X-Message-Number: 28167 From: "Beth Bailey" <> Subject: "Remember the Ladies," a reply to Mr. Eivind Berge Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:57:29 -0400 Eivind Berge wrote: "Clearly you're a thoroughly politically-corrected person. Yes, I can name names, like Andrea Dworkin, Catharine MacKinnon, Valerie Solanas with her S.C.U.M. Manifesto, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer. The so-called patriarchy isn't worth much when everyone in power is in thrall to radical feminist ideology. The police are now little more than a special interest group for the feminists; the justice system has been corrupted to where any man can be convicted for "rape" or any manner of "abuse" simply on the uncorroborated testimony of any woman or child, all of it based on appallingly misandristic definitions of what these supposed crimes consist of. And of course the workplace, academia and the rest of society is now a hostile environment towards men thanks to the "sexual harassment" industry, affirmative action, and the constant demonization of males in the media. This is not patriarchy in any meaningful sense even if mostly men technically rule. However, fortunately there is a growing antifeminist movement, and I believe we will turn the tide before long. Check out my favorite men's rights activist, Angry Harry: www.angryharry.com Be sure to read his articles at the bottom of the page." Beth Bailey replies: Dear Mr. Berge, In 1776, when the Second Continental Congress was drafting the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams: "Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. . . . Emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining absolute power over Wives. . . . . If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation." Please be aware that women's rights are human rights. I am going to boldly predict that any society that treats women unjustly will not prosper in the modern world. For example, in the Middle East, where women are sentenced to death by stoning for a variety of infractions, the following sentiments were expressed: "Being improperly veiled and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her". "Crimes such as mal-veiling or other prohibited acts, which happen before the eyes of a law enforcement agent, are evident crimes and must be dealt with in accordance with the law." http://answering-islam.org.uk/Authors/Arlandson/women_top_ten.htm As you might imagine, signups at the Iranian Institute for Cryonics are pretty scarce. If you want to guarantee that progress in medicine, technology, life-extension and cryonics is halted, please make sure that your antifeminist movement grows and spreads like wildfire, stamping out individual rights and freedoms wherever they may take root. Ps. You may be interested in the following women and their inventions: (from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/women.shtml ) 1.. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was a US naval officer and mathematician. In 1952, she invented the computer compiler. 2.. Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle is a chemist who invented new methods of X-ray Crystallography. She used electron diffraction and then x-ray diffraction to study the structure of molecules. Her three-dimensional modeling process enabled her to identify the structures of hundreds of complex molecules. 3.. Stephanie Louise Kwolek is a chemist who discovered kevlar, a polymer that is five times stronger than the same weight of steel. Kevlar is used in bullet-proof vests, helmets, trampolines, tennis rackets, and other common objects. 4.. In 1959, Dr. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow and Dr. Solomon A. Berson were co-inventors of the radioimmunoassay. Radio-immunoassay is a method of chemically analyzing human blood and tissue. The test is used to diagnose illness, such as diabetes, using only a small sample of blood or tissue. Kind regards, Beth Bailey Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28167