The Anonymous Widower

Marie Stopes

Marie Stopes are rather having a problem with opening a branch in Northern Ireland.

I once met a senior guy from the organisation.  He told me, that they do a lot of work in the field of sexual health that doesn’t get talked about for good political reasons.  It’s probably wise, as some of the work they do is not at all controversial here, but in some parts of the world where they work, their workers would probably be attacked.

October 12, 2012 Posted by | Health | , | Leave a comment

Santorum Gives Up

I think this is good for the world, as he would have made one of the worst US Presidents ever.

With all the religiously-driven troubles around the world, the one thing we don’t need is an extreme right-wing Catholic, totally out of kilter on womens’ issues and humanity in the White House.

He should crawl back with the dinosaurs and reeducate himself about the real world, where contraception and abortion are commonplace and legal, women work and guns and the death penalty are something you read about in history books.

April 11, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , , | 2 Comments

The Disgrace of Augusta

I quite like golf on the television, but I never watch the Masters at Augusta.

Like many people, I can remember when blacks could only be caddies or waiters. In fact the founder of the tournament insisted that in his lifetime, it was only contested by white players with black caddies.

At least now President Obama has weighed into the row about women being allowed to watch. But then he knows that with the issues of birth control and abortion likely to figure in the next election, it will help him get re-elected.

The Masters also have an interesting problem this year, in that one of their major sponsors, IBM, has a female Chief Executive. Will they go for money or ditch an outdated principle?

In The Times today, Matthew Syed, one of their most-respected sports writers, calls Augusta a laughing stock.

The Times also indicates that some Scottish golf clubs have a similar attitude to women and St. Andrews has a particular problem, in that the Principal of the University is female.

I also remember a friend, who couldn’t use a corporate membership at a golf club in the south of England. But being the man he was, he talked them round.

April 7, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THe land of the free – unless you’re female

Janice turner is on form in The Times today, with an article, which has the headline above.

It is summed up by this early paragraph.

How bizarre it is to watch the United States — the upbeat, future-focused wellspring of all things exciting and new — tear itself apart over contraception. America, capital of the global porn industry, teen pregnancy gold medallist, progenitor of Madonna and Gaga, having its presidential election defined by the morality of birth control.

Apparently, the United States is making it much harder for women to get contraception and has gone totally against people planning their family. Especially if you’re poor.

Even countries as Catholic as Ireland and Italy have seen that contraception is one of those things that creates a better society.

So does the United States want to create a worse country for its poor?

Obviously, they need a lot of male children to fight their wars and female ones to care for the injured.

March 10, 2012 Posted by | News | , , | Leave a comment