In early June Peter Heck, a social studies teacher in Greentown Indiana, gave a controversial speech and pissed off a lot of people who are not knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. An excerpt: “Ladies, I challenge you to a life of rebellion. To recognize that your body is a temple that is deserving of honor, not indiscretion. I […]
Republican US House member Michael Burgess of Texas said on Monday that he opposes the abortin of fetuses after 15 weeks of pregnancy since that is the time that male fetuses begin to masturbate. “This is a subject I do know something about,” Burgess, a former OB/GYN who said he’s delivered “thousands of babies,” began. […]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has vetoed a bill, HB 950, that would prevent wage discrimination against women. The bill that passed the Senate in April and in the House in late May, would bring Texas state law in line with the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Women would be able to recover two years […]
Claiming his comments were taken out of context, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) became the next Republican to stir up controversy regarding rape and pregnancies. Franks talked about pregnancies due to rape at a House markup of an unborn child protection act Wednesday stating that “incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.” When are […]
Ms. Blog reported in March that a newly released voter poll found “feminists, not just women in general, were key to the 2012 election results. Fully 55 percent of women voters self-identified as feminists–an increase of 9 percent since the last presidential election in 2008.” It’s time to end the silly notion that feminists hate […]