Today, more than ever, we must use the power of words to overcome oppression. We also need to stop fearing the other, valuing difference rather than embracing only those who look like us. This blog offers a forum to share ideas on using language to promote a just society.
Regardless of your position on the federal government requiring insurance companies to provide birth control options to women, what's wrong with this picture of people testifying at a Congressional hearing on the subject?
It seems as though the majority of the people there are men. How can men understand fully something that pertains to women, like birth control? Shouldn't there be a womens oppinion too and not only the oppinion of those men?
Regardless of your position on the federal government requiring insurance companies to provide birth control options to women, what's wrong with this picture of people testifying at a Congressional hearing on the subject?
It seems as though the majority of the people there are men. How can men understand fully something that pertains to women, like birth control? Shouldn't there be a womens oppinion too and not only the oppinion of those men?
ReplyDeleteThis didn't go unnoticed.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/02/16/Members-walk-out-at-House-contraception-hearing/UPI-30821329438246/
Some women did walk out of the hearing because the panel of witnesses was all men.
The whole panel is men! Wow, that's crazy and sad. This is unacceptable.
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