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Is the empowerment of women ALWAYS....ok...almost always...:) for the betterment of society?
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My answer Is....YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What do you think?
For the purpose of this discussion: We must first define the empowerment of women. Please see this video. Women have only recently with the invention of modern medicine been able to control their reproductive health and choice. They have become much more equal in the workforce. They have been allowed to raise their children with infrastructure in place to aid them financially and emotionally. They have been given many rights that in previous generations were defaulted to the man, such as the right to vote, the right to join the armed forced and even the right to say no to sex and be heard. These rights have not come over night. But we now have them and many take them for granted. Myself included maybe. But the empowerment of women is more than just giving them rights. It's being able and willing as a society to recognize their humanity and honor it as just as important as a man's humanity. This means that special considerations must be made due to the nature of women as the child bearers and mothers. It doesn't mean special treatment or putting women above men, it means elevating them to a place where they can make the most of their lives and the lives of their children, and the society they live in. It means allowing them to use their unique skills and influence to counteract the sometimes male-dominated attitudes that prevail in public life, and it means that women MUST be respected for the natural born abilities they can bring to others, but even more so their ability to be authentically themselves without societal pressure to conform to old ways of thinking and living. It is the only way our species will survive and has survived. Women have sought empowerment and have won in many ways, but in my opinion and the point of this discussion is to say that there is NEVER a circumstance where the empowerment of women would be detrimental to society, therefore it is ALWAYS for the betterment of society.
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I know it's an open question. I don't see the harm, if girls want to be girly.
All she is is a walking sex object.
So empowered women cannot be sex objects? What if that's what they genuinly want to be?
That is what women are summed up to in today's society
Can you show some examples? I struggle to find any as I work in a mixed workplace where both men and women are expected to do their job.
If you are not good looking, you are worthless
I would say, if you are not good looking, your worth is not defined by your looks.
Dictating how women should act and look is an old world way of thinking.
I don't see how one woman acting this way for attention is dictating...
So empowered women cannot be sex objects? What if that's what they genuinly want to be?
My opinion is that the women who want to be seen as sex objects are not empowered. They are just playing pretend. If KK wasn't good looking she would never have gotten famous in the first place. Her 'power' is based solely on her looks.
Can you show some examples? I struggle to find any as I work in a mixed workplace where both men and women are expected to do their job.
I refer to what I see on TV, in magazines, movies, radio. I am not talking about a small section of a society, I am talking about the society itself. It has nothing to do with working in a business? Of course women are expected to do their work, I didn't say that they weren't.
I would say, if you are not good looking, your worth is not defined by your looks.
Most definitely, but that is from an individuals perspective. From a societal perspective, if you are an unattractive looking woman you get rejected and treated with disdain - we learn this in high school, high schoolers learn this from the media. Unattractive men at least get the, "Well he's probably smart" response.
I don't see how one woman acting this way for attention is dictating...
I never said that KK is dictating. Society is dictating. KK is just a small piece in the media puzzle.
You seem to have taken my very big generalisation and minimised it into pieces that can easily be refuted when applying it to smaller situations. Of course it's not going to work in the smaller situations, it's a comment on society itself, not the individuals that are part of it. All I am saying is that our society is ill, with the views of both men and women, but more so for women.
My opinion is that the women who want to be seen as sex objects are not empowered. They are just playing pretend.
That is subjective. If a woman's empowerment leads them to be seen as a sex object, it still does not nullify her as an empowering woman.
You maybe more inclined to think lets say a woman with a PhD who has won the Nobel prize in science is the definition and embodiment of a woman who is empowered, especially by her intellectual. However it does not change the fact the she is equally empowered as a woman who has earned her fame through her beauty and sex appeal.
Which goes back to my original point before the author of the thread edited her post, empowerment of women can have positive or negative outcomes which shows that is not "ALWAYS" for the betterment of society.
I do agree that it isn't ALWAYS for the betterment of society. I also know that my view is subjective, that is why I added "My opinion".
I know you said its "your opinion" hence why I said its subjective because as you can see my original point was never moot as you proclaimed it to be.
So you still feel that KK is 'empowered'?
I am not a fan of her, and I am really not fond of her based on her actions but in terms of the literal definition of empowerment, I would have to say that she is empowered.
Its kinda like you know if you believe in free speech for all, then you should believe in right of free speech of the Ku Klux Klan too. You don't have to agree with them and as a society you can shun them down but you have to still acknowledge the fact they still have same the freedom of speech to spew their hatred and racism as you have freedom of speech to tell them they are racists.
Kinda like that.
When you put it like that it makes a lot more sense. I find it a very twisted kind of empowerment, I suppose that's why I reject it from my perspective.
That's understandable. Kim K is really not the type of woman, any decent woman would want to be empowered. I agree with you in that.
Teri, I will amend slightly your opinion:
My opinion is that the women who, 100% of the time, want to be seen as sex objects are not empowered.
Now I agree.
I will now amend it further and say I agree further:
My opinion is that the men who, 100% of the time, want to be seen as provider objects are not empowered.
About thirty years ago, after I'd heard a few times of women not wanting to be seen as sex objects, I realized that I had been socialized to see myself as a different kind of object.
I'm glad things are changing, and without women (a majority long treated as a minority) and other minorities demanding change, we would all be stuck where conservatives want to remain stuck.
My opinion is that the women who want to be seen as sex objects are not empowered.
I'm confused by this... I thought empowerment was to give more power. There is power in being a sex object. For the women who want to be sex objects, how is it not empowering to do what they want?
I'm also curious about your feelings toward pornography, "exotic" dancing, and prositution? I find the people in those professions to be quite empowered, when they enjoy what they do and do it by choice.
Of course women are expected to do their work, I didn't say that they weren't.
If you are not good looking, you are worthless.
If women's only worth is their looks, why would they be paid to do their work? If they are here solely for their looks, they may as well stand around and look good. Maybe I'm reading too far into your statements here?
big generalisation... Of course it's not going to work in the smaller situations
I thought the point of a generalisation was that it worked in the majority of cases?


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Agreed, this is why I voted for #6 as well. Originality.

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It was, without a doubt, the biggest, most important event on the annual Wabash calendar.
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LINCOLN PARK, MI — When Fitness USA in Lincoln Park, MI, turned its lobby area into a coed cardio annex in March, it unwittingly set into motion a controversy that was resolved last month with frosted glass walls and poster panels.
For the past 50 years, the 14,000-square-foot club has been open to women and men on alternate days of the week. When the club opened its new Cardio Zone annex to men so they could exercise even on the women-only days, men working out in the annex could see the women exercising in other parts of the club. That fact concerned the club's female Muslim members, who for religious reasons must exercise out of the sight of men.
Ammerah Saidi and Arrwa Mogali, American Muslim school teachers who purchased lifetime memberships based on the club's offering of gender-specific days, complained to the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) about the changes. Saidi later met with the management at Fitness USA to register her concerns.
The Islam religion encourages modesty in all situations, including a health club environment, said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of CAIR. Devout Muslim women must be covered at all times. When they go to the gym, they often wear head scarves (hijabs), sweatpants and T-shirts in the cardio area and a T-shirt and nylon pants in the pool, Walid said.
"The Muslim females who launched this complaint believe that according to our religion, it would be immodest for males to see them without their head scarves on or in provocative positions while they're working out," he said.
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By allowing men to see the women on the women-only days, Fitness USA was breaching its contract of providing gender-specific days, Walid said.
The club advertises its gender-specific days to new members during the signup process, Saidi said.
"My friends, family and I stressed that we needed to work out apart from men for religious reasons, and they assured us all of this agreement," she said. "In confidence, we all gave them our money, some upwards of $1,400, in order to enjoy such a great offering."
The club's contract, however, doesn't specify gender and states that the company can change the facility, including hours and equipment, at any time at its sole discretion, said Jodi Berry, executive director of Fitness USA.
"We never made any kinds of future promises or predictions about the facility remaining one way or another," she said.
While Fitness USA did not stipulate that the club had to be open on gender-specific days, they had upheld their verbal statement for the past 50 years, Saidi said.
"In no way were we ever to assume they would change such a long-standing tradition, especially when they knew that the huge Muslim demographic in the metro Detroit area counted on their ability to uphold the honor of this verbal agreement," said Saidi, referring to the 350,000 American Muslims who live in southeast Michigan and 600,000 American Muslims residing in the state of Michigan.
While Fitness USA realizes some women and men prefer to work out in a gender specific area, it is important that management be able to change the clubs at times, said Berry.
Saidi said she didn't want to limit the company's right to change their facility as long as it didn't infringe on the rights of the Muslim women, some of whom had been loyal to the club for more than 15 years.
Putting Up Partitions
Saidi and Mogali circulated a petition among Muslim women who were members of the club asking the gym chain to return to gender-specific days for the entire facility or install a partition between the coed cardio annex and the main exercise floor. Two hundred Muslim women signed the petition, a number Saidi said she could have doubled if the club had not told her to stop circulating it. Saidi said Berry refused to look at the petition, but Berry said she was never given a petition.
"All I requested is that the gym separate the new coed sections from the main workout areas which they maintained were still gender-specific," Saidi said. "I had initially been denied such a valid and simple request and thus pushed to meet with the company leaders in order to have our voices heard."
Saidi and Walid met with Berry and James Hoppin, vice president of Fitness USA, on April 18 at Fitness USA's corporate office in West Bloomfield, MI.
CAIR gave Fitness USA a week to respond with a solution, Berry said, but on April 21, a story titled, "Muslim Women Fight to Exercise Away From Men," landed in the Detroit Free Press. Berry said CAIR didn't give Fitness USA enough time to rectify the situation.
"We met with them on a Tuesday and they asked for a response within a week, and two days later, it was in the newspaper," she said. "We didn't have an opportunity to make a decision on what was the best solution in that limited time frame."
Two business days after the meeting, the club reached an amicable agreement with the Muslim members in which the club agreed to frost the glass walls of the Cardio Zone room and install large poster panels to block visibility from the coed area to the exercise floor. These changes have since been made to the club.
Fitness USA, which has 17 locations in Michigan, California and Indiana, prides itself on being able to alternate the facility for women and men, Berry said.
The gym chain introduced the Cardio Zone annex at several of its clubs during the past year, but to Berry's knowledge, the Lincoln Park, MI, club was the only facility that received complaints after the remodeling. Berry said that the club had no idea that adding the coed annex and opening it to both men and women seven days a week would be an issue with the club's members.
"It was just an oversight on our part," she said. "The Cardio Zone area was created at a great expense solely to provide an improved fitness experience for everyone. We were shocked and disappointed that we may have unknowingly offended anyone."
The agreed-upon solution still allows employees to see the exercise floor and doesn't create a safety issue for employees or members, Berry said.
Saidi is pleased with the outcome.
"My friends and I are satisfied with the changes made to the Lincoln Park location," she said. "It allows both sides to be happy with a mutually satisfying outcome. The company is able to institute their new coed Cardio Zone while maintaining their tradition of gender-specific days."
Berry is pleased the issue has been resolved.
"Our main focus is to make the exercising experience enjoyable for all our members," Berry said.
Privacy Tips
Here are some tips for health clubs that serve a large Muslim community.
Since some Muslim women are not allowed to answer the phone at home, refrain from leaving them phone messages.
If you're expecting service or delivery men to stop by your club, let your female Muslim members know in advance so they can cover their heads with scarves or hijabs or have a staff member watch the door or window.
Consider allowing your female Muslim members to wear T-shirts and nylon pants while swimming or designating a women-only time in the pool.


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Alan Pardew and Craig Levein have been linked with the post and this week Ronald Koeman was quoted as saying he was considering taking over at Celtic although the Parkhead board, who have said all along that no decision will be made until the end of the season, strenuously denied that the Dutchman had been offered the position.
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"Don't ask me if a decision has been made. I will reiterate, they (the board) have made it clear to me that nothing will be done until the end of the season.
Goals by Lee Naylor and Marc-Antoine Fortune were enough to secure the three points against Rangers who scored through Kenny Miller and finished the game with 10 men after Lee McCulloch had been sent off in the dying seconds after picking up his second yellow card.
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The above is the kind of thing I can rant and rave about. I do rant and rave about people who are unprepared for what they are doing, who make dumb decisions, etc. At the same time, I have a keen appreciation of how excellent climbers enter bad situations. I am also a person who after virtually every trip finds a 'mistake' I made, or a lesson to be learned, or something to improve on. And I am 75.
Congratulations on Cathedral Peak being your first ascent. You were surely adventurous. Why didn't you go over and solo Eichorn's Pinnacle? I am joking of course, not being sarcastic.
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Screen printing the weird is a great activity, as it puts us in contact with inventive people in our respective communities and offers the possibility of creating whole new revenue streams and opportunities should an idea take off. My client got a unique product that exceeded expectations, but she might be on to something that could potentially bring economy and jobs to remote native villages dotted along the jagged Pacific shoreline of Vancouver Island.
The challenge was to print a two-color logo onto deer hide. The skin had been scraped and was stretched and laced with rawhide over a traditional drum frame made out of wood, approximately 3 in. thick and roughly 15 in. in diameter. I say approximately and roughly because the 15 drums were all made mostly by hand. The trap on the print was about 1 pt. Not your normal job. Not your normal material.
I did some testing and found a water-based ink that worked fine on the skin. I separated the artwork, made films, and made stencils on 230-thread/in. mesh, which gave us a good edge and ensured enough ink laydown to cover any surface irregularities. I then set the job up on a small, table-mounted, manual press with height-adjustable hinges.
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Breathing that slows down or stops from any cause is called apnea.
Respiration slowed or stopped; Not breathing; Respiratory arrest; Apnea
Apnea can come and go and be temporary. This can occur with obstructive sleep apnea, for example.
Prolonged apnea means a person has stopped breathing. If the heart is still active, the condition is known as respiratory arrest. This is a life-threatening event that requires immediate medical attention and first aid.
Prolonged apnea accompanied by lack of any heart activity in a person who is not responsive is called cardiac (or cardiopulmonary) arrest. In infants and children, the most common cause of cardiac arrest is respiratory arrest. In adults, the opposite usually occurs - cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest.
Apnea can occur for many different reasons. The most common causes of apnea in infants and small children are usually different from the most common causes in adults.
Common causes of apnea in infants and young children include:
Common causes of apnea in adults include:
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Seek immediate medical attention or call your local emergency number (such as 911) if a person with any type of breathing problem:
If a person has stopped breathing, call for emergency help and perform CPR (if you know how). When in a public place, look for an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and follow the directions.
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Ward KR, Neumar RW. Adult resuscitation. In: Marx J, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al., eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 7.
Berg MD, Nadkarni VM, Gausche-Hill M, Kaji AH, Berg RA. Pediatric resuscitation. In: Marx J, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al., eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 8.


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NARRATIVE:The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department has been monitoring river levels throughout the County and we continue to experience moderate flood conditions. Though rivers in the area are beginning to recede, they remain well above flood stage. The Rock River at Latham is at 12.68 as of 1:00 PM today, with a flood stage of 10 feet. Officials met today to address the recovery efforts and are implementing that portion of the operation. A response and recovery plan has been coordinated by the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department, along with Winnebago County; Winnebago County Health Department; the Village of Machesney Park; City of Rockford; and North Park, Harlem-Roscoe, Blackhawk, and New Milford Fire Departments. Officials will begin to assess the damage from the floods as soon as it is safe and practical to gain access to the flooded areas to collect the information needed for this process. The Winnebago County Health Department has provided information which will be distributed by officials to the affected flood areas as access is regained to those areas. Drinking water will be available for distribution to those victims of the flooding who are in need due to contamination concerns. Residents affected by the floods will be able to obtain drinking water beginning tomorrow, 4/24/13, at the following locations:
- Harlem-Roscoe Fire Station #1—10544 Main St., Roscoe, IL
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- New Milford Fire Station—2177 Will James Rd., New Milford, IL
The Sheriff's Office will continue to monitor the weather and river conditions for the next several days and make any adjustments to our plan as needed for any changing conditions. In addition, the Sheriff's Emergency Operations Center (E.O.C.) will continue to be staffed and personnel will be available for any issues 24 hours a day. You may call 815-319-6215 with any concerns regarding flooding. The Rock River and the Kishwaukee River in Winnebago County remain as restricted boating areas as designated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. This means that these waters are closed for use and any activity is prohibited. All public boat launches have been closed throughout Winnebago County due to this restriction. We remain in contact with State of Illinois officials. Local officials will pass along any other information as it may become available regarding other assistance and plans going forward. At this time, there is nothing further affected residents would need to do regarding damage assessments other than communicate with appropriate insurance representatives.
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Other rivers, creeks, and streams throughout the County have also been affected by the flooding; however most of those areas do not threaten homes. Motorists are also reminded that they should not drive through standing flood water. If they encounter an obstruction due to the water, they should turn around and proceed in a different direction rather than take a risk at driving forward. For current river conditions and any further updates contact the Sheriff's Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888. You may also visit the Sheriff's Department's website at http://www.winnebagosheriff.com.


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The Cooper Coupe is the first Mini with a traditional trunk. The Mini Coupe rides on the same wheelbase as the hatchback and measures 1.1 inches lower and 0.2 inch longer. To achieve the rakish profile, the windshield is swept back to flow into the curved roof, which connects to the rear deck lid via two blacked-out pillars. It's a sportier take on a car that already looks lithe and nimble, although the rear of the roof is clunky, and the big haunches appear out of place. The base Coupe comes with the same 121-hp, 1.6-liter in-line four-cylinder found in the base hatchback and the Countryman. A step up the ladder is the S Coupe, powered by a familiar turbo 1.6-liter four-cylinder that produces 181 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque. The ultimate Coupe is the 208-hp John Cooper Works model. All three engines are paired with a six-speed transmission in your choice of manual or automatic. We'd normally recommend the manual, but this car's automatic is stellar, with quick, well-timed shifts. The Coupe is one of the better-handling front-wheel-drive cars on the market and tackles twisting roads with aplomb, although it's not surprising that, due to a combination of high horsepower and front-wheel drive, the S and the John Cooper Works versions are susceptible to torque steer.
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On Saturday, the University of Denver will dedicate the school's brand-new soccer stadium as part of an ambitious $6.7 million project that includes what will be one of the premier strength and conditioning facilities in the country.
Both DU's women's and men's teams will play matches to christen the new facility, with the women taking on Wyoming (4 p.m.) and the men capping the night with a match against NCAA D-II champion Fort Lewis College (7 p.m.)
Pioneers men's assistant coach Ryan Pflugrad explained the school has always had a plan to dedicate the stadium this spring, even though the playing surface was actually ready last summer.
"This is going to be a great place to play," Pflugrad told MLSsoccer.com. "We are trying to build a program here which the community can be proud of and support. The stadium gives us a home."
The new stadium is certainly symbolic of the ambitions of the revamped men's program, which includes Pflugrad, head coach Bobby Muuss and new assistant coach Carson Porter. All three were previously together with national powerhouse Wake Forest.
"From a recruiting standpoint, along with a great university and a great city, we now have a great facility which we hope will help attract some of the nation's top players," Pflugrad said.
The new strength and conditioning facility, built underneath the new stands and open to all DU varsity athletes in any sport, could help attract such new stars. Pflugrad said it was one of the most impressive facilities for a non-footballing school in the country.