There is one thing that the sexes will never agree on and that is shopping. Women love it and men hate it. That is why it is critically important for the survival of any relationship that males and females do not shop together. However, this vital piece of information seems to slip by most wives and girlfriends.… [Read more…]
If a man has an itch he scratches it – even in public. If a woman has an itch she goes to the mall and buys an expensive lotion to put on it until her dermatologist appointment 3 weeks later. That is the battle of the sexes in a nutshell. Men keep things simple –… [Read more…]
Age is a comprehensive attack on the human body. It never retreats and there is no defense. You are held hostage while it slowly changes you into that barely recognizable person you squint at in the mirror. It is slightly disconcerting to watch your body self-destruct with each passing year. If you are below the… [Read more…]
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE MUST BE ELIMINATED IF WE ARE TO HAVE A WORLD WITHOUT EXTREME POVERTY. It can begin with a quick slap to the face and end with a vicious beating that leaves a woman physically impaired…Or it can start with an inappropriate touch that leads to a brutal rape which leaves the victim… [Read more…]
WATER IS THE MOST VALUABLE COMMODITY IN THE WORLD – AND THE MOST WASTED. A four-minute shower in Europe or America uses about 30 gallons of water, far more than the average person living in extreme poverty uses in an entire day. In the West we never give clean water a thought. We have plenty… [Read more…]
WOMEN IN EXTREME POVERTY OFTEN HAVE TO BURY THEIR CHILDREN BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE. These children die needlessly from hunger, treatable illnesses and a variety of preventable diseases, but even if they manage to survive past the age of five they still run the risk of premature death. Young boys are often forced to… [Read more…]
FOR WOMEN IN EXTREME POVERTY LIFE IS FILLED WITH HARDSHIP, HEARTACHE AND DEATH. Too often these women have no rights or representation of any kind. They are expected to suffer in silence and to do otherwise can mean serious physical harm. For these women the suffering occurs on many levels. Not only is their own personal… [Read more…]
April 14, 2012
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