Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts

October 16, 2007

Girls Forced To Leave Football Game Over Painted Bodies

Two girls at a Florida high school were booted from a football game for painting their bodies to show school spirit, even though boys with painted bodies were allowed to stay.

Pathetic. There is nothing wrong with the way they look.

Check out the picture.

October 8, 2007

Blessed be cheerleaders for they will be vilified

League executives sent a memo recently to its 32 teams, warning them to control their cheerleaders. There's growing concern that some home teams are using these ladies for a competitive advantage, telling them to warm up in front of the opponents, hoping their beauty will steer players away from their pregame preparation.

If the NFL were any more paranoid, commissioner Roger Goodell would need to dead bolt his sock drawer.


Pathetic.

Read more.

July 13, 2007

New FOX show: When Women Rule the World

What if it was “a woman’s world”? What if women made ALL the decisions? If men were their obedient subjects?

These questions and more will be explored when a group of strong, educated, independent women, tired of living in a man’s world and each with a personal axe to grind, rule over a group of unsuspecting men used to calling the shots on WHEN WOMEN RULE THE WORLD.

I'm thinking this series is designed to show (make?) women fail at being able to make "ALL" the decisions. The subliminal message: therefore the country would be in big trouble if a woman was elected president.

It's unfortunate that Clinton is the female "choice".

Read the rest over at Feministing.com

July 11, 2007

Concern grows in Britain over female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation usually involves the removal of the clitoris and other parts of female genitalia. Those who practice it say it tames a girl's sexual desire and maintains her honor.

Maintains her honor?

Taming a girl's sexual desire is, quite frankly, inhumane. It's about someone else having control over the girl's body. Thus, it's about control.

And the "tradition" excuse is just that, an excuse. This is about controlling girls and women and nothing more.

So in case you're too stupid to figure it out: humans are supposed to fuck. It's really that simple. That's what animals do. Anything done to curtail this most natural urge goes against nature, God, or whatever you believe in why humans are the way they are.

I'll stop my rant. Read the rest.

June 21, 2007

Israel targets US lad mag market

Israel has decided to reach out to young US men by publishing images of semi-clad female former soldiers in US men's magazine, Maxim.

The pictures are part of a public relations drive to improve the image of the country within the US.

Pathetic.

Read the rest.

June 19, 2007

Because "surrendered" sounds so much better than "abused"

I'm not even sure what to feel. Am I angry? Depressed? Sad? Disgusted? Horrified? etc...

Hmmm. All of the above.

Read why here.

June 18, 2007

Hot live purity ball action!

This vid is just chock full of scary purity ball goodness. Whether it's the creepy pseudo-incestuous dad, the mom remarking that women were "created to feel accepted by men," the girls offering themselves "as a priceless gift" in the purity pledge, or the headless bride and suit of armor behind Leslee Unruh--the message is clear. Girls' worth and value as people is determined by their sexuality. Great morals, folks.

Ugh.

Check out the video here.

May 4, 2007

Is Stripping a Feminist Act?

If a woman chooses to objectify herself -- shedding her clothes to obtain power through money -- is she helping to eliminate gender inequality or simply degrading herself? A former adult entertainer shares her story.

Here's the link.

May 2, 2007

Prime-Time TV Sweeps Women to All-Time Lows

As TV networks head into their big sweeps and hotly compete for ratings and advertisers, Sandra Kobrin gapes at the demeaning and downright scary portrayal of women in our most powerful communication medium.

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When I was little, women on TV aspired to be homemakers. Now they aspire to be strippers. I was never a fan of Joan Cleaver or Harriet Nelson, but this?

Read about increasing the speed of humanity's fall.

April 30, 2007

Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers

And this is just disgusting.

As women gain visibility in the blogosphere, they are targets of sexual harassment and threats. Men are harassed too, and lack of civility is an abiding problem on the Web. But women, who make up about half the online community, are singled out in more starkly sexually threatening terms -- a trend that was first evident in chat rooms in the early 1990s and is now moving to the blogosphere, experts and bloggers said.

And I agree with Arianna.

Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post site is among the most prominent of blogs founded by women, said anonymity online has allowed "a lot of those dark prejudices towards women to surface."

Which brings me to something I've thought about for years: are most humans civil because of a fear of getting caught and punished? Eliminate that fear of going to prison and would most humans would act like the animal the species really is?

I think that is quite possibly true.

I think religion deters very few people from committing atrocious acts (and there are those atrocious acts carried out in the religious community anyway) so I don't think that's what's keeping people "in check" if you will. No, I think it's a fear of being anal gangraped in prison. If there was no possibility of anything "bad" happening to some of these people then we would have more behaivor similar to what's happening in the blogosphere only this behavior would be happening in the streets, in homes, offices, cars, malls, parks, etc.

Humans are animals, and without the fear of punishment, most would act as such. It's rather depressing when you think about.

April 26, 2007

"Women's town" to put men in their place

Isn't this interesting?

Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction -- the world's first "women's town," where men get punished for disobedience, an official said Thursday.

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The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests," Chinese media have reported.

Will you be visiting "women's town"?

April 25, 2007

Iran Cracks Down on Women's Dress

With the arrival of spring, Iranian police have launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting nearly 300 women, some for wearing too tight an overcoat or letting too much hair peek out from under their veil, authorities said Monday.

How depressing.

Read the rest.