Category Archives: Women

Roe V. Wade

05 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by in Healthcare, Women

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I am morally against abortion after three months, but I think a woman has the right to make that decision herself. A wife and mother who is having trouble coping with several kids and can’t face another one should consider an abortion. A single woman who accidentally becomes pregnant should be allowed to do as she wants.

Another moral issue people face is rape and incest. If abortion is immoral because it takes a life then the resulting abortion from rape or incest is immoral. The same applies to save the life of a mother or a horribly developed fetus which will die in agony in days after birth. The anti-abortionists don’t seem to care about what happens to the unwanted baby that isn’t immediately adopted and goes into the system. These people should rush to the adoption agencies or register with the State to take care of the child for free for the next 18-21 years.

Most of those same people are against any sex where babies are not wanted. That is a ridiculous idea for most humans. Their belief that sex education promotes sex is also crazy. Non-partisan studies show it reduces sex and what occurs is safer. More education has shown to cause fewer pregnancies and abortions in teenagers.

Pregnancy occurs even with the use of pills and condoms because they aren’t 100% effective. Accidents, rape and incest do occur so education and use of RU486 should be easily available. It is 95% effective in the first 50 days but less so in the second trimester. Had this pill or a legal abortion been available in the mid-1950s my twenty-nine year old sister would still be alive. She bled to death from an illegal abortion. Her death may be part of my support of a women’s right, but many other factors have as much influence. We must cut abortions, not by law, but with education and pills.

Diversity

11 Friday May 2018

Posted by in Gender, Racism, Women

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I remember when diversity meant a different color, or race. Now it means a different gender. Companies are trying to go along with this latest fashion by bringing women into upper management and boardrooms. I worked with women for many years and each had an ideocracy just like all the men I worked with. Some men and women I worked with were trying to do a job over their capability but I found that more women were working below their capability. If they were in my command structure they were promoted and paid equally to a man doing the same job.

I disagree with promoting a person no matter their race or gender if they are not capable of doing the job. Not everyone has the mindset to be in a supervisory role. Many companies are promoting women to upper management who had little or no experience in lower management. They are being put on corporate boards just because its fashionable.

Promoting people for any reason other than their capability is wrong for the organization and for the person. General Motors CEO has over thirty years in the company and is highly respected. Several others like the former Yahoo CEO did not have the ability. They were put into the office because they were women. Many men have failed as CEO, some disasterly. Doing a good job has nothing to do with gender, race, or religion. The main factor is training and experience. Just because a person can run one business doesn’t mean they can run another, no matter their gender or race.