In the same way 'Yahweh' means 'praise God', ie submit to God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all have holy books that describe faith as submission to God/Allah/Yahweh.

Legally allowed to drive and vote, rarely allowed to by their husbands and/or community. Birth control is a big no-no, and many young women do get beaten as part of their "submissive" roles in the movement. Fundamentalist/extremist is pretty similar in most cultures, IMO.

Yawn. "One is attending one's third Olympics Opening Ceremonies. One rather preferred the Games in Montreal with that dashing Pierre Trudeau. David Cameron is not one's first choice for royal eye candy. And no gin. Raaaather boring."

YES! Assholes who don't do what I WANT, right?

Thank you, sensible man. It should be obvious, but I put this in the same column as strangers who touch pregnant women's stomachs. WTF?

Huh. I have never found a sports bra that fit me properly, so they need to step up their game.

Research the Quiverfull movement and some of the schools for young ladies they have in the U.S. and get back to us.

"Extremism" means - and is all about - submission. There is no such petty thing as 'free will', as any and all 'free will', especially when it manifests inside a female, is anything from inacceptable no-no to valid reason for termination. You can't possibly hope to 'reform' extremists or 'modernize' extremism as the…

Thank you. My rage was surging and then I read your response. "There are still some sane people." I have to keep telling myself that.

While I completely agree with your statements about gender and oppression, I am curious as to your somewhat preachy tone.

I would personally love to see another season where they then take all the men away, just to compare. While there is a certain chuckle factor (as a mother and as a woman) in watching SOME men have trouble with some things that SOME women do easily, I am sure that it goes both ways.

You are a woman after my own heart. If they can't remember to eat, they would make good compost.

Ha! I have two boys, and I stopped making lunches for them when they could reach the kitchen counter. I decided that they were going to be useful boys, and they can now do laundry, cook at least 5 relatively healthy meals, use a vacuum properly, and clean the fucking toilets. My 20 year old is considered a Renaissance…

Why would bikini style cause chafing on a man and not on a woman?

I think everyone should use the name they want to use. If a woman wants to take her husband's name, more power to her. I can't tell the difference myself, but I do know that in my personal situation, I was being pressured to do it, as "everyone" would find it offensive that I "wouldn't want to share my husband's last…

I really hope you are joking. My sarcasm detector seems to be blipping here...

"...in some cases, outpacing men's incomes..."

I guess the snark didn't come through enough with the 2nd sentence.

I think that men should get full custody more often. Women haven't been given the same opportunities to be deadbeat jackasses as men. In Canada, 24% of women who are custodial parents live below the poverty level, compared to 11% of men. In the U.S., the average salary of a full time male worker was $42 800 and for…

I use my hyphenated last name because my husband's family were all pearl-clutching over the idea of our kids having my last name only, and I refused to give up my name.