War on Men

Kathleen Parker wrote an opinion piece, Sex after drinking and the war on men, on the growing war against men versus the classical struggle against women for gender equality. It has been a growing problem for men whom lie under the grey areas of rape and consensual sex to determine who the actual victim. Parker brought out factual, and in most cases common, knowledge about the opposing genders to highlight that men are the obvious superior specimens in a physical aspect. Though men have the physical attributes to overpower women in most cases, women should still always be held accountable for their decisions. More and more women every year grow up with the mindset that calling rape over an undesirable situation is okay, knowing two cases from my personal life alone where this has happened. Women have gained an important responsibility with the legal system taking more and more trust in them over cases of rape. The fact that California is attempting to pass legislative to make consensual sex more and more defined is a testament to the growing war on men. Men are thought of as always having the power over women but in the majority of cases the physical power is all that lies in the man’s court. The justice system is not placed to assume fault on one part or another but to keep equality at the front of the line with regards to public safety. The more we weigh against a certain gender, the greater the problem becomes, regardless of which side it out weighs.

"Working As An Abortion Doctor In The Town Where Dr. Tiller Got Shot"

Working As An Abortion Doctor In The Town Where Dr. Tiller Got Shot

Dr. George Tiller was an abortion doctor in Wichita, Kansas and one of the few in the country that performed abortions late in pregnancy. In 2009, Dr. Tiller was shot to death at his church by a pro-life extremist. Four years later, Dr. Cheryl Chastine, a doctor from Chicago, Illinois, would be the new abortion doctor in a remodeled version of Dr. Tiller's former clinic. As soon as the pro-life activists heard about this, Dr. Chastine quickly became one of their main targets. Picketing her Illinois practice (which by the way did not offer abortions), sending letters to her building tenants, and also sending letters to her personal home address were just a few of the events that Dr. Chastine has had to overcome. The Pro-Life Action League, a Chicago-area group, expressed that they were only trying to “sit down and have a talk” with Dr. Chastine.Ann Scheidler, part of the Pro-Life Action League, said, “I would tell her all of that medical training has to be good for something other than killing babies” when asked what she would say to an abortion doctor if she got the chance. Today, Dr. Chastine only uses these “loud bullies”, as she calls them, as motivation to keep helping out the women of Kansas. She won’t let them stop her from offering her medical skills.
I believe Obama said it best. “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence”, said Obama, issuing a statement after Dr. Tiller’s death. Our different views over issues should not get this out of hand. Bombings and shootings? Groups to be able to speak your opinion in and be involved in to be able to make a difference should not be abused and become groups to eliminate the “enemy”.