"Does CA Need a Commission on the Status of Women? "

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-06-04 21:53

Article here. Excerpt:

'In 2009 women are clearly full contributors to society. Ms.Wiberg, even, acknowledged substantial progress since 1965, noting that more than half of law students are now women. Would there ever come a time, however, when the Commission itself might be unnecessary?

“I would like to hope that at some time there would not be a need for this commission,” Ms. Wiberg said. Alas, that would not be any time soon because there is still a need to see issues “through a gender lens,” and the Commission, in her view, serves “a valuable function.”

To adapt a feminist slogan, California needs a Commission on the Status of Women like a fish needs a bicycle. I fail to understand how it’s a valuable function to portray women as a caste of permanent victims and essentially helpless without a government bureaucracy to speak for them. I don’t see much value in linking women’s achievements to the helping hand of Big Brother. Further, I know from experience that the kind of government health care the Commission wants will not help women.'

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"I know from experience that the kind of government health care the Commission wants will not help women."

she just means "it will not help women more than men [so it is unnecessary]"

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2009-06-05 03:51

"Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
Please "ELIMINATE" the misandrist, feminist pork in the California budget known as the California Commission on the Status of Women. Men have equal or greater oppressions in their lives, yet no comparable attention is paid to their oppressions by California government. The CA Commission on the Status of Women is responsible for many corrupt CA laws that discriminate against males and make them 2nd class citizens. The CA Commission on the Status of Women is truly taxation without representation of men's issues. It is time to end this Stalinist Evil Empire know as the CA Commission on the Status of Women."

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Submitted by MR on Fri, 2009-06-05 12:44