Tennessee high school newspaper seized
Monday, November 28, 2005; Posted: 9:18 a.m. EST (14:18 GMT)
Copies of a high school's student newspaper were seized by administrators because the edition contained stories about birth control
The Oak Leaf's birth control article listed success rates for different methods and said contraceptives were available from doctors
cnn.com
This country is getting nuttier by the minute. Any thoughts as to why?
I can't believe this country is still arguing about birth control and abortion rights - fringe cases are taking control of this country. Most people my age would prefer if the BabyBoomer-controlled-Congress could kindly move on to the next top for women's rights (rather than being stuck in the 60s and 50s) - which is their right to have children and work without abandoning them - something that really rubs Gen X and Gen Ys. The bottom-line is, Congressional men need to keep their noses out of restricting women's rights, and instead focus on supporting those rights.
Many people are hoping the Walmart class-action lawsuit goes thru (what's the status of it?), so that corporations can be empowered to make effective pro-women changes that they currently feel they cannot do without the backing of the law. Corporations aren't easily empowered to make the corporate environment effective for women, when they've got society working against them on it, so the Walmart case (which really represents how bad society is with respect to women, not how bad Walmart is - Walmart simply has the misfortune of hiring hundreds of thousands of people that reflect society, not Walmart), so it would be the impetus for some truly wonderful changes they and others could make - it basically would empower corporations to make useful changes (such like some countries have) and allow corporations to go forward with more advanced corporate environment that society may struggle with in thier biase against women. As you know, Americans do not accept voting for a female Presidents, unlike more advanced countries on this particular issue. Time for the law to help corporations make a change that ultimately will help influence society in a better direction.
Right now, Google is interviewing all the women engineers that have graduated since the 80s and asking them how to create a corporate environment that enables their participation. Bottom-line is, Google isn't going to be effective in making those changes, unless it has the support (possibly by law) of society because its workforce comes from society. Generally speaking, the top can't make a change, when other layers are stuck in the mud (or when the top doesn't have the vision on how to make the change.) |
