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Happy Saturday Everyone!! I HOPE it is a beautiful day wherever you are. 

Sometimes on Saturdays I post something wonderful about women and what they’re doing in this world to bring about good change. This is a write that I found on Think Progress which isn’t in that vein. However, the write is about congressman Tom Cotton. Is he promoting women? Oh, yes he is…in his own way. He somehow thinks that “A woman’s hope in life, is being a good wife and mother.” He claims that he has been asking women two questions and that is the answer to one of them.

Here’s the write, and it gets even better:

Congressman Tom Cotton in 1997: A Woman’s ‘Deepest Hope In Life’ Is ‘Being a Good Wife And Mother’

A woman’s “greatest fear in life” is losing a man’s support, and they desire nothing more than to marry “a man who worships me and whom I worship.” At least, that’s what Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in 1997 in a column published by the Harvard Crimson:

I have been asking women two questions. My first question was “What is your greatest fear in life?” Uniformity characterized the responses. (Yes, these are actual responses from Cliffies; I did not fabricate them.) “Watching my husband walk out on me.” “Losing my lover.” “Getting a divorce.”

My second question was very similar: “What is your deepest hope in life?” Again, the responses were uniform. “Finding and holding onto the love of my life.” “Being a good wife and mother.” “Marrying a man who worships me and whom I worship.”

Really?

My sample is admittedly small and perhaps unrepresentative. If it is representative-I tend to think it is-then maybe men can unlock the secret to a woman’s heart and soul.

“Cliffies” in this context refers to Radcliffe College, an elite women’s college that began to merge with Harvard in the 1960s. So Cotton is claiming that women at one of the the most famous and selective universities in the world live in terror of someday finding themselves without a man.

The remainder of his column envisions a struggle between Christian right groups like the Promise Keepers, a men’s organization that rose to prominence in the 1990s, and “feminists,” who he criticizes for wanting the right to seek a divorce. As an alternative to this scourge of couples who have the legal right to end unhappy marriages, Cotton points to so-called “covenant marriage.”

Covenant marriage is an arrangement, originally proposed by former Louisiana state Rep. Tony Perkins (R), that allows couples to effectively sign away their right to a no-fault divorce. Couples who sign up for this relationship, Cotton explains, “can divorce only with fault, defined as abandonment, physical abuse, adultery or conviction of a capital crime.” So a couple that is merely miserable together must remain married. Forever.

In the sixteen years since Cotton wrote his column, covenant marriage hasn’t exactly taken off. Just three states, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona, have some form of covenant marriage law. In Perkins’ home state of Louisiana, fewer than 5 percent of couples opt for a covenant marriage. (Perkins now leads the Family Research Council, a conservative advocacy group which believes that gay people harm “society at large” and that unmarried people should be punished if they have sex.)

Yet, despite covenant marriage’s failure to thrive, Cotton viewed such efforts to force couples to remain together as America’s great hope. “Few men,” he wrote in 1997, see the danger presented by divorce — and “women are quite lucky to hook” one of these men. Ultimately, Cotton concluded, women must “defend these men against feminism.”

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Readers: Ok – Well,  I think that being a “good wife and mother” is a good thing. I mean who wants to be a “bad wife or mother?” But is it a woman’s “deepest hope in life?” Perhaps for some and no judgement if it is for any of you women out there. But I wouldn’t say for all.  I mean, look at me, I decided not to have children, So it is certainly not my “deepest hope.”

However, I was married and while I was married,  I did want to be a good wife, in whatever the definition of “being a good wife” meant to me and my husband at the time  - but was it my “deepest hope” to be a good wife? My deepest desire? No, not for me. Again, no judgement, if it is or was your “deepest hope.” I just don’t think that we can make such a blanket statement about a woman as Cotton has.

And, like the writer of this write, I question too Cotton’s “research” claiming “…that women at one of the the most famous and selective universities in the world live in terror of someday finding themselves without a man.” I don’t buy it.

Oh…I am out of time. There is plenty more to say here so I will leave it up to you. Thoughts?  Blog me.

Peace & Love…

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Once “again”, the victim is blamed.

Prison Attorneys Claim 14-Year-Old Inmate Wanted To Get Raped By Her 40-Year-Old Prison Guard

A Louisiana parish is trying to get out of paying a 14-year-old who was repeatedly raped by her prison guard, with lawyers arguing last week that the girl wanted the sex.

The guard, Angelo Vickers, is serving a 7-year sentence after pleading guilty to molestation of a juvenile. The woman, known anonymously as Mary Doe, is now an emotionally traumatized 20-year-old. Mary Doe sued the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government as well as her attacker, alleging the parish officials should have protected her from Vickers.

Rather than assume liability or try to shift the scrutiny solely on the guard, the parish’s defense strategy is simply to blame the victim. Court papers claim, “Vickers could not have engaged in sexual relations within the walls of the detention center with [the victim] without cooperation from her. Vickers did not use force, violence or intimidation when engaging in sexual relations.”

“These girls in the detention center are not Little Miss Muffin,” one official told the Tri-Parish Times.

Of course, the defense is flagrantly at odds with Louisiana law, which states no one under 17 years old can consent to sex. Moreover, the obvious power a guard wields over a prisoner makes any sexual relationship suspect, even without proof of physical force or overt threats.

The Terrebonne juvenile prison was exposed by a Department of Justice investigation in 2010 for arbitrarily putting children in isolation cells and leaving guards unsupervised. Several staffers were fired and even indicted for exchanging candy, fruit, time on the telephone, and other favors in return for sex with the underage inmates.

Still, prison employees all over the country often get away with rape, and few actually serve time. One Department of Justice study found that only 56 percent of staffers who were clearly caught sexually abusing inmates were referred for prosecution, while many are released on low bonds or given negligible sentences on the grounds that their victims were in prison.

More than 1,700 boys and girls reported being sexually assaulted, but the number is likely much higher given inmates’ reluctance to report rape. Prison guards usually begin their abuse by sharing personal stories and giving young inmates gifts to create a semblance of intimacy, according to another DOJ survey.

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A write from Think Progress:

Student Debt Holds Women Back From Big Purchases More Than Men

BY BRYCE COVERT ON AUGUST 7, 2013 AT 3:38 PM

CREDIT: Wall Street Journal

A new report has evidence that women with student debt hold back on consumption more than men: For every $200 more in monthly student loan payments a woman has to make, she is 4 percent more likely to delay buying a home, according to survey results of 2,616 people by NerdWallet and economics professor Ben Ho. A man in the same situation is only 1.4 percent more likely to put it off.

The analysis controlled for factors such as the amount of consumer debt respondents held, their levels of financial literacy and financial management, their aversion to debt, and others. In fact, men and women surveyed were equally financially literate. But while higher levels of education about finances didn’t impact men’s plans to buy houses, more literacy made women more hesitant.

Other research has found that overall student debt is holding recent graduates back from buying homes. The number of people under 40 who own homes fell by 4.6 percent at the end of last year, the largest drop since 1982. Beyond having less free income to spend on housing when graduates are paying back loans, they are also unlikely to be able to qualify for a mortgage.

But the burden may weigh even more heavily on women thanks to the gender wage gap. Even though men and women fresh out of college would appear to be incredibly similar in the eyes of an employer — they’re similarly educated, single, childless, lacking in work experience, and interested in working full-time — female graduates make $7,622 less than male ones on average. This holds true even when correcting for a number of factors, such as where they went to school, the grades they earned, and the number of hours they work.

And that gap holds true no matter how well educated women become. For every degree a woman earns, a man with the same degree will earn more. A man with a business degree will earn $1,417 than a woman with the same qualification, for example.

Women may not be able to factor in buying a house when they’re paying back student loans while making less than their male peers.

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Howie: What a delightful surprise to see you here. You’ve been missed. Welcome back! I HOPE you’ll not get bored by the banter and instead stick around for awhile and share what’s on your mind. As they say…curious minds want to know…soo…wha’at’s up?

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Race and Beyond: It’s Time to Go ‘All In’

Jonadad Luque reads to his daughter, Jarlin, 5, in their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

By Sam Fulwood III | July 30, 2013

Last week my Progress 2050 colleagues and I high-fived, hugged, and cheered among ourselves upon the release of our new book, All-In Nation. We were justifiably proud because the book, a joint project between the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink, represents tangible evidence of a hopeful vision of our nation—a nation that values the contributions of a diverse group of people who share common ideals.

A book is the greater sum of its component stories, characters, and plotlines. Like life itself, a book is the imperfect product of collaboration and compromise. Nobody writes or publishes a book under their singular power or in isolation from the team of contributors, and the stories contained in a book live on, well after the writers, photographers, editors, and others who gave it life have faded from memory.

Similarly, think of our country as a book, one that is being written by everyone who lives in this country. Each of us goes about life in unique ways, but being American connects us in ways that we often ignore and take for granted. Most of us are immigrants to this land, either by choice or by force, with a common desire to make a better future for our children and ourselves. We are all individuals, yet the pages and chapters of our shared experiences as Americans bind us to one another.

Still, not every American’s story is hopeful. Vast inequalities threaten to rip asunder the fabric of our national identity. As PolicyLink Founder and CEO Angela Glover Blackwell and CAP President Neera Tanden write in the preface to All-In Nation:

Yet too many people of color are being left out and left behind. Longstanding inequities have resulted in significant gaps in education, employment, health, and wealth among the fastest-growing population groups—the very communities the nation depends on to provide the workforce, innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders of tomorrow. For instance, from 2007 to 2010 black family wealth fell 31 percent, while Hispanic family wealth fell 44 percent. By contrast, white families only lost
 11 percent of their wealth over this period. These disproportionate drops exacerbated pre-existing disparities. Whereas before the recession, nonwhite families were a quarter as wealthy as white families, by 2010 they were only one-sixth as wealthy. Closing these gaps, improving the life chances for all to reach their full potential, is good for both those lagging behind and for the entire nation.

At some point in the next generation, maybe even sooner, demographic forces already let loose in our country will literally transform the face of our nation, as our population becomes a richer and thicker mélange of races, ethnicities, and identities. By 2043 the United States will no longer have a single racial majority among its varied peoples, according to the Census Bureau. Nothing can forestall this inevitable and irreversible course.

Less clear, however, are the critical choices that we must make as we confront this oncoming trend. The options are stark. We can blithely ignore the reality, pretending nothing has changed, and allow our ignorance to guide how Americans will live, work, and struggle against themselves, trying vainly and at great expense to preserve a way of living that no longer coexists with modern-day realities. Or we can embrace change and make the emerging interplay of people and perspectives a welcomed advantage. Indeed, that’s the story of an America that created itself and refreshed its vitality with immigrants and a melting-pot culture. That history presents itself once again and is the idea behind All-In Nation.

Demographic change is not by definition a negative experience. It won’t be, if we choose not to make it so. In one of the book’s essays, Lawrence Summers makes clear that our polarized politics undermine a shared commitment to allow every future American the opportunity to succeed. He writes:

Inequality has widened and the middle class has withered, parents’ earnings and educational attainment increasingly dictate their children’s life prospects, placing children from less privileged backgrounds at an enormous disadvantage.

But such a dire national fate is a choice—one that is not preordained and does not have to continue. We have the opportunity to write the coming chapters of the American story with a hopeful and promising plot. As our nation becomes increasingly multicultural, our emerging heroes must be a reflection of the characters who want to change the nation for the better, not return us to a past that actually never existed.

The case at the heart of All-In Nation is that the United States becomes stronger socially and economically when we put all of our people’s interests at the forefront of our national agenda. Diversity is an asset, and the changing demography of our nation is an opportunity to make our union stronger. This is an optimistic vision of our nation—a storyline that must prevail and include all of our peoples.

Sam Fulwood III is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Director of the CAP Leadership Institute. His work with the Center’s Progress 2050 project examines the impact of policies on the nation when there will be no clear racial or ethnic majority by the year 2050.

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This is awesome. I dislike mosquitos – who doesn’t? And although the little critters don’t affect my personal life in a big way, for many it does – every minute a child dies of malaria. Now there is a solution. It is a nontoxic little patch call “Kite” and when it is applied to your clothing, it makes the wearer invisible to mosquitos and will repel mosquitos for up to 48 hours.

Here’s something from the latest media coverage:

August 6th, 2013
By Robin Wilkey, Huffington Post

When it comes to dealing with mosquitos, one generally has two options: drench yourself in potentially harmful(and often ineffective) repellant or suck it up.

But California-based start-up Olfactor Laboratories has developed a sticker that the company claims can make wearers virtually invisible to mosquitos.

Dubbed the Kite Patch, the sticker reportedly uses nontoxic materials to block mosquitos from detecting the carbon dioxide omitted in our breath –- the means by which the bugs usually track us.

Read entire article…

I can only imagine how many lives this little patch is going to save. Kudos to the Kite team who have put so much time, effort, and dedication into this life saving product.

Check this out:

Readers: To date, Kite has raised 100% of their first goal in 4 days. If you want to learn more about how you can support Kite or learn the facts, click here. I also perused the “Frequently Asked Questions” page (Under the heading “Supporters”), where if you have any questions about this product, it will be answered there.

Pretty cool huh? Thoughts? Blog me. 

Happy Saturday! Thanks so much for being here with me. 

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