It's a regular feature of our not-always-so-great country, but lately I have been hearing a surfeit of stories of misogyny and sexism. Kansas legislature has been actively stripping away women's health rights in a way that can't be legal, Rush Limbaugh has been calling a courageous college woman a slut and prostitute for supporting contraception (OH THE HORROR, college girls having sex. What a crime, we must call her petty names, and spread lies and misinformation!), and idiots performing idiotic "studies" that would determine that girls with slightly longer ring fingers than index fingers are lesbian pirates.
I'm sorry to say that you actually heard me correctly. Lesbian pirates. Yeah.
I mention all of this crud to remind you all that even America isn't safe from misogyny. We might hear stories of the terrifying crap that goes on in other countries, but we sometimes forget that America still has a long way to go until women are equal. I recommend reading more on feminism, as education and inspiration for fixing the world. I am quite the fan of Greta Christina for this purpose - her articles are as logically secure as an armored vehicle, and well-written besides.
Machiavelli knew what he was saying when he wrote, "Knowledge is power", though he may not have anticipated the phrase for use in the promotion of education and global cooperation. But that's okay - the ends of global cooperation justify the means of stealing Machiavelli quotes for my own purposes.
Huzzah! Women!
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