Women Just Have It Bad All Around...

Women Just Have It Bad All Around...

I'm not going to sugar coat it and even though I don't have a pair of boobs, I can say it with ease that being a women in our society sucks. But hey, at least you have a day, right? Today, as you may have known by the circle marked around your calendar is International Women's Day.



This day is celebrated internationally.. duh. Take Russia for example. On March 8th it is their day to get the women in your life flowers and I'm pretty sure the police doesn't give any female a ticket today. Pretty sweet deal. But as you may know, women in our country earn less at the same level of employment than men. This is a fact in developed countries. The fact that we need to have a day for women kind of shows that shit is unequal. As a proud feminist I can say this is wrong. Yes, there may not be any rape in the congo today, but what about the other days?

Women daily endure sexism, harassment in the workplace and inequiality. In many parts of the world women are still treated as second class citizens. Women's day attempts to raise awareness by celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Even though it's already the end of the day, perhaps you took part in some of the events and activities happening in your area.



In my field of work, Women's day is particularly important. The field of entertainment and film making have typically been considered as a male-oriented profession. While it is clear that this should not be the case as no physical or psychological impediments exist between the sexes, it is often noted that many more men take to working on a set.

Yes, there's a few popular names that break the mold. Just yesterday at the Oscars the best director award went to Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow. It is a big award mainly because she wasn't just up against men directors, she was up against her ex husband James Cameron who was nominated for Avatar. But even with that victory the field is still dominated 81-1 in terms of men to women in those high powered positions.



Then you get into the field of looks.. Or the pressures of society to look a certain way. Take this girl in China who, I guess because of the patriarchy feels like she is not beautiful unless she has a Hollywood demanded look.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese woman is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star.

Though let's face the facts, she's doing all this because her boyfriend liked Jessica Alba, or at least thought she was hot and she is going to go under major surgery to please her man.. Yeah, she's a fucking idiot. I don't care if society has pushed this idea on her.



I may like red hair but I'm not going to tell my girlfriend that she has to dye her hair or I'm dumping her. That's just fucking moronic. Besides, I like the way she looks already. I wouldn't be with her if I wasn't attracted to her. I don't get the mentality here - "He loves very attractive female actress, I must turn into that!" doesn't make sense. It's not like he's settling for you while hoping he lands that hollywood hottie.

And if someone is with you but isn't into what you look like, then why are you with them to begin with? Come on now, where's this Girl power? Self esteem powers activate!.... oh no. Somethings wrong. My powers... they are gone! Seriously, even though Audrey Hepburn is beautiful, it doesn't make you any less beautiful because you don't look like a carbon copy of her.



Though let's be honest here. If all the men on Earth were killed, you'll still see "Patriarchy" very much alive and well. Too often people associate patriarchy with "male", when it's the system specifically that should be targeted. The shortcomings of our civilization are a reflection of the shortcomings of people in general, not one particular gender.

While we are on the subject of being real here, let's talk about that glass ceiling. I used to think that the gender pay gap statistics were a useful measure of discrimination, but then I read a study about how women who run their own business pay themselves 2/3rds what men running businesses in identical stages of development do. From that moment on I had to really reconsider what I was believing and I started seriously considering evidence that most of the gender pay gap is due to men and women putting different weight on earning more money and it became convincing pretty quickly.



One study looked at people in the financial sector who were offered, as a promotion, either a 3% pay bump and a title change or a 5% pay bump. Then men overwhelmingly took the 5% raise and the women were split 50-50 on it.

It's obviously very difficult to say how much of the pay gap is caused by discrimination against women and how much is caused by a combination of women caring about money less and other factors. What are those other factors? How about women entering less lucrative fields like teaching and social working where the supply of people trying to get into said field means the demand for good pay is pretty low. The point I think is clear is that it's pretty ridiculous for people to yell out things like "79 cents on the dollar! Damn you patriarchy!!!" because most of it is ones person choice.


Would you look at that, 18 and unengaged! Well, let me tell you.. I'd engage her. Bazinga!

But even with taking that away, it doesn't mean that women and men at the work place are equal. The personal choices may be different but it shouldn't cause women to be treated as lesser people. I knew someone who told me that in the 70's at a job interview, she was asked to unbutton her shirt a little. She said she eagerly complied and was hired on the spot. During some Christmas shopping last year I saw some guy smacking female co-workers in the butt with wrapping paper.

While I wouldn't work at a library with an all-female staff, save for the small Chinese man tucked away on the 3rd floor in the Anime section, I can say I understand why that career choice is picked for those who do.



It's tough to be a female in our society over all. Even if I dispelled and disagree with the equal pay idea. Even in America, the land that should be full of equality and freedom, women endure a lot of hardships.

SCHOOL:

4 out of 5 students (81%) have experienced some form of sexual harassment during their school lives. (Hostile Hallways, American Association of University Women 1993).

In a study of 2,000 female students, 89% reported experiencing inappropriate sexual comments, gestures and looks; 83% were touched, grabbed or pinched; 40% reported these incidents occurred daily at school. (Secrets in Public: Sexual Harassment in Our Schools, Nan Stein, et al., Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College and NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1993).

A survey conducted by the AAUW (2002) on 2064 students in 8th through 11th grade:

* 83% of girls have been sexually harassed
* 79% of boys have been sexually harassed
* 38% of the students were harassed by teachers or school employees
* 36% of school employees or teachers were harassed by students
* 42% of school employees or teachers had been harassed by each other

In their recent study (2006) on sexual harassment at colleges and universities, the AAUW reported:

* 62% and of female college students and 61% of male college students report having been sexually harassed at their university.
* 66% of college students know someone who was harassed.
* 80% of reported sexual harassment is peer-to-peer
* 51% of male college students admit to sexually harassing someone in college, with 22% admitting to harassing someone often or occasionally.
* 31% of female college students admit to harassing someone in college.

Physical and emotional:

* 68% of female students felt very or somewhat upset by sexual harassment they experienced;
only 6% were not upset.
* 57% of female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling self-conscious or
embarrassed.
* 55% of female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling angry.
* 32% female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling afraid or scared.


51% of male college students admit to sexually harassing someone in college, with 22% admitting to harassing someone often or occasionally. (WHAT THE FRAKK)

Academics and achievement:

* 16% of female students who have been sexually harassed found it hard to study or pay attention
in class.
* 9% of female students dropped a course or skipped a class in response to sexual harassment.
* 27% of female students stay away from particular buildings or places on campus as a result of
sexual harassment.

A survey on stalking conducted by the National Institute of Justice on 223 colleges and universities:

* 13% of college women had been stalked and average of two months
* 3 out of 10 reported being injured physically or emotionally
* In 10.3% of incidents, the victim reported that the stalker forced or attempted sexual contact

This is suppose to be the time for education and it's pretty clear that you can't really focus when someone's giving you THE MALE GAZE! But you have to agree, girls are pretty.. isn't that right random article picture found online from the past

WORK:


Nearly half of the 832 working women in researcher Barbara Guteck's 1985 study said they had been harassed. None took any legal action. Only 22% told anybody about the harassment. (The 9to5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment, Ellen Bravo and Ellen Cassedy. New York : John Wiley and Sons, 1992).

A telephone poll by Louis Harris and Associates revealed:

* 31% of the female workers reported they had been harassed at
work
* 7% of the male workers reported they had been harassed at work
* 62% of targets took no action
* 100% of women reported the harasser was a man
* 59% of men reported the harasser was a woman
* 41% of men reported the harasser was another man

Of the women who had been harassed:

* 43% were harassed by a supervisor
* 27% were harassed by an employee senior to them
* 19% were harassed by a coworker at their level
* 8% were harassed by a junior employee

Women supervisors were 137% more likely to be harassed than females in non-supervisory positions.

Women are nine times more likely than men to quit jobs because of sexual harassment, five times more likely to transfer and three times more likely to lose jobs. (“Impact of Work Experiences Toward Sexual Harassment”, Allison M. Konrad and Barbara A. Gutek, in Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 31, September 1986).

Even factoring the big baby syndrome where even dirty jokes within earshot of women may count as sexual harassment to some people, it's till way too much in terms of numbers.


This just in: dames. theyre screwy

EVERYWHERE ELSE:

In a content analysis of 48 hours of prime time television programs, findings suggest that sexual harassment is prevalent within this medium. Overall, 84% of the shows studied contained at least one incident of sexual harassment or sexually offensive behavior, with an average of 3.4 incidents. In none of these programs was the behavior specifically labeled as sexual harassment. (“Prime Time Sexual Harassment”, Elizabeth Grauerholz and Amy King, in Violence Against Women, Vol 3, No 2, April 1997, Sage Periodicals Press).

100% of women report sexually harassed in public, on the street. (In one of the first street harassment studies, sociology professor Carol Gardner Brooks interviewed 293 women in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the late 1980s through early 1990s. The women were representative of the race, age, class, and sexual orientation of the general population in Indiana and the United States.)

Over 80 percent of the women had experienced male stranger harassment in public and those experiences had a large and detrimental impact on their perceived safety in public. (using a national sample of 12,300 Canadian women ages 18 and older from 1994, Ross Macmillan, Annette Nierobisz (2000))

She found that 90 percent of the 63 women she studied had been the target of offensive or sexually-suggestive remarks at least sometimes: 19 percent said every day, 43 percent said often, and 28 percent said sometimes. (Nielsen, 2000)

25 percent of women had experienced sexual harassment or “an indecent act” on public transportation. (A 2002 survey by the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women in Israel)

During the summer of 2003, members of the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team in Chicago surveyed 168 neighborhood girls ages 13 to 19 about street harassment and interviewed 134 more in focus groups. They published their findings in a report titled “Hey Cutie, Can I Get Your Digits?” Of their respondents, 86 percent had been catcalled on the street, 36 percent said men harassed them daily, and 60 percent said they felt unsafe walking in their neighborhoods.

In 2007, the Manhattan Borough President’s Office conducted an online questionnaire about sexual harassment on the New York City subway system with a total of 1,790 participants. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents identified as women. Of these women, 63 percent reported being sexually harassed and one-tenth said men had sexually assaulted them on the subway or at a subway station.

And no "She wore dat short skirt" is NOT an excuse or justification for this shit. It's pretty clear that people aren't on equal playing ground. Though, I'm not sure how I would feel if I was constantly told I looked cute or something. I mean, when I'm told I have a nice ass, it's actually an ego booster, but if I was told that day in and day out, I suppose it would get old and start to make me feel like I'm just some piece of meat. Let's face it.. you can objectify me all you want, ladies. And if it will get me a free drink at a bar in West Hollywood, you to, guys.



The ironic thing to all this is that any progress made in today's International Women's awareness is all for naught considering next weekend every white male in America will demean his girlfriend by demanding that she do something for "Steak and BJ day", on March 14th.. Though that's not really sexist. Other than the fact that it explicitly defines rituals to be undertaken, it's no different than a day for flowers and cunnilingus that's called by a different name.

Besides that, does anyone take Steak and BJ day seriously? I know it was a response to Valentine's day, which is in itself pretty patriarchal as it enforces gender roles, but I have never celebrated Steak and Blow Job day even though I love both Steaks and Blow Jobs. Maybe it's just that Steaks and Blow jobs should be an every day tradition. Wait, no. Not everyday. You don't want to suffer from high cholesterol and heart disease. So perhaps you should limit your red meat consumption to three times a week at most. The Blow Jobs, on the other hand (or mouth) should be practiced daily.

Diamonds In A Rough Place

Diamonds In A Rough Pace

If there's some good to come from this ecomomical down turn it's that terrible institutions are going belly up. I hate the diamond business. It's an over inflated market with the sole purpose of showing off how much your man spoils you. But thankfully it looks like times are a changin as Diamond sales on an all time low

Retailers are taking a big hit. Tiffany said Monday that its profit dropped more than 75 percent in the fourth quarter. Lynn Jewelers, a downtown Washington presence since 1946, closed its doors last month. Christian Bernard Jewelers, a national chain with several stores in the Washington area, has shut down, as well. They are among 1,000-plus jewelers across the country to go out of business in the past year.

In India, drought-ravaged villagers who found salvation in the diamond-polishing factories of Gujarat have been let go in recent weeks, and thousands are migrating home. And Botswana, which depends on diamonds for more than 30 percent of its economy, has put all four of the mines it operates with De Beers Group on furlough.

Jewelry "sales were down 10 to 20 percent last year -- I can't imagine they won't be again this year," said Dione Kenyon, president of the Jewelers Board of Trade, a credit-reporting agency for the industry. "I hear people say, 'Oh, things will [improve] and go back to the old days.' You don't go back to the old days -- there is a new order."

About 60 percent of diamonds cut and polished in the western Indian state of Gujarat are sold to the United States, and the region accounts for about 72 percent of the international processed-diamond industry.

Plants are being shuttered, and perhaps thousands of people are losing their jobs. The 50-year-old industry is in the midst of crisis after three decades of soaring business that provided work for about 1 million people, mostly poor migrants fleeing drought-ruined farms. They earned about $130 a month polishing diamonds, nearly four times what many made as farm laborers. The Indian media has recently reported a few suicides because of joblessness and debt.

"About half our business units have shut down, and many workers have either gone back to their villages or not returned from their vacation last October," said Champakbhai P. Vanani, president of the Surat Diamond Association. He said about 50 percent of the total workforce in the local diamond industry is now jobless, though officials said workers float between companies, making it difficult to give exact figures.

"Ours is a $15 billion industry," Vanani said. "But right now, only 15 percent of diamond cutting and polishing work is going on."

The diamond industry going bankrupt would be one of the best things to come out of this recession. Or, at the least, maybe we'll see less shit like this:


OH NO! My business model based on artificially low supply and artificially high demand entanglement with corrupt governments and exploitation of increasingly enfranchised people is failing why is this happening! Maybe you should ask for a fucking bail out you worthless piece of shit company.

But Javier, how will the diamond industry exist if not for the sole purpose that females demand males buy them expensive jewelery in exchange for sex and marriage? I'm sure the industry will adjust. Thankfully accordingly so that these shiny rocks are actually at their real value.


Someone's gonna suck dick tonight!

The diamond industry itself seeded that demand into our culture, The Story of the Diamond Ring is a fairly new addition to the whole wedding ceremony. Up until about 60 years ago, wedding bands were simply gold and no rock. So anyone who defends diamond rings as 'traditional' is an idiot.

I don't know what the best case scenario would be but fuck DeBeers forever. What pisses me off is that Debeers basically fooled the world into thinking diamonds weren't worthless. They'll still be Kabillionaires considering they pay their employees jack shit to nothing. With them going under it also means that Indians are going tobe starving.


Yeah.. they're not that ripped.

On the other hand, they were paid a pittance of the true value of their work so they were starving already. Fuck DeBeers. Now they can finally start bootstrapping themselves without the white man there to steal all their resources . Though I'm not sure how much good they are going to do on their own.

The benefit of all this I guess this means Cheaper Grillz.

The slowdown comes a year after De Beers invested $83 million in a cutting and polishing facility, an effort aimed at putting more people to work.

ha ha ha ha fuckers.



In the end, Diamonds are forever but the value of it is going to adjust. Much like beanie babies and comic books the real value of what these are worth comes out.

All I know is that when I eventually pop the question, I'm not going to be splurging on shiny rocks. Hell, I'll gladly wear my wedding band if it's a Green Lantern ring.

All The President's Women

All The President's Women

They say that behind every good man there's a better woman. I'm not sure if that's reverse sexism or not but I'll just roll with it. I mean, clearly Obama has a good right hand with Michelle, like every other President before him to keep them the man they are. But with that whole First Lady duty comes a lot of responsibilities. Being President of the free nation of ours is a stressful job. What if they aren't up for the task?

Well, it's nothing new. Through the course of time there has been the commander in chef that has looked elsewhere to get a little executive orders done. The faces and scandals behind them are known and history has indeed become the judge of their actions. Then again, we've more or less forgot all about them while we look for our new leader to screw up somehow.

So it's my honor to bring you this link and several images of all the Presidents Floozies. by artist Annie Kevans


Sally Cary Fairfax - Washington



Venus - Washington Doing slave girls like its 1799



Sally Hemings - Jefferson The Original Playa



Maria Cosway - Jefferson


Ellen Randolph - Van Buren
Has that Goth thing going. Very Noooice!


William Rufus DeVane King - Buchanan
Don't ask, Don't tell.


Lucia Gilbert Calhoun - Garfield


Maria Halpin - Grover Cleveland


Mary Allen Hulbert Peck - Wilson


Carrie Phillips - Warren G Harding


Nan Britton - Warren G Harding


Lucy Page Mercer - FDR Dorothy


Schiff - FDR


Princess Martha of Norway - FDR
Not bad for a cripple!


Kay Summersby - Eisenhower


Judith Exner - JFK The biggest Mack Daddy-in-Chief of them all!


Pam Turnure - JFK


Blaze Starr - JFK


Marilyn Monroe - JFK
Oh yeah you know he hit that


Ellen Romesch - JFK


Gunilla Von Post - JFK


Jill Cowan (Faddle)- JFK


Mariella Novotny - JFK


Priscilla Wear (Fiddle) - JFK


Annie Blanche Banks (Tempest Storm) - JFK


Leslie Devereaux - JFK
This fucking guy, seriously. You sure it wasn't an angry husband on the grassy hill?


Madeleine Brown - LBJ


Alice Glass - LBJ


Paula Jones - Bill Clinton


Monica Lewinsky - Bill Clinton
Somehow I'm in the mood for a cigar...

So while Bill Clinton may have been a major playa, all you playa haters out there can focus your attention on the first Playa



Yeah, that's right. You wont say anything bad about this guy cause, well, he didn't have it all that good. Let's see you get through the Cuban missile crisis without a staff of women on the side. Jackie O was hottie but we're talking about an all out doomsday situation.

In any case, Great work Annie. Your images are simple and yet very distinct.

Porn For Women

Porn For Women

It's Valentines Day.... Let's celebrate the death of a saint who kept marrying things even though he was told not to. Most of all, it's Christmas for women. At least that's what my friend told me when I let him know I had no plans for this day. He was surprised and told me I should "Go along with the program." and "Just get her roses or something."

I bet this is the same mentality that the Nazis used... Yes, that's right. I just said that. I'm not going to be a mindless follower, am I? So this is Christmas for women? Huh? I thought Christmas was only a month and a half ago. Then I asked what Easter was, besides my Birthday every couple of years. "Christmas for Kids", he replied.

So let me get this straight -Women can't wait more than two months to get Christmas II but kids can wait four months to get a second fill of getting freebies? Shit, Guys wait a whole seven months before they get Christmas II in the form of 4th of July and the ability to blow shit up.

Don't get me wrong. I'm planning on showing some sign of my affection to the special people in my life today. I'll just save the flowers for my Mother. I already spread around some Valentines crap (Jones Cola) to most of my friends of both genders. But I like to think that I've shown my feelings on days that aren't Feb 14th to make them feel Speshul. I'm really tempted to relax on Valentines day watching some really shitty Sci-fi movie laughing my ass off thinking of what last minute Birthday gift I should give my sister.

But for those Women who do want this to be Christmas II: Electric Boogaloo, I have to wonder if this book about what is Porn for women has any truth to it.


I bet this is making all you women gush. So much that the person nearest to you is saying "I'll have what she's having!" Or... maybe not.



At least they aren't marked up $20 bucks like they are today.



Pro tip: Don't get into a relationship with a retard who can't use google map.



What next? He's going to sit down to pee? PUUUUSSSSSSSSY!



Stupid book. Football season already ended like two weeks ago.


So this made me wonder what would be the equivalent of terribly exaggerated stereotype in what men would consider porn.



So... where's the dipstick to check the fluids? Ba-da-doom!



Yup. Seems about right

See, I'm even too lazy and apathatic to even continue this mocking tone towards Valentines day. I really can't think of anything else. I mean, why not just come right out with it.. Porn for guys usually doesn't need an oil change and certainly doesn't have anything to do with putting the toilet seat down. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with just busting these out...





HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

(god, I'm never getting laid again, I know)