This was printed in the Jackson Sun Today. The letter I sent in is also below:
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20081113/OPINION03/811130302/1014/OPINION "Bailey column a slap in the face to women" After reading Jessalyn Bailey's column (Feminists are upset by Palin, 11/4/08), I began to wonder why Bailey appears to have an intense disdain for women who do not fit into the Palin category. Many women would love to be blessed with physical beauty and have a loyal husband; many people would love the financial luxury to be able to drop out of a number of universities before finally buckling down to finish a bachelor's degree. The reality is that most American women are not beauty queens. Many American women must work hard - like men - to earn a spot in a competitive corporate, or even in a smaller business, environment. In addition, the 1950s (which Bailey whitewashes) had a number of unreported cases of spousal abuse, widespread poverty and blatant, unapologetic numerous incidents of civil rights violations against blacks. In my opinion, Bailey's column is a slap in the face to responsible, less beautiful, hardworking, single moms who had the misfortune of marrying a dead-beat dad; a slap in the face to women who worked extraordinarily hard for an education and finished at their first university; and a slap in the face to non-traditional women who work with their husbands as equals to raise a family and put food on the table. Jason Grosser Cordova Original Letter After reading Jessalyn Bailey’s column (Feminists are upset by Palin, 11/4/08), I began to wonder why Ms. Bailey appears to have an intense disdain for women who do not fit into the Palin category. Many women would love to be blessed with physical beauty and have a loyal husband; many people would love the financial luxury to be able to drop out of a number of universities before finally buckling down to finish a bachelor’s degree. The reality is that most American women are not beauty queens. Many American women must work hard—like men—to earn a spot in a competitive corporate or even in a smaller business environment. There are also good Southern women who’ve been divorced by their husband who pursued a younger, sexier Stepford wife, leaving this former and older wife the responsibility of raising their children he left behind. In addition, the 1950’s (which Ms. Bailey whitewashes) had a number of unreported cases of spousal abuse, widespread poverty and blatant, unapologetic, numerous incidents of civil rights violations against blacks. No time in history is perfect even our own time in history. In my opinion, Ms. Bailey’s article is a slap in the face to responsible, less beautiful, hardworking, single moms who had the misfortune of marrying a dead beat dad; a slap in the face to women who worked extraordinarily hard for an education and finished at their first university; a slap in the face to non-traditional women who work with their husbands as equals to raise a family and put food on the table; and a slap in the face for all women who believe that equally competent, equally hardworking women should be on equal footing with comparable men. Jason > > On Nov 10, 12:59 pm, "Angelia Stinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Please, please, please!!!!! go to the Jackson Sun's website and look up > > Jecilyn Bailey's latest column. It has pissed be off like no other and > > please leave comments and write letters to the editor about how it's the > > equivalent of blatant racism.www.jacksonsun.com > > > Send letters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > When people make racist comments, we speak up. When people make sexist > > statements, we usually do nothing. Please speak up for women. They reject > > what I write sometimes as they should have done on the mentioned column. > > > Thanks! > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > http://www.feministing.com/archives/011876.html > > > > *National Review**: Women who don't support Palin are just upset about > > > their abortions* > > > > Now > > > this<http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTA0YjdjZDc2OTVlNmM1YmE1YTY4ODRl...>is > > > rich. Kevin Burke, a proponent of the invented > > > "post abortion > > > syndrome,"<http://www.feministing.com/archives/006386.html>writes that > > > the criticism of Sarah Palin > > > *"may have a relationship to the collective grief, shame, and guilt from > > > personal involvement in the abortion of an unborn child."* Here I thought > > > voters made decisions based on the issues that matter to them - little > > > did I > > > know that women across the country who don't support Palin are simply > > > depressed about all of those abortions we've been having! > > > > Burke gets even classier when he brings Palin's pregnant teen daughter > > > into > > > the mix: > > > > If Bristol Palin had quietly aborted, Sarah Palin would have been spared > > > the politically untimely focus on this very personal family issue. The > > > problem would have quietly gone away. But Bristol, like countless post > > > abortive women, would have paid a high price to protect her mother from > > > the > > > political heat that her pregnancy brings to the campaign. We know from our > > > work with thousands of women who feel pressured to abort for various > > > reasons > > > that she would surely suffer many of the common post-abortion symptoms; > > > depression, promiscuity, drug and alcohol abuse, sleep disorders, and > > > relational problems. But she would have suffered in silence; no one would > > > know her secret. No one would acknowledge that she has reason to grieve or > > > have symptoms after abortion. Sarah Palin would have lost not only her > > > precious grandchild...she likely would have lost her daughter Bristol to > > > the > > > silent ravages of post abortion suffering. > > > > Wow, given that one in three American women will have an > > > abortion<http://www.guttmacher.org/in-the-know/incidence.html>in her > > > lifetime - there must be millions of tired, addicted, slutty, > > > depressed, single women running around voting Democrat! > > > > Seriously, conservatives need to get their heads out of their asses - and > > > out of our uteruses. (Sorry, *not* the best visual.) > > > > Posted by Jessica <http://www.feministing.com/profiles/1> - October 29, > > > 2008, at 11:45AM <http://www.feministing.com/archives/011876.html> | in > > > Election <http://www.feministing.com/election/> , > > > Politics<http://www.feministing.com/politics/>, Reproductive > > > Rights <http://www.feministing.com/reproductive-rights/>- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
