There was another article in today’s Times about granting women’s rights. In Australia, women can now serve in front line combat roles. I was really affected by the quote by the Defense Minister, “your role in the defense force will be determined on your ability, not on the basis of your sex.” Between this article and the one from Monday about Saudi Arabian women getting the right to vote, I am just amazed at how ignorant I was to women’s rights in other countries. I guess I assumed that today in age women had the same equal rights as men. Well, I was wrong! At least other countries are stepping up to the plate and making way towards equality between the sexes.
The picture of the mug shots of two people on page A17 caught my eye. They abducted their 8 children who were placed in foster care, and lived in a van in Pennsylvania until police found them. I thought the reporter could have gone into a little more depth about the story and I hope that there is a follow up in next week’s paper. Although he got quotes from both sides of the story, it would have been really interesting to hear directly from the parents who abducted their kids, also, he didn’t even mention why the kids were in foster care in the first place!
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