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Is America truly the land of the free, the home of the brave?
While the patriotically blind will cross they eyes and yell, “Our troops” to the question above, a more pensive mind will appreciate the cartoon that capture my thought’s today.
America is a land that was founded by men. Let’s face it. In the 1700s, women were still basically in a gilded cage. A life of pretty dresses, being dominated by the husband at night and tending to the children that resulted was pretty much a woman’s role at the time. Sure, there were those who broke the mold, but in a culture where it was okay to rend the flesh of a servant because his skin had a ton of melanin, women surely were not seen as much more valuable, other than the vaccuous tunnel of flesh were possess in between our legs.
As culture progressed, so have rights. Women get paid more today. We get less objectified. But somewhere in all this, we also are still the victims of a patriarchal society.
Today’s America often points an accusatory finger at the Middle East, wagging our fingers and saying the men over there oppress their women. Women cannot vote or drive. Women are forced to wear thick clothing and be at the mercy of their husbands. Women are stoned for breaking the mold.
But what about America? If I were not a taut, fit and attractive woman of islander descent, would I be as highly revered among my peers? I catch men ogling me day in and day out. I cannot go workout without having a comment made about my chest or backside. It can be flattering, but in the end, it’s always offensive. Why are people, men, in America so comfortable sizing me up and objectifying me?
It is because we still have a male-dominated culture. There is not one man who reads this site who has not made an undue comment about a female coworker or classmate’s body to his friends. Sure, women do the same thing. But how many would snicker if a girl walked in with unshaven arms. Or perhaps some facial hair?
Hair unkempt. Sweaty after working out at the gym. Wearing sweats and flannel all the time. We would be called unkempt or lesbian butch. Women are expected to keep up a prissy, weak mannerism in the US. The ‘norm’ for women stems from our history of being subservient sex objects for the dominate male lead of the house. This culture is seen in media and subconciously supported by most men of this nation. Women are treated with a degree of disrespect by all guys. Who says I want that door open?
Who says I want your compliments about how I look?
Men are too comfortable objectifying females in this county and really, it is just about as prominent as we see in the Middle East.
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Born and raised in Hawaii, Megan Lindeke is a self professed 'new age progressive Christian', an artist and a freelance writer for several journals and online publications. 
What is up with all you liberals trying to Bogart the headlines. Get lost you scum. If you want to move to Iran, good riddance.
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Honestly! If I wanted to see the ramblings of a mentally unstable lesbian, I’d go over to MSNBC for their Rachel Meddows. No thank you.
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Hey, THEY opened the door. I was offered the chance to post an article as well. Unlike most of the other “articles” posted on here, mine would be based on REAL facts not the facts of someone elses “REALITY”.
She admits that she is a Christian. Hard for you to swallow, isn’t it? That someone could actually be Cristian and NOT conform to your agenda.
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well write your little article with your precious references and then we will mock it and berate you like we have with this little commie liberal whine-fest
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I don’t agree with this article or that cartoon.
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Let me guess, because it’s actually true?
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I liked the cartoon but not much else
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That liberals are infiltrating Christwire is surely a sign of the end times.
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This seems like it was written by an ugly woman.
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“This seems like it was written by an ugly woman.”
like the one in your avatar
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I’m really glad you’re not passing judgment on other ’cause that would be un-Christian.
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‘new age progressive Christian’ is code language for “I’m figure I’m going to hell for the way I dress, act, and speak, but hoping there might be a loophole just for me.”
I’ll pray for you.
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After seeing cyrus and lohann
Id have to say tits or gtfo, no offense but this article lacked good images.
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It has been my experience, guided by the wisdom of prayer, that women who object to being ogled are ugly on the inside and on the outside.
One of the best ways to cover up that ugliness is obsessive prayer, full time domestic duties, and a large, loose fitting gown of some sort.
God loves you dear, very much. Well, he loves you less if you’re a lesbian or just don’t want to listen to men, but, he loves you nonetheless.
Embrace the word. The Word.
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So you dont like being objectified? Well cover your big brown islander tits up hun. Butch it up. Oh but then you have to whione about being called unkeept. Whiney whine whine.
It is called dressing modestly. Dress like a woman and act like a woman and people wont treat you like your a dirty whore.
I am sorry you hate being a woman so much, I am sorry your sin pit bleeds once a month and I am sorry I read your article.
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ps
sorry for my offensive language but this one really got to me…
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Aww, sounds like somebody’s hemorrhoids are making her cranky. Get out your doughnut, Susie, and quit your bitching.
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why dont you use one of your cats as a tampon in your constantly bleeding sin hole…
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PS
welcome to Christwire…
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introducing: god loves hussies and three legged turtles campaign… join now… IF YOU choose…. open to blacks, whites, oreints, iliterates, non ilitarest, semi-illiterates, jews, women, men, women-men, men-women, whores, non whores, dickless little homo-gay aphobe women hating losers pretending to be old ladies, and others… HELL, open to ANYONE who wants to join….
susan is portraying an old lady that is already dead and wrecking the poor woman’s image… I trust google way more than I trust crap wire…. try the new google image search
god and satin sheets loves us all
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so you don’t want a “commie liberal christian ” writting on this site and you still whine about your “pseudo freedom of speech that you supposed having On internet”
You don’t agree because it is True and because she is christian, you don,t agree because she actually follow Jesus’ teaching and you don’t
YTou are angry because the truth is You are a Bunch of coward with no respect for Human Kind ?
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What filth is this?
You state: “America is a land that was founded by men.” If you have a problem with this, please give us an example of a country that was founded by women.
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See if we cowboys give a dang what you think, “lady.” We got our own ways out here on the range. Once a year at the whorehouse in Nevada, then back to the range without the likes a you.
Cody Wing, Cowboy for Christ[img]http://i.imgur.com/HuBY5.jpg[/img]
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