Thank you to the avid readers I've acquired this semester. It's touching to get feedback from you about your shared respect, laughter, or anger.
Today is Equal Pay Day, marking how far into the year a woman would have to work to catch up to a man’s earning from the previous year. Still 77 cents/per male dollar, folks. For five myths about why women earn less, click me.
Recent scandal: "The Australian Defence Force Academy has been in the headlines in the last week, after an 18-year-old woman cadet went to the press with claims that she had been filmed without her consent having sex with a fellow cadet, and that the footage had been broadcast to several other male cadets at the Academy via Skype. When “Kate” complained to her superiors, her case was ignored, so she went public. She was then disciplined for breaking the Academy’s rules about fraternizing, and the rule about talking to the press." Source
If a man had been present for the following, he may have had the same misconceptions, but not spoken up. Is it bad that a woman did? Was she doing so for the right reason?
Titled: "The 'joys' of being a single dad, thank you feminists." Would only a feminist speak up? Does this imply all feminists are female? [Note: For those unfamiliar with 'rage' comics, my apologies, as this may be hard to follow.]
The top-voted comment in response to this picture: "Neither that woman nor the officer are feminists. Feminists LIKE when dads take an active role in parenting their children. People who assume a single man with a child is a predator are sick-minded idiots."
I agree with everything but the last sentence. There is no way to tell, by simply looking at a man, to know if he's single or not, barring a wedding ring, which some men don't own/wear.
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