Saleh, Yemen's president, didn't die in the recent attempt on his life. This is the fuckwit who rules a country where 9 is the correct age for girls to be forced into marriage. Oh, the Sky Fairy, we must do as HE says.... can't help thinking the country is a paedo heaven. The practice is to have a child bride 'fostered' in her in-law family until she is of age.
The reality is that these young girls are tied down and raped by said 'husband' who obviously consider it their right. How many bleed to death from internal injuries? We hear of very few. Like the iceberg, it's the tip we see. That this is ok tells me equality is a myth we tell our daughters so they don't kill themselves. I'm lucky to live in NZ where I can say this, where I have unimaginable freedoms. We were, after all, the first country in the world to give women the vote.
And now Thompson has gone (the execrable piece of shit who said women get paid less because they have 'monthly sick problems', instead of placing the blame on the overall lack of equality we suffer in the world) from the Employer's Federation, perhaps we'll move forward with addressing pay equity? We have had legislation in place since 1974 that guarantees equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. Yet women are STILL paid, on average, 12% less than males in NZ, simply for being women.
If that ain't woman hatred, I don't know what is.
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