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‘ , Nov 7 Donald Trump has attacked women in his circle using physical and verbal means. His followers seem to accept his boorish, often violent, and discriminatory language as masculine and macho. No amount of crude verbiage or outrageous lies seems to deter Trump followers.
Who are these followers? A large proportion of men, including many Latino and Black Americans, and white, blue-collar residents of Midwest states voted for Trump. So did women who have bought into and are controlled within our macho society. Lastly, the old white men with never-ending wealth to gain also voted for him.
One has only to look at the increase in physical threats against women, politicians and journalists and the overcrowding at women’s shelters to see that women are in danger from men and are still very much under their control. These threats are increasing. The ease with which abortion laws were altered to take control away from women in many states in the U.
S. is a clear indicator that women are losing their freedoms. And there are many women who share the philosophy that men are more competent and therefore should rule women, particularly in many religious groups.
One has only to see how many men sit in the Senate in the U.S. compared with women to see the way men continue to dominate American politics.
Only two Black women were elected to the U.S. Senate out of 100 mostly white male members.
These facts are hardly ones for a nation to celebrate. So glad I live in Canada. Regrettably, America is not yet ready to put a woman, or a woman of colour, into the White House.
That promise of America has yet to be fulfilled, but after almost two and a half centuries, how long will it take? This is one area where the U.S. is far behind the rest of the world.
, Nov. 6 Jaime Watt beautifully summarizes how the American electorate craved change, seemingly at any cost. “Woke” has been turned into a dirty word, just as former U.
S. President Ronald Reagan managed to turn “liberal” and “taxes” into dirty words. However, what you deeply repress can hurt you more than what you are aware of.
Trump’s complete botching of the pandemic, to the cost of some 600,000 lives, and his war with the scientific community, wasn’t emphasized during this campaign. Also overlooked, but lurking in the American subconscious, is the spectre of reparations for slavery, for the genocide against the American “Indians,” for the lack of an adequate social safety net that includes access to medical care. The unconscious racism that turned former U.
S. President Barack Obama and Kamala Harris into “African-American” candidates, when in fact they both are bi-racial, also played a major part, especially in the south and midwestern states. Finally, there is an unconscious fear of women, female empowerment, and yes, female sexuality that helps explain why so many men were unfazed by the undeclared war on women’s rights.
It’s not as obvious as it is in Iran, but Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” reminds us not to underestimate it. This election sends a clear message to the progressive media and celebrities that they do not have the influence they arrogantly believe they have over the decisions of ordinary voters. After the Donald Trump victory in the presidential election, I am looking forward to watching America in 2025 end all the crazy extreme left woke ideas, like defunding the police.
Trump epitomized courage as he bravely continued his presidential run after two assassination attempts. In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau epitomizes cowardice, as he is so afraid of losing his job, Trudeau refuses to allow a secret ballot vote in his own Liberal caucus to confirm he should continue as leader into the next election. I expect Canadians to throw Trudeau out of power in the next election.
Donald Trump made clear that, if elected, he would control the flow of migrants coming across the U.S. southern border.
With his election, the question now is whether the Canadian government will do the same along its southern border. Nov. 6 Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
So unsurprisingly, but tragically, the American people have decided, once again to vote Donald Trump, a twice impeached, convicted felon, back into office. All that can be said is, so long America, nice knowing you, it was fun while it lasted! , Nov. 4 As a 35-year career child protection lawyer who worked with Toronto Children’s Aid Society, Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, Simcoe Children’s Aid Society and Muskoka Children’s Aid Society, I believe I have a perspective to offer regarding the recent news articles.
Unlike most other provinces in Canada, Ontario has retained a system of independent children’s aid societies. Despite this fact, the provincial government controls both their legislative mandate and their budgets. I believe this has been a strategy that has allowed the province to appear to remain at “arm’s length” when things go wrong, as despite the best efforts of all concerned, they inevitably will.
The suggestion that agencies provide bonuses to their staff certainly seems absurd to me, given that in the 35 years of my involvement with children’s aid societies, there was a constant vigilance concerning prudent spending. I recall that as staff, we were all expected to pay the costs of staff celebrations. Staff shortages and burnout were chronic.
I believe this remains the case today. As the stress of survival for everyone continues to increase in today’s economic environment, it creates additional burdens on child protection agencies. Instead of attacking the child protection system, the government should be listening to these professionals who are on the ground, and resource the parts of the system that cry out for attention: food, housing, mental health treatment, addiction treatment.
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