Friday, February 1, 2013

From the brilliant Susie Day « Bill Ayers

From the brilliant Susie Day « Bill Ayers:


From the brilliant Susie Day

Dear All-
With love from a dirty-blonde feminist:
 
Zero Dark ThirtyThe Woman’s Guide to Success Thru Torture
 
I.     The Globe
     See the Globe. More than half the 7 billion people on the Globe are women. Women are different from men. Why are women different from men? Because, according to international humanitarian agencies, women have special percentages that stick out. See women’s percentages:
     • Women make up 70% of the world’s poor.
     • Women do 66% of the world’s work yet receive 11% of the world’s income.
     • Of the 130,000,000 children who currently do not go to school, 2/3 are girls.
     • Gender-based violence kills 1 in 3 women.
     These are bad percentages. Why are these bad percentages? Because they reflect