Interesting Juxtaposition

So while feminists agonize over women not being allowed to be priests, there are much bigger problems around. They’re never made as big a deal of, of course, but they’re there. Most “women’s rights” groups are obsessed with glass ceilings in US corporations, “choice” re: the right to murder your children, and so on.

But while these trivial problems take over an enormous amount of time in the minds of these groups, the something like this gets nary a mention:

NEW YORK – Saudi Arabia ranked last in a study of women’s rights in Middle Eastern and North African countries and was the only one of 16 nations surveyed that had no constitutional guarantees of equal protection for females, according to a report released Saturday.

Despite gains in educational and employment opportunities and the recent decision by Kuwait’s parliament to grant women the right to vote, there was a lack of legal protections for women in all 16 nations and one territory studied, said Freedom House, the nonpartisan, Washington-based organization that released the report at the World Economic Forum.

The countries studied were evaluated on five categories: nondiscrimination and equal access to justice; autonomy, security and freedom of the individual; economic rights and equal opportunity; political rights and civic voice; and social and cultural rights.

Social justice? Political oppression? Religious inequality?

They only care about that when they can bag on the US in some way about it. Religious inequality?

Spare me. The US is an easy target and there’s no chance of retribution for their valiant attempts to “level the playing field.” That’s the truth, like it or not.

Source: AP via Yahoo

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  • Patrick

    I’ve always had beef with the Feminist movement because of it’s ever so prevalant hypocrisy. Many Feminists tend to complain about societal oppresion while attempting to evade responsibilities that should be conjoined with their newly granted rights. Some of the more radical Feminists will decry society’s attempt to recognize and practice traditional social roles while reverting, in argument, back to the nature of their womanhood when confronted with issues that have traditionally and undisputedly been the male’s role in our society. (See subject matters pertaining to the natural differences between the two sexes.)

    The Feminist ideology is, however, something different from what is generally practiced by its self anointed activists. It is much more complicated than its spokesmen make it out to be and continuously evolving. It is, for the most part, an interesting and valid perception. My point: Practice what you profess and respect will naturally be garnered. Quit trying to force an ideology into society’s mental posture through the courts and legislation when the idology is lost on even its most prominent advocates.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    You really need to read Tammy Bruce’s book, “The New Thought Police.” You may not agree with her whole premise or much of the book, but her dealings with the people at NOW while she was the head of the organization are troubling to say the very least.

  • Dave

    If there was complete equality, then who would be first on the lifeboats when the ship is sinking? Just the children? Or would the women still want to be saved before the men?

  • Patrick

    …my point exactly.

  • Patrick

    I’ve always had beef with the Feminist movement because of it’s ever so prevalant hypocrisy. Many Feminists tend to complain about societal oppresion while attempting to evade responsibilities that should be conjoined with their newly granted rights. Some of the more radical Feminists will decry society’s attempt to recognize and practice traditional social roles while reverting, in argument, back to the nature of their womanhood when confronted with issues that have traditionally and undisputedly been the male’s role in our society. (See subject matters pertaining to the natural differences between the two sexes.)

    The Feminist ideology is, however, something different from what is generally practiced by its self anointed activists. It is much more complicated than its spokesmen make it out to be and continuously evolving. It is, for the most part, an interesting and valid perception. My point: Practice what you profess and respect will naturally be garnered. Quit trying to force an ideology into society’s mental posture through the courts and legislation when the idology is lost on even its most prominent advocates.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    You really need to read Tammy Bruce’s book, “The New Thought Police.” You may not agree with her whole premise or much of the book, but her dealings with the people at NOW while she was the head of the organization are troubling to say the very least.

  • Dave

    If there was complete equality, then who would be first on the lifeboats when the ship is sinking? Just the children? Or would the women still want to be saved before the men?

  • Patrick

    …my point exactly.