Women's Rights Discussed

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-  When it comes to this 2012 Presidential Election, the rights of women have become the main concern of the SistahSpeak! members at their Wednesday night “Let’s talk Politics” meeting.

                Crystal Gomilla Johnson and the ladies of SistahSpeak! held a political issues talk on Wednesday night to discuss how ladies feel about the current women’s issues that are being analyzed and discussed during this Presidential Election.

                “Women’s issues are taking center stage in this election and all ladies need to know what is being said and being discussed and how they feel about it,” said Johnson, president of SistahSpeak!.

                Abortion rights, birth control regulation, gay and lesbian rights, and especially, welfare regulations stirred up many emotions when brought up. Many ladies that participated in the discussion felt a strong negative emotion when it was brought up that welfare should be regulated and should be limited to people in different conditions.

                “I don’t think that people on food stamps need to take a piss test or blood test. If people need them, then they should get them. Only because a few people abuse the system doesn’t mean that everyone should be punished for it,” said Mary*.

                Equal pay for women is another issue that was being discussed and explained in detail. Many women feel that all women deserve the same pay that men receive and should receive more if women do the job better than men.

                “In this society and the government have created this illusion where women were not supposed to work but since there are more single mothers now, we have to work and we should get paid the same amount. No arguments about it. If men want us to work, then we should get paid what we deserve, “said Johnson.

                Representatives from the Ole Miss Young Americans for Liberty, Lindsey Krout and Tyler Brown, came and discussed the Libertarian view points on some of the issues that were discussed.

                “I feel like as woman, men shouldn’t tell me what to do with my body. This is my body and what I do with my body, is my choice,” said Krout speaking on the regulation of abortion and birth control.