"Equilateralism" was a new concept, replacing the theories of "capitalism" and "socialism", and O.U.T.R.A.G.E. volunteers were busy trying to formulate this new idealogy into some basis for realistic implementation. Research and study of countless examples where not everything was 'equal' abounded. In the spring of 2004, a female pharmacist at WalMart was fired after asking to be be paid the same as her male colleagues. After ten years, she claimed she was fired because she asked to be paid the same, including an annual bonus given to male pharmacy managers for the giant retailer. WalMart gave her the bonus, then fired her two weeks later. After a three-year court battle, the woman won $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. Her attorney proclaimed, "It sends a message that you can't treat people poorly because of who they are." Inequality in the workforce had been an uncomfortable issue of contention for years in the U.S.A. as women traditionally earned 25-30% less doing the same jobs as men.
Of course, in many cultures around the world, women were treated as 'second class citizens', sometimes even subject to the law looking the other way as their husbands or boyfriends were 'legally' allowed to batter them, or even murder them without severe consequence. Even in the 'civilzed' United States of America, many men regarded their wives or girlfriends as property more than they valued them as equal partners within the relationship. And, of course, the men with the most machismo were fond of noting that the Declaration of Independence clearly stated that "all MEN are created equal...." and, there being no mention of 'women', such folly as women having the same rights as men was oblique and blatantly incorrect. Man's inherent dominance over women had been a 'fact of life' since the Roman Catholic Church proclaimed the missionary position as the only 'acceptable' form of coitus.
The Women's Lib movement, of course, fixed some of that arcahic thinking, just as the segregation movement changed the status of blacks in America. But, decades after those historic events, women and blacks were still often considered 'second class' or inferior to the almighty white man. As male chauvinists and white supremacists became more impotent, there was some shift seen; such sexism and racism was adamantly not acceptable in certain social circles. But, it was still a prevalent - if more subtle - practice among the rich upper-crust.
Poor black children, for the most part, still grew up to be poor black adults. Young girls with low self-esteem still grew up to be adult women who never thought very highly of themselves. And even now, in the beginning of the 21st century, such inequalities besieged America's social, political and economic circles. If a women became a successful entreprenuer, it was often assumed she 'slept her way to the top'. A powerful Congresswoman was usually considered a "mean bitch" without any ability for female compassion or softness. Women were still hired for bawdy bachelor parties and expected to be passed around as paltry pawns. Even in America's bars, female waitresses or bartenders were usually considered to be tramps or sluts instead of respected for the professionalism many of them exhibited while dealing with the most obnoxious drunken male whoredogs The U.S. government didn't even expect servers to be entitled to a minimum wage.
Inequality ran rampant through the U.S. workplace, among the social and political circles of the well-to-do, and even in many American households where the husband, or live-in boyfriend, was considered to be the head of the household even if he refused to work or contribute to the household income. Poor black ghetto children were expected to meet identical state-set education standards while sitting in run-down, dilapidated school buildings with inadequate facilities while their urban white counterparts had access to state-of-the-art technologies and modern, up-to-date classrooms. Rarely did a young black woman have a chance at anything more than a minimum-wage job where her employer knew she needed the money and couldn't afford to quit. So he intimidated her into working extra hours "off the clock"; manipulated her into doing personal errands for him as part of her 'job description; sometimes forced her into a sexual liaison she had no interest in; dominated her by inquiring as to her personal life; and violated sexual harrassment laws just because he knew she was too frightened and weak to report him to authorities. Inequality ran rampant through America, and "Equilateralism" seemed to be the new buzzword that might jumpstart a new mentality among a country that had been decimated by tragedy in the past year.
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. researchers and analysts kept working out a formal 'white paper' that would attempt to bring more equality to all Americans....and maybe to all Chinese people as well. One social scientist remarked that "men would be the biggest dissenters" because they would view this as having their power and dominance taken away. Another professor argued that the Declaration of Independence should be modified to unequivocally state that "all mankind is created equal..."
Millions of men who already relied on Viagra to maintain their manhood now faced further blows to their prized potency as McCain's "Equilateralism" concept started taking hold of that last bastion of manliness: power and control.
Of course, in many cultures around the world, women were treated as 'second class citizens', sometimes even subject to the law looking the other way as their husbands or boyfriends were 'legally' allowed to batter them, or even murder them without severe consequence. Even in the 'civilzed' United States of America, many men regarded their wives or girlfriends as property more than they valued them as equal partners within the relationship. And, of course, the men with the most machismo were fond of noting that the Declaration of Independence clearly stated that "all MEN are created equal...." and, there being no mention of 'women', such folly as women having the same rights as men was oblique and blatantly incorrect. Man's inherent dominance over women had been a 'fact of life' since the Roman Catholic Church proclaimed the missionary position as the only 'acceptable' form of coitus.
The Women's Lib movement, of course, fixed some of that arcahic thinking, just as the segregation movement changed the status of blacks in America. But, decades after those historic events, women and blacks were still often considered 'second class' or inferior to the almighty white man. As male chauvinists and white supremacists became more impotent, there was some shift seen; such sexism and racism was adamantly not acceptable in certain social circles. But, it was still a prevalent - if more subtle - practice among the rich upper-crust.
Poor black children, for the most part, still grew up to be poor black adults. Young girls with low self-esteem still grew up to be adult women who never thought very highly of themselves. And even now, in the beginning of the 21st century, such inequalities besieged America's social, political and economic circles. If a women became a successful entreprenuer, it was often assumed she 'slept her way to the top'. A powerful Congresswoman was usually considered a "mean bitch" without any ability for female compassion or softness. Women were still hired for bawdy bachelor parties and expected to be passed around as paltry pawns. Even in America's bars, female waitresses or bartenders were usually considered to be tramps or sluts instead of respected for the professionalism many of them exhibited while dealing with the most obnoxious drunken male whoredogs The U.S. government didn't even expect servers to be entitled to a minimum wage.
Inequality ran rampant through the U.S. workplace, among the social and political circles of the well-to-do, and even in many American households where the husband, or live-in boyfriend, was considered to be the head of the household even if he refused to work or contribute to the household income. Poor black ghetto children were expected to meet identical state-set education standards while sitting in run-down, dilapidated school buildings with inadequate facilities while their urban white counterparts had access to state-of-the-art technologies and modern, up-to-date classrooms. Rarely did a young black woman have a chance at anything more than a minimum-wage job where her employer knew she needed the money and couldn't afford to quit. So he intimidated her into working extra hours "off the clock"; manipulated her into doing personal errands for him as part of her 'job description; sometimes forced her into a sexual liaison she had no interest in; dominated her by inquiring as to her personal life; and violated sexual harrassment laws just because he knew she was too frightened and weak to report him to authorities. Inequality ran rampant through America, and "Equilateralism" seemed to be the new buzzword that might jumpstart a new mentality among a country that had been decimated by tragedy in the past year.
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. researchers and analysts kept working out a formal 'white paper' that would attempt to bring more equality to all Americans....and maybe to all Chinese people as well. One social scientist remarked that "men would be the biggest dissenters" because they would view this as having their power and dominance taken away. Another professor argued that the Declaration of Independence should be modified to unequivocally state that "all mankind is created equal..."
Millions of men who already relied on Viagra to maintain their manhood now faced further blows to their prized potency as McCain's "Equilateralism" concept started taking hold of that last bastion of manliness: power and control.
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