A dating show redeems itself...

[soundsoft_elvy]

I really think these dating shows are amusing to watch because all of these people are SO predicatble. In any case, the 5th Wheel was on tonight and the two guys are COMPLETE dipshits. So when the 5th wheel comes along (female, by the way)...she took the two other gals and they all DITCHED the men when it came to the final picks! It was GREAT! For

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[redshoeson]

Totally off topic, but I thought this might interest you. I was reading this article for my Women, Culture and Development class, and this segment reminded me of back when you were way into Xenogears (Billy!!). It has to do with religion and women. The full article can be found here: Women's Health in a Sick World".

Gender Discrimination and Institutionalized Religion

One of the most powerful forces to perpetuate women’s subordination - a root cause of poor health - is institutionalized religion. By sanctioning patriarchal authority and encouraging reconciliation in cases of domestic violence, many religious doctrines expose women to rape and battery.

Because of its prominent role in policy-making around the world, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church has a particularly damaging impact on women’s health. Violations of women’s right to reproductive and sexual health stem directly from Church dogma, which denies women the right to make choices about their sexuality and fertility. When women are unable to control the number and spacing of their children, they are often prevented from exercising other basic human rights, such as the rights to employment, education and self-determination.

The impact of the Church’s views extends even beyond its one billion members. The Holy See (the government of the Catholic Church) is the only religious entity that has non-member state permanent observer status at the United Nations. In contrast to all other religions, the Holy See has active participatory and special voting privileges at UN conferences and meetings. This status gives the Church leadership enormous leverage in shaping international human rights standards, international law and public policies that have a tremendous impact on people around the world, especially women.

The Holy See works hard to influence reproductive health policies: At the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women, the Church lobbied against advances made in women’s control of their sexuality and fertility; in 1999, it blocked efforts to include emergency contraception in international policy guidelines; and later that year, the Holy See attacked the UN Foundation for Population Activities for distributing emergency contraception to Kosovar refugees who had been raped. The Holy See regularly makes alliances with governments such as the United States, Pakistan, Nicaragua and Sudan and that seek to deny women their sexual and reproductive rights...

It goes on, but I didn't want to spam ya too much.