Second-Class Citizens

Even if it boasts so, Kuwait is not a real democracy. For many reasons, but the most evident one is the fact that almost half of the population cannot vote merely because they have a reproductive organ. Why? isn't that where all humanity comes from? It is a sad sad state that we are in. When a man who dropped out of school at 16 and cannot read with a criminal record can vote, while a woman with a PhD can't. What level of extremist sexism have we reached? I am appalled at anyone that has power and makes woman second-class citizens. Keep your feminism soaring still, we need you. Read on...


in 2003:

-at least 4 million women and girls were sold into sexual slavery each year;
-two-thirds of the world's 875 million illiterate adults were women;
-510,000 women die each year from pregnancy-related complications;
-women are four times more vulnerable than men and 1.3 million die each year as a result of HIV/AIDS;
-an estimated 25 to 30 percent of all women experience domestic violence; and
-130 million women were victims of female genital mutilation.


Music: Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera