http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/feminists/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:47:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284527/posts Feminists irate over game show ISTANBUL - A new game show claims there is entertainment value in asking men to guess which pair of women has managed to answer a simple trivia question. WomenÂ’s rights activists react after just two episodes, claiming the show is evidence of the discrimination against women in Turkish society. Â’Its format is an attack on women,Â’ the activists say Feminists irate over game show WomenÂ’s activists are up in arms over a new television show they argue depicts all women as unintelligent. The showÂ’s producer, however, says the show unveils the failure of the Turkish... Hürriyet Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284527/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284266/posts Like most Americans, I have heard enough from the adulterers. John Ensign’s press conference was blissfully short. Mark Sanford’s is interminable. Every day brings a cringe-inducing new update. The bottom line is the same: men who should know better, out of an inflated sense of ego, blow up their careers and their families for transitory pleasures. We can’t learn much from them. But their spouses and the reaction to their spouses tell us something about where we are and where we are heading in the culture wars. Jenny Sanford is the new feminist icon. Defiant, brave, principled, and funny. When... Pajamas MEdia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284266/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:05:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283218/posts Stop Islamist oppression of women. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283218/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:41:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277418/posts Dear UNC-Wilmington Students: It’s getting close to time to start another semester. That means that it’s time to lay down the rules for all of my classes. I’m going to continue to use all the rules I’ve used before, which can be found in my syllabus. But, starting this semester, I’m adding three more rules. Feminist students need to pay especially close attention. First of all, feminists will not be allowed to mention their status as feminists. A few semesters ago, a feminist student in one of my classes said – right in the middle of class, mind you –... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277418/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:09:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276047/posts A "man-cession." That's what some economists are starting to call it. Of the 5.7 million jobs Americans lost between December 2007 and May 2009, nearly 80 percent had been held by men. Mark Perry, an economist at the University of Michigan, characterizes the recession as a "downturn" for women but a "catastrophe" for men. Men are bearing the brunt of the current economic crisis because they predominate in manufacturing and construction, the hardest-hit sectors, which have lost more than 3 million jobs since December 2007. Women, by contrast, are a majority in recession-resistant fields such as education and health care,... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276047/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275561/posts Sotomayor quits women's club after GOP criticism By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings. In a letter to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the federal appeals court judge said she is convinced that the club does not practice "invidious discrimination" and that her membership in it did not violate judicial ethics. But she said she... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275561/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:36:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272380/posts JOHNNY CARSON is rolling over in his grave. Even the late Lenny Bruce is having a fit. While you were watching David Letterman -- a bitter guy who never saw a woman or a Republican he could stand -- trash Sarah Palin's 14-year-old daughter by "joking" that she was date-raped by Alex Rodriguez and stalked by Eliot Spitzer, you may have missed the memo. Dave's in good company. His struggling brother up the dial, Conan O'Brien, on Thursday night was having a blast slurring women and Jews -- two groups that may constitute the last permissible sick-comedy staples. Here's Conan:... The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272380/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272287/posts A diverse coalition of concerned citizens, whose website is www.FireDavidLetterman.com, today announced a Fire David Letterman Rally on Tuesday, June 16, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm on the sidewalks outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, located at 1697 Broadway in New York City. CBS films the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Tuesday’s show, hosted by Letterman, will be taped at 5:30 pm, and will feature guest Michelle Pfeiffer. Anna Barone, who worked for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign, and later for Democrats for McCain, called on CBS CEO Les Moonves to fire David Letterman for his... Yahoo! Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272287/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271913/posts Now Amanda Fortini at Salon has jumped on the anti-misogynist Letterman bandwagon, also calling out feminists who avert their eyes when conservative women are the targets. In an overall good piece just out: "If there was any question that a stubborn strain of old-school sexism persists in Obama's America, one has only to look at certain leaders of what the right wing loves to call the "liberal media" but which is sounding and acting, recently, more like the frat-house media. There, like a virus hiding in the body before, perhaps, staging a comeback, misogyny has found a place to lurk... Opposing Views http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271913/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:42:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270606/posts Credit where credit’s due. --------------------------------------------------------- Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age. The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days — it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin’s “slutty flight attendant look” — yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician’s appearance, especially as... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270606/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:38:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270395/posts After this week's flap between Sarah Palin and David Letterman, which started when Letterman cracked a joke about Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" and another about her daughter getting "knocked up" by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, the National Organization of Women has condemned Letterman's jokes and is asking its supporters to write to CBS and voice criticism. "The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves," the group writes on its... Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270395/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269974/posts Letterman voted into NOW Hall of Shame: After two nights of "jokes" at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain himself and offer something of an apology. On his June 10 show, Letterman said he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol -- not the 14-year-old daughter who actually accompanied Palin on her New York trip. Letterman said "I recognize that these are ugly" jokes. NOW agrees. Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age. The... National Organization for Women (NOW) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269974/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261521/posts I have written a great deal about the feminization of America's boys. While Feminists have become more masculine with every passing year, men and boys have become wimpy, feminized and afraid of their own shadows. About five years ago at a Boy Scout meeting for my son who had been recently promoted to Boy Scout from Weeblos, I looked around the room and shivered. I leaned over to my husband and whispered, "There's not a single male role model in this room." Shortly after that meeting, my son changed Boy Scout troops to another where men ran the troop -... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261521/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 07:03:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246097/posts While channel-surfing recently, I stopped for a moment on a show featuring two lesbian roommates. As I watched them, I began pondering the question of the growing impact of homosexuals and radical feminists on our culture. None of these thoughts are original to me and all have been written about and discussed ad nauseam. This little rant is really an exercise in catharsis. At the individual level, I have personally known a few homosexuals and, in general, have found them to be quiet, respectful and intelligent. There are exceptions – such as the moron homo cited below -- but I... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246097/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 14:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235619/posts Guadalajara, Mexico, Apr 20, 2009 (CNA) -- Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara in Mexico has rejected attempts by feminist organizations to intimidate the Church into ceasing its defense of the unborn's right to life, and has said he will continue speaking out against abortion. Feminist organizations, irritated by pro-life victories in several Mexican states, have launched a campaign suggesting that, by speaking out against abortion, the bishops of Mexico are “meddling in politics” and violating the country’s constitution. “The right to life will be defended at all costs and this is not meddling in the politics of the state,”... California Catholic Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235619/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:40:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210117/posts OK, so why did Madison's Bishop Robert Morlino pick a PR fight he will certainly lose, and which he must have known at the outset he would certainly lose? Well folks, you won't find out from the NCR article.Headlined, "Wisconsin parish worker fired for feminist views: Allowed no opportunity for defense nor to face accusers," Mike Sweitzer-Beckman's piece tells the story of Ruth Kolpack, long-time pastoral associate at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Beloit, who was just minding her own business when Morlino called her in and fired her. Kolpack said that when she met with her bishop... Off The Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2210117/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205490/posts The article says that the stem cell debate which claims those in favor are enlightened and those opposed benighted is a triumph of propaganda over journalism. It cites many medical researchers who are oppposed. http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/03/12/top_stories/doc49b8ed8396a14904658428.txt The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205490/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:54:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179811/posts Shoe throwing has jumped the shark? Code Pink gals say hand cuff 'em, just like they did Karl Rove. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179811/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165016/posts A liberal Democrat is in the White House, and they still find something to gripe about. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165016/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143745/posts What's so wrong about choosing to be "mom-in-chief" for the next four years? To those who’d seen Michelle Obama as a symbol, her announcement that she plans to focus on raising her daughters comes as a blow — a personal blow inspiring “feminist fury” — for which they blame society at large for subordinating women’s lives to everyone else’s. It’s that very belief, more than Michelle’s emphasis on motherhood, which qualifies as “strangely retro” for within it lies the assumption that she is a victim making a sacrifice, and not a fully empowered woman making a choice.... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143745/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139095/posts Sarah Palin's polarizing quest for the vice presidency actually brought Utah Republicans and Democrats closer together on at least one issue -- whether women with small children should be in the work force. Just the mere mention of Palin's name made Republicans more accepting and Democrats and independents less supportive of mothers seeking careers, say two Brigham Young University researchers. Chris Karpowitz and Jeremy Pope presented the findings of "the Palin experiment" to a conference sponsored by the university last week. The pre-election survey results show that traditional family values may be more malleable than many previously believed and "partisanship... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139095/posts#comment Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:21:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2137061/posts On Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama made official his top communications appointments, and any hopes that Obama will take a moderate stand on abortion were dashed with his appointment of pro-abortion radical Ellen Moran as his administration's all-important director of communications. Moran is the executive director and chief strategist of EMILY's List, the nation's most powerful political action committee that focuses on increasing the number of pro-abortion women in Congress and governorships. "Early Money is Like Yeast," the group's originating name, focused on 14 races nationwide and featured them on EMILY's List website. EMILY's List was a huge fundraising factor in... Illinois Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2137061/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129679/posts A gay anarchist group infiltrated the Mt. Hope Church in Eaton County Sunday morning, disrupting a service by pulling a fire alarm, dropping leaflets and yelling at parishioners, a pastor said. The group, Bash Back, was simultaneously picketing outside the church, beating on buckets and using a megaphone to shout “Jesus was a homo” and other slogans as confused churchgoers continued to enter the building. lansingcitypulse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129679/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112859/posts HIGH PROFILE Feminists (yes, feminists!!) Endorse Palin by Greta Van Susteren October 21st, 2008 6:57 PM Eastern Check out who is endorsing McCain / Palin (yes, the REPUBLICAN ticket!! This is a surprise to many Democrats.) HENDERSON, NV At a rally in front of thousands of cheering supporters, Palin spent most of her speech talking about women. She started by mentioned some female endorsements: "First, Prameela Bartholomeusz a small business owner and a member of the Democratic National Platform Committee…Linda Klinge the former Oregon president and now Vice-President of the National Organization of WomenShelly Mandell President of the Los Angeles... greta wire fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112859/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099590/posts Shelly Mandell, the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women and a life-long Democrat, has broken with her national organization stating that, as an individual, she is supporting Sarah Palin and the McCain-Palin ticket this November 4th. Calling Palin a "reformer who will break-up the old-boy network, buck the system and get Washington back on our side," Mandell introduced Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee at an October 4th rally in Carson, California. “Hey, she’s gonna work on persuading John McCain on ANWR, I’m gonna work on persuading her on things of my own,” Mandel said of Palin.... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099590/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:39:21 GMT