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Tomorrow, California will vote on a bill that would require crisis pregnancy centers to tell women the truth about their reproductive health options. One politician asked why a lawmaker cared so much about the bill, and her response is PERFECT.

DAESH (ISIS/ISIL) kills Muslims in the second holiest city in the Muslim faith at the end of Ramadan, the holiest month, near Eid, a holy day, and people still think DAESH represents all Muslims?

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This picture is in time with the average heart rate. What you’re hearing is the sound of your blood pumping, which you aren’t normally aware of. This picture tricks your mind into making yourself aware of your heart rate, so you hear it.

Ongoing actions require ongoing consent

Driving a car may mean that you get into an accident, but it does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing medical condition because you chose to drive a car knowing what could happen.

Smoking a pack a day for decades may mean that you get lung cancer, but it does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing medical condition because you chose to smoke knowing what could happen.

Going outside may mean that you have a piano fall on you, but that does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing injuries simply because you chose to go outside knowing what could happen.

Having sex may mean that you are impregnated, but that does not mean that you should be denied an abortion for your ongoing medical condition (and yes, it is a medical condition) because you chose to have sex knowing what could happen.

Actions have potential consequences, but if those consequences are ongoing, one does not have to suffer them regardless of how they got in the situation because ongoing actions require ongoing consent. There are literally no other cases where we expect people to suffer terminable medical conditions because of how they got themselves into the situation. We do not ever punish people with forced medical conditions for any reason. We treat people when they want to be treated, regardless of why they’re in need. -V

Ok but wage gaps are real???? Like at least in Canada they are. Females make 70 cents for every dollar a male makes for the same job. Like that person is poorly educated. I've done my research.

I saw this summed up really well one time by @fandomsandfeminism:Let’s talk about the wage gap, and PAY GAPS.

People often fail to appreciate the difference between pay gaps and wage gaps. You are asking for specific examples of wage gaps, but pay gaps are often an even bigger problem.

Wage gaps, where people’s actual SALARIES for equal work show a disparity, (which is what you are looking for examples of) can and do still happen, of course, we know that they do, but pay gaps are even more insidious. In 2010 the median income of Full time Year Round workers was $42,800 for men, compared to $34,700 for women. The reasons for this are varied, and when you factor in race, disability, trans identity, and sexual orientation the numbers can become even more startling.

For example: A study by sociologists Shelley Correll, Stephan Benard, and In Paik found that, when comparing equally qualified women job candidates, women who were mothers were recommended for significantly lower starting salaries, perceived as less competent, and less likely to be recommended for hire than non-mothers.  The effects for fathers in the study were the opposite: fathers were actually recommended for significantly higher pay and were perceived as more committed to their jobs than non-fathers.[source] [source]

But just looking at gender, even ignoring employers that do break the law and pay their female employees less (and yes, you can TRY to bring that to court and pay all those court fees. Never mind that not all women have the resources to DO THAT), there are many other factors that come into play: Women have less success in gaining promotions than their male counter parts (and other Glass Ceiling effects), women are dissuaded from higher paying fields (such as STEM fields) through institutional hostility, women are expected to take unpaid maternity leave for child care when men are not (regardless of whether or not they will), women are less successful at salary negotiations and are sometimes even penalized by employers for trying at MUCH higher rates than men, work that is traditionally female dominated being undervalued on a cultural level (women might be cooks, but not chefs; nurses, not doctors; etc.) and a myriad of others.

We know, for example, women need an additional degree in order to make as much as men with a lower degree over the course of a lifetime. A woman would need a doctoral degree, for instance, to earn the same as a man with a bachelor’s degree, and a man with a high school education would earn approximately the same amount as a woman with a bachelor’s degree.

The fact is that women, on average, DO make less than men, and the issue isn’t always direct illegal wage imbalance. The issues are often far more wide reaching and speak to a cultural misogyny that has to be confronted beyond just legislation.

This is a really good article to read for more information:Explaining the Wage Gap“-V

Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you. Read it over. Again. Let those words resonate in your mind.

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