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| 5 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die |
| 2014-09-03 |
| [TIME] If we're genuinely committed to improving the circumstances of women, we need to get the facts straight Much of what we hear about the plight of American women is false. Some faux facts have been repeated so often they are almost beyond the reach of critical analysis. Though they are baseless, these canards have become the foundation of Congressional debates, the inspiration for new legislation and the focus of college programs. Here are five of the most popular myths that should be rejected by all who are genuinely committed to improving the circumstances of women... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 The Left digests its own lies and then wonders why things keep falling apart and become unmanageable when they take actions predicated upon those lies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-03 17:37 |
| #6 The interesting point was that Obama is mentioned as constantly repeating most of these myths. (Could Obama be a liar? Say it ain't so!) |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-09-03 13:39 |
| #5 They forgot the most prevalent myth: That so-called 'womans groups' like NOW or Code Pink give a [female] rats ass about women. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-09-03 13:16 |
| #4 Myths get created to satisfy agendas. Define a minimal or non-existent problem. Amplify. Propose a program for addressing these minimal or non-existent problems. Federal money will follow in exchange for votes. Taxpayers foot the bill. Recycle. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-03 08:23 |
| #3 AA5839, that's Fake but FIFY, let's not change the frequency Kenneth. ;^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-09-03 07:43 |
| #2 Oh, yes. defend the meme! Fake but true! Lies die hard. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2014-09-03 05:20 |
| #1 "...there is a lot of statistical illiteracy among journalists, feminist academics and political leaders." The numbers may be bogus and inflammatory but that does not invalidate the premise. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-09-03 02:50 |