Yet another Republican lawmaker is engaging in victim blaming and has suggested the “best chance” to avoid sexual assault is for women to stay sober. Texas State Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Denton), in a Higher Education committee regarding sexual assault on college campuses, told her colleagues: “I was listening for mention of drug or alcohol abuse and, […]
Today is International Women’s Day. Tomorrow it isn’t. Am I supposed to be grateful that women all over the globe get a whole day of recognition? We get one day and then it’s Wednesday. Back to the bullshit. Back to accepting inequality and violence and rape. But hey, we get a whole day!!! Don’t get […]
An anti-abortion education bill passes in the Oklahoma State House. In yet another attempt to control women’s bodies under the guise of morality, a bill that would require public high schools to include anti-abortion education in their curricula passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives 64-12 on Tuesday. From Tulsa World: “House Bill 2797, by Rep. […]
Walmart Pharmacist decided to override doctor’s advice and did not give a reason. Brittany Cartrett had a miscarriage when she was approximately six weeks pregnant. Her doctor prescribed Misoprostol, a medication that induces abortion. Cartrett told WGXA, “So we made the decision to not do a D&C and to get a medicine. So he said […]
Kansas Senate committee chairman imposes gender-specific dress code for females saying men already know how to be “professional.” Republican Senator Mitch Holmes, chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, has “imposed a dress code on Kansans testifying on elections or ethics bills that explicitly prohibits women from wearing skimpy skirts or blouses with plunging […]