climate change-women hardest hit

Blazer Bob
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Mountain Legend

01 May 2013 15:15 #1 by Blazer Bob

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Dem resolution warns climate change could push women to ‘transactional sex’

By Pete Kasperowicz - 04/29/13 11:06 AM ET

Several House Democrats are calling on Congress to recognize that climate change is hurting women more than men, and could even drive poor women to "transactional sex" for survival.

The resolution, from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and a dozen other Democrats, says the results of climate change include drought and reduced agricultural output. It says these changes can be particularly harmful for women.

"[F]ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health," it says.

Climate change could also add "workload and stresses" on female farmers, which the resolution says produce 60 to 80 percent of the food in developing countries.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/h ... z2S4sz0vE5

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Rick
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01 May 2013 18:49 #2 by Rick

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The war on women has no bounds I guess... even the planet is singling them out.

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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ScienceChic
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01 May 2013 19:17 #3 by ScienceChic

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Have you not seen PCU ? :rofllol

Sorry, I'd post a video clip, but I think it wasn't mainstream enough to get people to grab clips and throw them up on YouTube, the scene is a group of college students waiting in line to get into a campus party, which apparently hadn't happened in a while thanks to the "PC" culture:

Afrocentrist: I'm a black man. There's no justice for me here in America. I should be at the front of the line.
Gay Activist: Yeah, well, I'm gay and subject to ridicule and discrimination wherever I go.
Womynist: Women are oppressed throughout the world. Give it a rest.

I'd totally forgotten Jon Favreau was in it - I'm gonna have to go watch it again tonight! :thumbsup:

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