Global human rights advocates condemn 'war on women' first-world problems

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2014-06-04 22:45

Article here. Excerpt:

'Abortion-on-demand, free birth control, the word “bossy” — these are things American so-called feminists regard as the civil rights movement of our time. But if you step back from the world of outrage, get some perspective and see what women in other parts of the world face, you’ll see that those issues are more like first-world problems.

Manda Zand Ervin, an Iranian political refugee who founded the Alliance of Iranian Women, said she was “ashamed” of what women in America complain about when there are such greater risks to women in other countries.

“I mean, when I sit here and watch television and a bunch of women are screaming and yelling in front of the Supreme Court for free birth control pills - $9 a month - I feel ashamed,” Zand Ervin told the Washington Examiner. “I'm so embarrassed.”'

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If you are a "first worlder", every time you feel you have a complaint of some kind, watch this video for some perspective.

Also, I don't know why this Iranian woman ought to feel embarrassed. Not just women in places like Iran but everyone in those countries who are not in powerful positions have to live in fear of transgressing this or that sumptuary law derived from a religious canon they may or may not truly concur with. Annoyed, yes. That I get. But embarrassed? No. I'd be embarrassed to be keeping company with such shallow entitled feminist-pillow-princesses perhaps, but not embarrassed regarding my own desire to see people in my home country released from the tyranny that predictably arises when the state and a religious denomination get mixed.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2014-06-06 03:52