ALWAYS THE LESSER PRIORITY

By David Podvin

John Lennon wrote, “Woman is the nigger of the world”. Woman should be so lucky. She does not rank nearly that high, and she never has. A typical example recently arrived from the Supreme Court, which ruled that saving a female life is insufficiently relevant to justify performing a late term abortion. The justices stressed that although the lives of women are important, there exists a higher priority.

There always does. Throughout history, women’s rights have been subordinated to greater causes, the greatest cause being homage to the Almighty. Judaism and Christianity and Islam differ greatly, but misogyny is the place where true believers meet to greet. The pious agree that in accordance with God’s will females must be tormented.

Toward that end Orthodox Jewish men thank their Messiah for not making them women and coerce females into second-class status. Fundamentalist Christian men codify misogyny into law and stigmatize those females who resist the social roles of antiquity. Traditionalist Muslim men demand that women be wrapped like mummies before public appearances, mutilate their clitorises to discourage wayward lust, and engage in honor killings against those distaff dissidents who exhibit subversive feminist tendencies. This sectarian persecution is never done in the name of malice. The ecumenical party line is that females are abused only because the Lord wouldn’t have it any other way. continued →