Category: Chick Stuff,

Pakistani husbands can beat wives if they disobey, says Islamic Council : Pakistan, News – India Today

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The bill said that a husband should be allowed to lightly beat his wife if she defies his commands, refuses to dress up as per his wishes and turns down demand of physical contact.

It suggested that a beating is also permissible if a woman does not observe Hijab, interacts with strangers, speaks loud and provides monetary support to people without taking consent of her husband.

It also recommended to ban co-education after primary education, ban on women from taking part in military combat, ban on welcoming foreign delegations, interacting with males and making recreational visits with strangers.

Female nurses should not be allowed to take care of male patients and women should be banned from working in advertisements, it said.

It also recommended that an abortion after 120 days of conceiving should be declared murder.

Pakistani husbands can beat wives if they disobey, says Islamic Council : Pakistan, News – India Today

sigh…

All of this begs the question, who is in charge of beating the husband when they do not live up to the expectations of others?

Anti-Choice Groups Use Smartphone Surveillance to Target ‘Abortion-Minded Women’ During Clinic Visits 

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Women who have visited almost any abortion clinic in the United States have seen anti-choice protesters outside, wielding placards and chanting abuse. A Boston advertiser’s technology, when deployed by anti-choice groups, allows those groups to send propaganda directly to a woman’s phone while she is in a clinic waiting room.

…“You can grab an uncomfortable amount of information from someone’s device and the apps they use,” said Solis. “It’s unfortunate, but any woman who plans to visit an affected Planned Parenthood, or anyone who works for Planned Parenthood, should be afraid.”

Anti-Choice Groups Use Smartphone Surveillance to Target ‘Abortion-Minded Women’ During Clinic Visits – Rewire

What the ever lasting fuck???!!!
So, so, so very messed up…

‘Sperm Is Life And We’ve Gotta Legislate That Sh*t’ – Sarah Silverman

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[Silverman] posed a pertinent question – she suggested that since we defend the right to enact laws that makes it difficult for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies, shouldn’t we also legislate male masturbation?

“Here’s something that I learned that is fascinating, and it’s this: Scientists have found that sperms cells smell,” Silverman said. “Like I know sperm smells, but sperm cells have the sense of smell, and you know what that means: Sperm is life. And you know what that means: We’ve gotta legislate that shit.”

#EverySpermIsSacred

‘Sperm Is Life And We’ve Gotta Legislate That Sh*t’ – Sarah Silverman

Heh

The US Military’s Sexual-Assault Problem Is So Bad the UN Is Getting Involved | Mother Jones

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Several countries told the US its policies on justice for military sexual assault victims weren’t good enough.

The US Military’s Sexual-Assault Problem Is So Bad the UN Is Getting Involved | Mother Jones

Sigh….

This is a discipline problem and the brass needs to weed it out and eliminate it, yesterday.  Not ignore it. Not sweep it under the rug. Not confuse it with normal behavior but come down hard and fast and make it very clear it will not be tolerated in the United States military.

There is a direct line from these types of unacceptable breakdowns in military discipline and the problems we are having negotiating base locations with countries like Japan right now.

Anything other that completely eradicating this behavior is a grievous dereliction of duty on the part of military brass.

You Have To See This Badass Prom Dress Inspired By Beyonce’s Met Gala Gown

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India Ross slayed Bey’s 2015 sequin dress.

You Have To See This Badass Prom Dress Inspired By Beyonce’s Met Gala Gown

I’ve sen a lot of hate on the face space over this dress. (Strangely enough though, half of the posts used the exact same wording. “I think it’s sad when young ones today can’t/won’t be themselves but must emulate someone other than their parents like we did years ago! The dress is without class mainly because it damn near shows everything… I remember years ago the saying was the less you show the more appealing you are!!”)

Blah, blah, blah… Haters. Emulate what exactly? The amount of skin hippies showed int eh late sixties?

This young woman realized her idea and it looks fabulous. The haters need to get a grip on themselves.

Anti-Abortion Laws Don’t Reduce The Abortion Rate

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Whatever your stance is on abortion, it turns out you should probably be against anti-abortion laws: New research shows that laws against abortion don’t decrease the abortion rate. That same research has identified a few things that do decrease the abortion rate; they’re just probably not the sorts of solutions you hear discussed at a pro-life meeting.

Anti-Abortion Laws Don’t Reduce The Abortion Rate, New Study Finds, And That’s Not All | Bustle

hmmm

It’s legal to make women wear heels to work—but then you should require the same of men — Quartz

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Nicola Thorp, a temp reporting for her first day of work at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, set off an online debate over high heels this week, after she said she was sent home for showing up to work in flat shoes instead of high heels.

“The supervisor told me that I would be sent home without pay unless I went to the shop and bought a pair of two to four-inch heels. …When I pointed out that my male colleague was allowed to work in flat shoes, and that I felt that I was being discriminated against, I was laughed at.”

It’s legal to make women wear heels to work—but then you should require the same of men — Quartz

hmmm

AKB48 member’s ‘penance’ shows flaws in idol culture | The Japan Times

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Idol fan culture, as well as the closely related anime and manga fan culture, is institutionally incapable of dealing with independence in young women. It seeks out and fetishizes weaknesses and vulnerabilities and calls it moé, it demands submissiveness, endless tearful displays of gratitude, a lack of confidence, and complete control over their sexual independence. AKB48 takes this a step further by allowing its (largely male) fans to sit in annual judgment, voting members up or down in the group’s hierarchy.

Minegishi …will submit to her training and re-education; she will prostrate herself before the fans and beg for their acceptance, which they will gracefully bestow once she is deemed to have done penance. 

AKB48 member’s ‘penance’ shows flaws in idol culture | The Japan Times

yuck.

Woody Allen, and why no one gives a shit that he molested his own children 

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Despite Dylan Farrow’s damning allegations of sexual abuse, the director of Cannes’ opening film today remains beloved by stars, paid by Amazon and rarely interrogated by media as his son, Ronan Farrow, writes about the culture of acquiescence surrounding his father.

My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Guest Column) – Hollywood Reporter

Sigh….

The Citadel will not allow an exception to the uniform to let a Muslim student wear her hijab 

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The uniform is traditional, and central to the ideals of the nearly 175-year-old public military college in South Carolina, so the fact that it was considering an exception to it for an accepted student set off shock waves among alumni. The idea pleased some in the close-knit corps, who felt it could be an important symbol of religious freedom and inclusiveness. But it upset others who felt it would clash with the mission and ideals of the Citadel, where loyalty, teamwork and uniformity are paramount.

The Citadel will not allow an exception to the uniform to let a Muslim student wear her hijab – The Washington Post

hmmm

Throw Back Monday: Hillary Clinton Removed From Situation Room Photo By Der Tzitung, Hasidic Newspaper 

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A Brooklyn-based Hasidic newspaper removed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and another woman from the …photo, taken as the raid was occurring, famously shows Clinton in the center of the room, with her hand over her mouth. But the newspaper Der Tzitung,described by the Jewish Week as “ultra-Orthodox,” has a policy of never printing photos of women in its pages…

Hillary Clinton Removed From Situation Room Photo By Der Tzitung, Hasidic Newspaper (PHOTOS)

Then just don’t run the photo. If it was so terrible to see in the first place how can you ask your employees to spend time doctoring it? They can’t do it with their eyes closed…

Grrrrrrr.

West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo

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West Point is investigating a photograph showing 16 female cadets posing with their fists raised outside a US Military Academy barracks, the Army Times reports. 

West Point is investigating whether 16 female cadets broke military rules by taking this photo

Unless West Point also investigates every time a group of white cadets get together to make sure it isn’t a fucking lynch-mob then they need to drop this racist shit right the fuck now.