Saturday, January 15, 2011

Slow Saturday Special: You've Come a Long Way, Baby!

The title is from a 1970s cigarette advertisement aimed at women.

It saddens me that the "woman's rights" movements see killing in service to empire as an "equality" issue. 


"Committee says women should be allowed in combat units" by Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press / January 15, 2011

WASHINGTON — Since promotion to many senior positions in the military is dependent on combat experience, changing the policy is a matter of fairness, said Anu Bhagwati, former Marine captain and executive director of the rights group Service Women’s Action Network, said.  

Who can stand on the most dead Muslims!

“The Armed Forces have not yet succeeded in developing leaders who are as diverse as the nation they serve,’’ said the report, which also touched on recruiting and a range of other issues affecting the diversity of the force. “Minorities and women still lag behind white men in terms of number of military leadership positions.’’

Women make up about 14 percent of the armed services. Of the roughly 2.2 million troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 255,000 have been women, said Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Lainez.

Opponents of having women in combat question whether they have the necessary strength and stamina.  

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Let's hope the rapes don't skyrocket, 'eh?  

Related: The Madness of Equality

Also see: The Feminist Movement was a CIA project

That actually explains a lot.   

Update: Suits filed over Ala. university killings

Notice that didn't stir a debate about militant feminists?