Evening Brief: Steep post-pandemic climbs ahead for women By iPolitics. Published on Mar 8, 2021 6:03pm Photo: Carey Moulton, WikiMedia Commons
Good evening to you.
“There’s no doubt, when you add women, you change politics and you change it for the better.” That was the message from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered today to the delegates attending the Daughters of the Vote.
“We are all stronger for the leadership of women and people of every gender identity,” he said, adding that a rollback of the progress women have made can’t be a legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen many women leaving the workforce at a higher rate than men, and often taking on the greater share of caring for kids at home.
The
New York Times bestseller
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners is proof. The book is a scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood, detailing countless WTF beliefs about women in the 19th century:
People thought women could only experience an orgasm from sperm.
It was believed that if a woman had sex in any position other than on her back, she would develop fungal growth in her fallopian tubes, which would lead to cancer, and, eventually, death.
Women thought the best way to stay clean was to bathe in ammonia.
Women used to tie meat around their faces to prevent wrinkles.
Happy International Women’s Day to all of us women! In just the first quarter of 2021, we had Senator Kamala Harris sworn in as not just the first female, but the first African American and Asian American Vice President of the United States of America, and our own Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the first female and first African Director General of the World Trade Organisation. Women continue to make great strides in all endeavours, and take centre stage in the affairs of world, a testimony to the fact that we successfully multi-task as home makers, mothers, and professionals. Congratulations to us all.