Women and gender inequality refer to a reality in which half the world’s population faces a tremendous burden put upon them at birth.
And for those men who doubt the realities for women that I write about, I guess the question is, do you not believe your mother, your girlfriend, your sister, your wife, your women friends? If not, then you’ve got bigger problems.
“These encouraging findings show that social norms and cultural practices are changing, and communities are uniting to protect the rights of girls and women.”
TRIGGER WARNING:
“[I] wouldn’t make exceptions [for abortion in the case of rape and incest]. What I would try to do is create a program that would enable women in those circumstances to have support and help them through whatever process they needed both in terms of counseling and in terms of if they wanted to give up the baby for adoption.”
-Newt Gingrich
“[A child conceived through rape is a] gift of human life. [Rape victims should] accept what God [has given them].”
-Rick Santorum
