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The radical notion that women are people.
Women, if you want to make as much money as a man
get a sex change.This is an article that reports a study found that women earn less than men simply because we are women. I found this a year or two ago, but it should be recorded here, and everyone should see it.The study worked with transgendered men and women and discovered that biological males who …
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It’s here.
The Republican party has declared a war on women. Here is an outline. Thanks, Kat, for the link.the fatal feminist © Nahida S. N.
Gloria Steinem’s "If Men Could Menstruate"
If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem A white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior – even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles. Male human beings have built whole cultures around …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Sakina Bint al-Hussein
Fatima Mernissi, Islamic feminist, describes in her book Women's Rebellion & Islamic Memory Sakina Bint al-Hussein, the great granddaughter of our beloved Prophet:...[she forced] monogamy upon her third husband, the grandson of the Caliph 'Uthman Ibn 'Affar. She even forbade him to approach another woman, including his own jawari, and did not allow him to …
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Lost in Translation: "Violence" Against Wives
When I meet someone who is a total misogynistic douchebag pulling out verses he doesn't understand to "prove" Islamophobia is justified with his fake concern about Muslim women or women in general, it's always amusing to see his reaction when Muslim women tell this undercover rape-apologist to shut up. It's funny how, when it comes …
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Religion and Culture, And Things I Shouldn’t Have to Explain
So a few weeks ago I had this conversation online in the comments section of Feministe. This is going to be a snippet of the conversation toward the end, so bear with it. It's the best way to illustrate my point. Personal identifies are in bold. The italics are individuals quoting individuals.Sonia 1.30.2011 at 3:39 …
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