I was just watching the BBC news channel and was amazed that this information was branded as surprising new research. This has been on the feminist agenda for years.
Just a quick note on the subject: It’s the intention, not the action that matters. If someone assumed i needed helped because i’m a woman, i would be offended. If someone offered to help me because it was clear i needed help, then that’s just being nice.
I expect people to help me/hold doors open etc because IT’S THE NICE THING TO DO. I don’t want this feminist research to make men think twice about opening a door for a woman, as long as he’s doing it because it’s the polite thing to do, and something he’d do for anyone, regardless of gender.
Lets just be nice for the sake of being nice.
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So what can the women out there do to protect themselves from these predators? Do your homework! A little bit of leg-work can go a long way.
The Internet is an amazing tool to check out who we are getting involved with before we get hurt.
A quick look at someone’s cell phone, which often has both text messages and Facebook access on them, can be a treasure trove of information.
I’m sure Weiner’s wife is wishing she had been checking his texts before she married him.
Also, investigative firms can conduct background checks on people, and can do actual surveillance. Laptops can be reviewed by forensic experts at investigative firms to see if they are being used for any illicit purposes.
REMEMBER, THOUGH THAT WHOEVER YOU ARE WITH THEY CAN BE CHEATING, LYING, AND/OR ENGAGING IN UNSAVORY ACTIVITIES like Weiner did. Such actions are not limited to the ruling class, so to speak.
So be aware, ask questions, and TRY YOUR BEST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE OBJECT OF YOUR AFFECTION IS DOING WHEN YOU ARE NOT WATCHING HIM. Otherwise, you too could get burned the way Weiner’s wife has been.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/06/08/protect-yourselves-ladies-there-are-lots-wieners-out-there/#ixzz1Ou16P8s4.
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So foxnews columnists suggest that you snoop on the internet, read a potential partners texts and facebook messages, and hire private detectives to make sure you are not the victim of a cheating partner.
Maybe not the best basis for a relationship if you feel this is necessary….
(I only look at foxnews to find ridiculous right wing propoganda, I swear!)
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…I do not want to lose the ethical, political, and also ideological at times, case for abortion rights and reproductive justice. Women have the right to own and control what happens to their bodies. These rights are enshrined in laws and human rights principles that the UK has signed up to. And all women are entitled to them….
let’s also remember that our work is political: our rights to our bodies is a contested ideological terrain. Let’s not be so keen to leave this arena lest we suddenly find ourselves out of the conversation altogether
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Zohra Moosa, On the need for ideology to enter the debate for the pro-choice camp in abortion debates.
Pro-choice groups aren’t morally deficient. They need to embark on a debate of morals, ethics and ideology too.
It occurred to me recently that by being the open-minded (and massively indecisive) person that I am, it makes it difficult to win arguments. Admittedly i’m very stubborn and so, when it comes to questions of equality and morality, I tend to have a strong sense of what is right and wrong. Most topics, however, do not simply involve a politic of morality. Each opinion is framed in a political, social, cultural, and even intellectual, context which has a host of further consequences.
I am therefore aware of having to strike a balance between these various forces at work and so do not profess that my ideas are 100% ‘right’ (for want of a better word) according to each, but rather, I believe them to be an adequate compromise based on personal values. However, by acknowledging that any one idea is not perfect, and my willingness to take into consideration other points of view, this is all too often seen as a confession of being wrong!
I both pity and envy the people who are so confident and naive to believe that their beliefs do not have the same consequences and ramifications. Those who are so blind to other points of view will ultimately always win in an argument because they ignore any fact that does not fit their thesis.
I wish i were one of them, yet i’m so glad i’m not….
(I just really want to win an argument).
