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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yep, and modern day Islam is all about terrorism. Way to take an extreme point of view and label and entire progressive movement with it. The only thing you just proved is your own ignorance.
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How about the wage and corporate hierarchy discrepancies between men and women?
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Wage gap? Maybe 20 years ago - again, feminists have done great work here and got equal pay legislated. Here's a link to something a bit more current than looking at 50 year olds when discrimination was rampant and claiming that there is a wage gap:
http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...ml#ixzz0yNZTU4
Corporate Hierarchy? Yup, again, 20 years ago. Things take time to trickle down. There are no "glass ceilings" in today's corporate world, and as more qualified women move through the ranks (as again, men have a 50 year head start on them), you will see the numbers naturally equalize.
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Ever notice the massive discrepancies between the amount of male and female elected representatives?
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Are there any barriers to women entering politics? Nope. It's not society's fault that so far, they've produced politicians like Sarah Palin and Barbara Higgins. There's increasing numbers of female leaders all over the world. This is another thing where there is no longer an inequality, yet it does take time for policies to filter through the system.
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Domestic violence, pro-choice, rape, etc. are all issues that are addressed by "modern feminism." But you're right, none of those issues have any relevance in North America.
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Domestic violence and rape are both issues that are addressed by the courts. If Canada or the USA do not recognize domestic violence or rape as crimes (as is the case in other parts of the world), then I would say that it is a feminist issue. However, it is not.
Pro-choice - you know what? I will concede this to you. This is one area that I guess feminists should still fight for because there are legislated imbalances that I did not think of.