{"id":12041,"date":"2018-03-09T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2018-03-09T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T11:49:06","slug":"international-womens-day-farce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/international-womens-day-farce\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day farce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spanish women on the march for International Women’s Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

International Women’s Day descended into farce yesterday as feminists in Spain went on strike and a British MP solemnly read out a list of women murder victims – but no men.<\/p>\n

According to the BBC<\/a><\/strong>, ‘Hundreds of thousands of women have joined street protests across Spain, shouting “if we stop, the world stops”.’ \u00a0Yes, we knew that already. \u00a0 So what?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Guardian solemnly stated<\/a><\/strong>: ‘As we alluded to in our previous post, women are under represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) careers. \u00a0So to highlight those fighting to change that gender imbalance, check out these resources.’ \u00a0Maybe young women just don’t want to do those jobs?<\/p>\n

Men don’t matter to Jess Phillips<\/h2>\n
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Men don’t matter to Jess Phillips MP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And in the House of Commons,\u00a0Jess Phillips MP read out the names of women ‘killed by male violence’. The\u00a0Labour MP said it included ‘the names of all the women killed by male violence since the last International Women’s Day.’<\/p>\n

The BBC reports<\/a><\/strong>: ‘The 100-plus list of names – provided by Karen Ingala Smith and the Counting Dead Women Project – showed, she said, that “violence against women and girls is an epidemic… if as many people died every week at a sporting event… there would be national outcry… all of these women mattered”.’<\/p>\n

And, presumably, since Jess Phillips did not read out their names, none of the men murdered in the same period mattered.<\/p>\n

April 2015 to March 2016 is the last year for which accurate statistics are available<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0In that year, there were 175 female victims of homicide in England and Wales. \u00a0There were 395 male homicide victims. \u00a0That’s more than twice as many men murdered as women. \u00a0Every single one, male as well as female, was someone made in the image of God.<\/p>\n

The Bible says: \u00a0Lev 19:15\u00a0 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Romans 2:11\u00a0 For there is no respect of persons with God.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Women’s Day divisive<\/h2>\n

If anything shows up the divisive nature of International Women’s Day, nothing else will. \u00a0It is people who matter, not just women. \u00a0Yesterday, we posted a video in which this author took\u00a0International Women’s Day to task.<\/p>\n