten-gillibrand-senate-sarah-palin-not-mentioned-once-news-story
New York Names Kirsten Gillibrand to Senate/ Sarah Palin Not Mentioned Once in News Story
Friday, New York Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand as New York’s junior senator.
In an even more surprising move, Sarah Palin hasn’t called a press conference to link Gillibrand’s appointment to herself. Palin has of yet to make any parallels to Gillibrand’s treatment by the media and her own (the two happen to be both women). Palin hasn’t voiced her views on Gillibrand stemming from the middle class, and viewing that as a “class issue” from her non-scrutiny by the media (former beauty queen Palin has ties to the working class).
When will Palin tell TV cameras something about sexism taking place on Gillibrand in the news and criticize the media so it can tie back to her being not very bright?
Come’on Sarah! We need you on TV more often. Life is boring without you and the crazy things you say!
Casper Cat 02.05.09 at 8:39 pm
Very interesting and very sad… Please Watch there are 7 video’s telling the story of 4 Irish women and the Catholic Church.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngibb19hKUE this just gets me so
and at the sametime it makes me feel 
Casper Cat 02.05.09 at 8:41 pm
Please note post #73 mr green is ready to throw-up!!! I truly mean it….Outrageous….
Casper Cat 02.05.09 at 8:45 pm
I do believe Sexism and Violence against women are almost the samething… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMd_QJaW94
DancesWithPumas 02.22.09 at 3:33 pm
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sexist Media: Why Aren’t Hillary Clinton & Sarah Palin Changing Diapers?
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/
cross posted in in the PumaPAC main forum
webfoot 02.22.09 at 4:22 pm
Casper Cat 02.05.09 at 8:39 pm
Very interesting and very sad… Please Watch there are 7 video’s telling the story of 4 Irish women and the Catholic Church.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngibb19hKUE this just gets me so and at the sametime it makes me feel
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I agree that the videos are interesting and sad. And they show how far the Catholic Church has come in the past 70-90 years. It’s too bad the maker of that you-tube video didn’t address that issue; that is, even though the dates of birth were shown (1918-1940), the title can lead people to believe it is the current situation in the Catholic Church. Some people watching it might believe the stories that are told are still true for women of my generation and subsequent ones who grew up in the Catholic Church (which they aren’t). I remember my priest, during my college years, having open discussions of birth control as well as other pertinent topics.
Good historical videos of sexism.
DancesWithPumas 04.30.09 at 3:00 am
Is Rape Serious?
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: April 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/opinion/30kristof.html
excerpt:
“The criminal justice system is still ill equipped to deal with rape and not that good at moving rape cases forward,” notes Sarah Tofte, who just wrote a devastating report for Human Rights Watch about the rape-kit backlog. The report found that in Los Angeles County, there were at last count 12,669 rape kits sitting in police storage facilities. More than 450 of these kits had sat around for more than 10 years, and in many cases, the statute of limitations had expired. “
Locked-N-Loaded 07.06.09 at 1:32 pm
From Hillary’s Village,
Research shows that listening to sexist jokes lessens men’s sympathy for women victims of violence:
http://www.hillarysvillage.net/grand-central/18903-study-sexist-jokes-promote-violence-against-women-eureka-7-2-09-a.html
Study: Sexist Jokes Promote Violence Against Women (eureka-7.2.09), http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uog-sjf070209.php
kat in your hat 03.16.10 at 9:01 pm
“CNN has hired a commentator who thinks that feminists should get back into the kitchen, are too ugly to get dates, and all have castration shears hanging from their belts.” Actually, he calls ‘em feminazis…”
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/16/cnns-glenn-beck-repl.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Miley 09.06.10 at 7:48 am
Sick, The mainstream media is just ‘ SICK’O” They wanted everyone to hate Hillary and Plain. They are not wanting a women in office.Pelosi she want’s it all. I say let’s show them that we will not take it 2010 or 2012. I have to say I like Hillary and I like Palin both were done wrong and lied about.
I think it would be great two women Hillary President Palin V.P or Plain president and Hillary V.P would that really surprise those women haters. Hillary and Palin speaks from the heart.
Are country is in trouble and we need to do what we have to do to get it back with Hillary or Palin
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