WWII Women Aviators Receive Congressional Medals
(Adapted from Feminist Majority Foundation’s Feminist News)

The women who flew US military aircraft during World War II were awarded with Congressional Gold Medals on March 10, 2010.  The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor Congress can give civilians, according to the Associated Press.
The Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, [...]

At the end of my March 1st post, “Why Do We Need a Women’s History Month?“, I wrote:
“Keep your eyes and your ears open during March and you just might learn something you didn’t even know you didn’t know about the most influential group of people on earth.”
What did I mean by that? I meant [...]

Here is a Spanish short film by Xavi Sala about  the discrimination young Muslim women face in a so-called “free” Europe where everything but religion is tolerated in the name of freedom.

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Here are a few statements about women that are stated as facts. Some of them are patently untrue while others have at least a kernel of truth to them. I’ve added some generalizations of my own in the comments. See what you think.

Women are bad drivers. I discuss this in my February 11, 2010 post, [...]

When Kaney O’Neill became a quadriplegic nine years ago, her first question was “Can I still have children?” But as reality set in, O’Neill wasn’t sure that she could do anything. Now 31, she has had to fight hard to earn the life she has, including being a mother. Read the first Chicago Tribune story [...]