Promiscuous women cause earthquakes

It is truly amazing how a little parable about a man, woman, apple and a snake coupled with ridiculously warped ideas such as original sin can lead to such venomous prejudices so many thousands of years later.

If it wasn't so serious it would be very funny....

Attitudes such as this were - and remain - one of my chief reasons for supporting the invasion of Afghanistan. The majority of British people, prior to the invasion, seemed unaware of what was taking place under the Taliban, how women were being demonised, treated like non-citizens, denied education and medical treatment, routinely raped, murdered and blamed for all manner of things. Things were not so very different here a few hundred years ago, but we called them "witches."

In the west, it's easy for us to say, "Oh, an Iranian cleric..." but people such as him have influence over vast numbers of people - we owe it to the women of Iran (and other nations) to do anything we can to end this prejudice and we owe it to the human race as a whole: during all those years in the west when women were treated as lesser beings than men, who knows how many potentially great scientists, doctors and philosophers were lost to the world, simply because they were born female and never allowed to be educated, develop and shine? Who knows how many we are still missing out on, because they are born female and in those countries where women are still being treated in such a medieval fashion?

Have you ever caused an earthquake?

Calm down Joshua18!
(that's not really her photo)

I am not that superficial. It was her CV I was lusting after. Actually, I think it was the "Leeds Girls’ High School" reference that pushed me over the edge.

In certain eastern societies women who are liable to be beaten by their hubands for bringing forth female babies instead of male ones. Have these male supremacists no scientific education whatsover? It is, after all, the male - er - emission that determines a baby's gender.

"It is, after all, the male - er - emission that determines a baby's gender."

I think Jewish women have always had an innate sense of this truth which is why they will frequently accost their husbands with a "did you see what time your daughter got in last night?" or the timeworn "your son has driving me crazy all day".

It should be noted that this kind of thing rarely occurred in Joshie's home as both his parents invariably denied any kind of biological connection.