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Top Stories from Reproductive Justice & Gender on AlterNet
September 9th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/
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>From the editors:
John McCain is bad news for women. He opposes women's right to choose, opposes
equal pay for equal work, opposes funding family planning services for
low-income women and, now, has a running mate whose opposition to women's
rights rivals his own. A McCain-Palin victory would add another hundred pounds
to the pack women already carry every day in their uphill battle toward gender
equality. It's time to hold John McCain and Sarah Palin's feet to the fire as
AlterNet contributors Carole Joffe, Gloria Felt, Laura Flanders, Lynn Paltrow
and others do in this issue of Reproductive Justice & Gender. Enjoy this week's
coverage, and hold on to your hats -- we have a lot more McCain-Palin coverage
to come!
Thanks for reading,
Heather Gehlert
Managing Editor
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IT'S ABOUT TIME WORKING WOMEN GET STRAIGHT ANSWERS FROM JOHN MCCAIN
By Carole Joffe, Gloria Feldt, AlterNet
John McCain's choice of Palin only intensifies concerns
about his responsiveness to serious issues facing most
working women.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/97920/
PALIN PICK IS GOP HYPOCRISY AT ITS BEST
By Laura Flanders, AlterNet
Will the media test her on substance or let her play "Ms.
Congeniality?" It is up to the public to see through the
fact-free diet we're being fed.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/97644/
FIVE WOMEN BURIED ALIVE -- AND THE MEDIA IGNORE IT
By Riane Eisler, AlterNet
Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the
other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in
the name of tradition?
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/97796/
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV. SARAH PALIN ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
The freedom of all women relies on the legal principles that
guarantee the right to choose.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/97457/
FIGHTING THE PATHOLOGIZING OF PMS
By Paula J. Caplan, Ms. Magazine
Despite a lack of evidence, the psychiatric establishment
has made extreme premenstrual distress a recognized disorder
-- and a boon to Big Pharma.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/97910/
HOW MY 7-YEAR-OLD LEARNED ABOUT PRE-MARITAL SEX FROM JOHN MCCAIN
By Karen Dolan, AlterNet
I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception.
But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for
that particular talk.
http://www.alternet.org/sex/97320/
THE GOP HAS TURNED A MAJOR ELECTION INTO AN EPISODE OF THE MOMMY WARS
By Judith Warner, The New York Times
The Sarah Palin saga has turned an election that should have
been about economic and foreign policy into a culture war of
the Real vs. the Elites.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/97911/
RUTGERS CENTER HELPS WOMEN ENTER POLITICS
By Alison Bowen, Women's eNews
The Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers trains
and encourages women to run for office.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/94986/
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AlterNet Blogs:
UNDER PALIN, WASILLA CHARGED RAPE VICTIMS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS
By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville
This shows an incredible lack of sympathy for the victims of
a terrible crime.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/reproductivejustice/98148/
WHO MAKE BETTER BOSSES -- WOMEN OR MEN?
By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet
New research shows women outperform men in five of eight
leadership categories.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/reproductivejustice/97926/
WILL SARAH PALIN HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WOMEN'S VOTE?
By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet
A recent survey shows mixed results.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/97909/
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