Category: 5. Rampant Sexism
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Sharron Angle: God Planned Your Rape
‘Manders asks her whether there is “any reason at all for an abortion,” and she answers: “Not in my book.” For clarity, he says: “So, in other words, rape and incest would not be something?” And Angle replies with this reasoning: “You know, I’m a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and […]
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Australian Senator: Maternity Leave Causes Abortions
So happy to know they have crazy assholes down under: The outspoken Steve Fielding, from the conservative Family First Party, [presumably implying all opponents hate families] said women could attempt to cheat the centre-left Labor government’s plans for paid leave by deliberately conceiving a child they never intended to have. “Drug addicts and welfare cheats can […]
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OK Measure Lets Doctors Lie to Women Considering Abortion
NYTimes: A second measure passed into law on Tuesday prevents women who have had a disabled baby from suing a doctor for withholding information about birth defects while the child was in the womb. Opponents argue that the law will protect doctors who purposely mislead a woman to keep her from choosing an abortion. But the […]
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Medina, OH Republicans Thinks Female Candidate Should Get Back in the Kitchen
They forgot the suffix: “an’ make me a pie!” The Daily Kos reproduces this gem from a newsletter for the the Medina County Ohio Republican Executive Committee: “Lets take Betty Sutton out of the House and get her back in the kitchen!” Oh, those cards! Sutton supporters are understandably upset, but Medina County GOP Chair […]
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Newt Gingrich on Sarah Palin's Feminist Credibility
Women’s history expert and champion for womens rights everywhere explains how Palin embodies the spirit of feminism and Frank Sinatra: “[Sarah Palin’s] clearly a total feminist, I mean in the true sense of feminism, she is her own person. She does her own thing. She does it her way.” -Newt Gingrich A comment from the […]