With liberty and justice for… some. The United States is the only developed nation that has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This international bill of rights for women has been around since 1980 and acknowledges that gender equality does not yet exist. CEDAW’s agenda includes ...
Two big changes regarding transgender rights have been proposed this week. One would legally recognize transgendered citizens as a third gender, and one would refuse to recognize a sex change. Let’s see if you can guess which law was proposed in the US and which in Pakistan. If you guessed that Pakistan proposed recognizing a ...
Divorce and the rights of women to property and even remarriage don’t exist in Malta. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is urging that this be changed. Specifically they want “to introduce and support vigorously legislation which permits divorce, allows women to remarry after divorce and grants women and men the ...
Happy International Women’s Day! As we move forward into the wonderful future before us, take some time to remember the women who helped us get where we are today. (History is never entirely accurate. How many errors can you spot?) Contact the author here: editors@morningquickie.com
Facebook has finally caught up with the rest of the world by allowing “civil union” and “domestic partnership” to be a person’s relationship status. These are legal terms used to describe certain marriage-like contracts that are not actually “marriage”. In most of the world civil unions are reserved for same-sex couples, but in places like ...
Women were never intended to be protected under the Constitution, said Justice Scalia in an interview with California Lawyer. He said the document allows for discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation. That’s right — according to him it is perfectly legal to say “No, I won’t hire you because your breasts will ...
In Afghanistan it is so important that families have at least one boy that they often will disguise a daughter as a son. Reasons for this include better access to education, allowing the “boy” outside the home to work or take more part in community life, and giving some kudos to the family for having ...
When I explained to a friend of mine that this website is a feminist site he was shocked. He just didn’t believe me. What was he expecting? Anti-man diatribes? Militant lesbians? Kill the patriarchy messages? Feminism has changed and evolved over the years and it’s not what a lot of people expect it to be. ...
Money, romance, independence, and the rights of women are central to this Victorian-style novel, The Second Mrs. Darcy. It catches the reader’s attention immediately by proclaiming to a newly widowed young woman that “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a ...
Break out the rainbow confetti! A California judge has struck down Proposition 8 has being unconstitutional. However this is just one more step on the way to the final decision of the Supreme Court. Today District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage is unconstitutional. His ruling reads: Proposition 8 fails ...
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Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...
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Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...
