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freshwest

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3. Wait until young women (and men) hear what their real agenda is:
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:54 PM
Jul 2014
The First Feminist President, Barack Obama

by Mandy Van Deven

March 23, 2009




On January 20th the first self-identified feminist was named President of the United States of America. Just two days after taking office, Barack Obama performed his first presidential act of solidarity with women around the world by repealing the Global Gag Rule. Established in 1984 by President Reagan, the Global Gag Rule denies aid to international groups "which perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning."

The Global Gag Rule has come to be seen as a litmus test of the current US President's stance on women's rights, though it is just one aspect of the complicated story of the impact of American reproductive rights policy in countries around the globe. [17]



After witnessing the impact of President Bush's reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, Michelle Goldberg, journalist, author, and long-time critic of the Bush Administration's policies on sexual and reproductive health, decided that a book about the global battle for reproductive justice was long overdue. So she wrote The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World. [17]

The cover art depicting a woman holding the Earth on her shoulders is more than appropriate for this deeply-researched, historically-informed examination: fifty years worth of research about four continents has convinced Goldberg that women's oppression is at the crux of many of the world's most intractable challenges. She illustrates how US policies act as a catalyst for or an impediment to women's rights worldwide, and puts forth a convincing argument that women's liberation worldwide is key to solving some of our most daunting problems.

"Underlying diverse conflicts - demography, natural resources, human rights, and religious mores - is the question of who controls the means of reproduction," she writes. "Women's intimate lives have become inextricably tied to global forces."


http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2009/03/23/controlling-means-reproduction-an-interview-with-michelle-goldberg/

The war on women is not just a war on women, but on men, too. Men who don't support women's rights are sealing their own fate.

Not just an American problem. It is about global control and reducing all of mankind to commodities.

Women know, far better than GOP idealogues, how much birth control means to them, winter is coming Jul 2014 #1
The War on Women has repercussions BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #2
Wait until young women (and men) hear what their real agenda is: freshwest Jul 2014 #3
Great interview you linked to there, thanks. BootinUp Jul 2014 #20
Really good post... SidDithers Jul 2014 #21
great post, as always, fresh. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #22
+1. Excellent! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2014 #27
Excellent post! nt herding cats Jul 2014 #32
The GOP base basically wants to overturn Griswold and outlaw all acts of non-procreative sex. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #4
They want more white babies leftstreet Jul 2014 #5
That hasn't been my experience. I've seen them protesting in poor inner city areas, for instance. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #6
Really. That's unusual leftstreet Jul 2014 #7
If you google "planned parenthood in poor neighborhoods", you'll see it is something of an obsession Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #9
We might have different definitions of 'impoverished' leftstreet Jul 2014 #11
No, I'm not. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #14
I guess you haven't heard the "abortionists want genocide for black babies" lie, or the ... Hekate Jul 2014 #12
It's actually about class leftstreet Jul 2014 #15
Agreed. That's why i suggested they do a quick google search. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #16
a friend of mine (black, liberal, male) and I had a conversation BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #24
It is stunning, isn't it? nt Hekate Jul 2014 #26
I've thought this for years. ancianita Jul 2014 #18
If Democratic candidates fail to run on this issue this year they are blind fools... Hekate Jul 2014 #8
+1. GOP politicians are more conservative on social issues than most of their base. winter is coming Jul 2014 #10
They need to put this crap about "all powerful values voters" to bed for good, first off. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #13
The Dem party needs to find some excellent social media marketing companies Marrah_G Jul 2014 #17
Obama campaign team was very social media savvy.... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #25
Absolutely Marrah_G Jul 2014 #30
Candidates need to be put on record ThoughtCriminal Jul 2014 #19
233 of them in Congress, to be specific. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2014 #23
They never had this demo anyway. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #28
How many minority women does Hobby Lobby hire? Baitball Blogger Jul 2014 #29
very astute obversation BadGimp Jul 2014 #31
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