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And I certainly don't disagree with that.
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Yet more statistics, if anyone cares to read them:
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I am so glad that I live where I live. Whatever is wrong with Canada (and there is a lot that could stand to be improved upon), sexual harassment, being trafficked and a forced marriage are very low (very, very low) on the things I have to worry about on a daily basis. __________________
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Obviously, a semi-equal representation of women on executive boards and the like should have happen organically by now. That it hasn't is just bizarre to me. __________________
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Well, it's actually very difficult to identify the real problem areas behind the lack of females in leading positions. Is it because there's still what they call the 'glass ceiling' as a serious hindrance or are square role models and/or shortcomings when it comes to child care facilities also at play? I guess it's a mix of many factors.
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I would imagine that, on a national level like that, it must indeed be a plethora of separate factors as well as a confluence of them in certain areas.
By which I mean that, for one corporation, the glass ceiling might be at fault. For another, it may be a lack of motherhood-friendly benefits. For yet another, it may simply be a lack of qualified women applying for the positions. For a fourth company, it could be a combination of the above. I still think that something has to be done, apparently, to make sure that this is remedied. __________________
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Honour killings just have no place in our world. I'm happy to hear that, probably not often enough, there are occasions when people do fight to protect the wouldbe victims. __________________
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Every last one of them. So "charges" is a good thing. But let's see results first, shall we? __________________
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But, in the same vein, at some point, this has to stop. These women are courageous and wonderful, but so long as what they do is actually illegal, the situation will be untenable. __________________
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In terms of women's issues, I think it bears repeating that Friday marked a very, very sad anniversary here in Montreal/Quebec/Canada:
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Out west, Robert Pickton was behind the worst mass murder in North American history (I think), and it was all women. And, sure, domestic violence cuts both ways (this is absolutely true), but it does feel like more women are victimized that way. At any rate, 24 years ago Friday, a mentally ill man decided that feminists were responsible for all of the world's ills and slaughtered 14 promising young women. __________________
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I find it horrifying that Marita Veron hasn't been found yet. That they don't even know if she's still alive. But I am utterly in awe of Ms Trimarco. To take personal tragedy and turn it into a crusade like that... I mean, how many women has she freed? I'm not sure I'd be capable of doing what she's done, and keeps doing. __________________
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I would certainly get a second opinion, if it were me. What do you all think? __________________
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To be honest, I can't find anything counter-intuitive in that article.
It seems important to carefully assess every woman's individual situation -- especially when it comes to her age -- before taking a decision for or against having a mammogram screening. Without being able to back this up with the proper experience in these matters, I'd indeed be afraid that some doctors may be inclined to just suggest having it to their patients and not weighing out the advantages and possible risks. __________________
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Oh, it's only super counter-intuitive to me inasmuch as I've been raised with the notion that mammograms are non-negociable and essential to an older woman's health.
It's both part of the time in which I was born, when breast-cancer awareness was beginning to be a really strong thing, and the fact that I come from a family of women who have cystic breasts. It was drilled into me my whole life that this is just part of what you do in life. Obviously, all women should have the right to make that choice for themselves, and new scholarship has begun to explore other alternatives. It was just odd for me to hear that women in their 70s can just ignore tumours. __________________
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I don't think that what these scholars are saying is women can ignore tumors after having reached a certain age.
Much rather it seems that they're advocating a cost-benefit analysis, taking into account that you'll always have a certain quota of 'misdiagnoses' coming from these apparatuses. This in turn leads to emotional distress and may be totally avoidable in the last analysis. What appears to be debatable though, is that they assume that 'age limit' to be around 75. With today's high life expectancies -- especially when it comes to females -- that may be set a bit too low. At that point, a significant portion of patients may still have 15 years of living ahead of them. I can't imagine there'd be so many kinds of tumors which grow that slowly these women won't be affected anymore then. __________________
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