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Political Organizer, Terry O’Neill, wins NOW Presidency

AliveInHim Wrote: Jun 25, 2009 11:15 PM
You mean like in the Middle East? You know, that place where a woman cannot even step outside her home without a male relative to escort her? The place where women are not allowed to drive, not allowed to wear Western dress, not allowed to have minds of their own, attain to an education, much less a career? Where women ARE treated like chattel, because their mens' religion labels them such?

Surely, you mean to fight for the ladies over there, especially in Iran...they're being killed for questioning their master's 're-election'...

Lawyer and political organizer Terry O’Neill won the Presidency of the National Organization for Women (NOW) by a slim margin — a mere eight votes — by promising to “restore NOW’s revenue stream,” “reverse our membership losses,” and “revitalize our message.”  Those goals, of course, acknowledge the facts that the premier feminist organization has been struggling to regain relevance and the feminist myths that undergird the organization are passé.  During the campaign for the NOW presidency, both candidates stressed the “need to energize” and rebuild its ranks.

The election pitted O’Neill,...

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