Trump Supporters Latest Pitch? "Repeal the 19th Amendment"

Some diehard Trump supporters are taking to Twitter to support the repeal of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, the one that gave women the right to vote.

Their reasoning that, without women at the polls, Trump, instead of trailing Hillary Clinton would be sailing to a smashing victory on November 8th by a 350 to 188 electoral vote margin.

If only women could vote the tables would be turned by an even larger margin of 458 to 80 electoral votes.

Hmmm, I wonder how much larger Trump's margins would be if only he was able to repeal the 13th amendment too, the one that abolishes slavery.

Ah, those were the days, right Donald?

For Women, The Worst Countries On Earth

There are plenty of countries where it's no blessing to be born female but there are some where it's bloody awful.

The worst, the very worst country is - why it's our own rescued state, freshly-liberated Afghanistan.   Afghanistan is followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia.

The appearance of India, a country rapidly developing into an economic super-power, was unexpected. It is ranked as extremely hazardous because of the subcontinent's high level of female infanticide and sex trafficking.
Others were less surprised to be on the list. Informed about her country's inclusion, Somalia's women's minister, Maryan Qasim, responded:   "I thought Somalia would be first on the list, not fifth.  "

The survey has been compiled by the Thomson Reuters Foundation to mark the launch of a website, TrustLawWoman, aimed at providing free legal advice for women's groups around the world.

High maternal mortality rates, limited access to doctors and a   "near total lack of economic rights  " render Afghanistan such a threat to its female inhabitants.

"Continuing conflict, Nato airstrikes and cultural practices combine to make Afghanistan a very dangerous place for women,  " said Antonella Notari, head of Women Change Makers, a group that supports women social entrepreneurs around the world.

No word yet on Canada's standing but, then again, our Ayatollah and his Mullahs are still unpacking their majority tools.

Madam Minister for Big Hair Puts All You Feminists In Your Place. Now Go Make Steve a Sandwich!

Stephen Harper knows what Canadian women want and who better to say so than Minister for Big Hair and Small Minds, Rona Ambrose?

According to Rompin' Rona, Canadian women don't care about all this abortion nonsense. They want tough law'n odour to keep them safe and happy. Forget about women's rights, or reproductive choice or any of that loony leftie business. Women don't care about that when they can have more of the "crime & punishment" stuff. From TorStar:

“Our government has done more than any other government in the history of this country to keep women safe,” says Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose, who is also in charge of the status of women in the Harper government.

“We have introduced new laws to make sure that we keep rapists and murderers off the street and to make sure that we protect children from sexual predators. That is what women want.”

There you go, see? You really didn't understand what you actually wanted. You were just a bit confused, worked up. By the way we've got this really charming house for you just up the road in a place called Stepford.

You've Come a Long Way Baby. Why So Glum?

I try to stay out of women's issues but I found an interesting column by Judith Warner in today's New York Times about claims that, despite the progress women have made over the past four decades, they're less happy today than they were in the early 70's.

There appears to be a raging argument over whether success has made women less happy. My question is, "compared to what?"

How many of us are happier today than we were in the early 1970's? My guess is that, unless you were lying in a heap at Kent State or suited up in combat fatigues in Vietnam, chances are you were considerably happier back then.

For starters, life was simpler. Global warming meant Fort Lauderdale for spring break. There weren't really many existential crises other than the prospect of nuclear Armaggedon. We weren't as sensitized to issues like inequality nor as desensitized to horror and carnage and mass mayhem. We actually believed tomorrow would bring a better day and that our children would have better lives than we did.

Come to think of it, I think I'd rather be back in 1970.