Category: The ol' double standard

May/17
2013
Gov. Christie is used to shooting from the hip. The problem is that the wrong choice of words might encourage others to be more literal... SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- Some 350 homeowners in the central New Jersey towns of Sayreville and South River who… more »
May/13
2013
Can I get a little overreaction here? Or maybe a lot? Olivia Sprauer, a 26-year-old Stuart, Florida high-school teacher who was living a double life as a model, was forced to resign on April 29 after the principal found bikini pictures of her alter… more »
May/03
2013
Wow, could they be any more backward? Really there are fundamental Islamic nations that are more progressive on women's rights. DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders appealed to the public Friday to lobby their lawmakers to reject a bill t… more »
May/01
2013
That's their statement in a nutshell... (CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved the availability of the Plan B One-Step emergency contraception pill without a prescription for women 15 and older.[..] But o… more »
Apr/28
2013
A young woman made, by her own admission, a terrible mistake. Judge Dee David Gay decided to make it worse. In addition he quoted not legal, but political rhetoric to justify his decision. That adds up to Judge Dee David Gay being less than impartial… more »
Apr/16
2013
Well that didn't last long. Current Pope = Douchebag-Like-The-Rest. VATICAN CITY, April 16 (UPI) -- Pope Francis says Benedict XVI was right in calling for the leading U.S. Catholic nuns group to be reined in for disobeying bishops and backing women… more »
Apr/07
2013
When I read the headline all I could think was "Oh thank the Gods, it's about damn time..." WASHINGTON (AP) -- The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting electio… more »
Apr/02
2013
Listen you old bag, this isn't 1977 any more, women don't *NEED* to go to college to become wives. Seriously? What is wrong with you? PRINCETON -- A letter by Princeton University alum Susan Patton to current women students advising them to nab a h… more »
Apr/01
2013
Wow what a great, huge step forward for women's equality... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi newspaper says the kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted, recreational areas. The A… more »
Mar/27
2013
In a time when efforts are better spent serving the public by addressing unemployment and health care, conservative are instead turning their taxpayer funded time to an age-old bugbear: the disenfranchisement of women. more »
Mar/25
2013
Yes that's right, the male bit right next to the asshole. Of course I could have also called you a pussy, but that would lack stereotyping that is key to this post. But let's roll back a bit for those less familiar with Jim's Dick-ism. NEW YORK (CN… more »
Mar/11
2013
The Cardinals are choosing a new Pope. Fucking weeeeeeee. Catholicism used to be big stuff in the educated world, now it's lesser stuff. But that hasn't stopped the Catholic church from preventing change, no sir, they're all about stagnation. Like a… more »
Mar/07
2013
A burqa (Urdu: بُرقع‎) is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public. "O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful to… more »
Mar/05
2013
What's wrong with Arkansas? Is the state secretly run by radical muslims? It's apparent when MEN feel they need to pass a law telling WOMEN what is permissible within their bodies that something is horribly, horribly wrong. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -… more »
Feb/15
2013
How unusual, a Catholic minister, an Archbishop no less, likes little boys more than little girls. Apparently so much so that he's banned a little girl from playing football with the boys. Of course, it's all for her own safety... Philadelphia (CNN… more »
Feb/08
2013
Even in America where people are sensitive to sexism there is still a common habit to fall back into old patterns. The Grammy dress code warning is a really good example. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- CBS' standards and practice division has issued a… more »
Jan/30
2013
As noted recently cars can kill lots of people in much the same manner as like guns. So the simple question: if all cars on the road need to be registered and possibly even insured (most states) then why the heck not do the same thing for guns? The… more »