EMPOWERMENT IN A CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY

"The problem that has no name -- which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities -- is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease." - Betty Friedan, social activist, The Feminine Mystique

"It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

NOT LIKE THE OTHERS
A giant truck stops to pick up a hitchhikeress. The driver opens the door and says, "Come on in. I'm not like the other ones that only let the good-looking girls have a ride."

I TOLD YOU…
A man came home a day early from a business trip and discovered his wife in the midst of passionate lovemaking with a total stranger in their bedroom. He demandingly asked, "What on earth are you doing?!?!!"

The wife turned to the other man and replied, "See, I told you he was dumb as a post."

NON-GOVERNMENT AIDE TO EDUCATION
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - A Sacramento State grad trying to make money by auctioning off her virginity to help pay for her graduate studies is getting lots of offers...and not just for sex.

The 22-year-old who is using the pseudonym Natalie Dylan for safety reasons is going through a legal brothel in Nevada to sell her virginity. Dylan told CBS13 she's gotten an offer of $250,000. And now she's gotten an offer to do a photo spread for Penthouse magazine...

The main purpose of this is to finance a couple things in my life, Dylan told CBS13. "I think empowerment of women is picking yourself up and doing something on your own to better yourself."…

Dylan earned her bachelor's degree in women's studies from Sacramento State and plans to get her master's at the school beginning in January.

Many Sac State students say they're shocked to hear about their former classmate's plan, while others applaud her. ... I just think she should be giving it to someone special she loves, said one student on campus… another felt that selling her virginity for grad school "is a noble reason to get money."

When I was younger, I wanted 100% romance, possibly even wait for marriage. But as I grew up, reality kinda hit. And I think its a capitalistic society and I want to capitalize on this, explained Dylan.

Koula Gianulias, Offers Pouring Into Student Selling Her Virginity, September 11, 2008
http://cbs13.com/local/selling.virginity.tuition.2.815171.html

With all of the government aid programs competing to spend the taxpayers' money, isn’t it refreshing to find an old fashioned do-it-yourself capitalist? - 2q(Jim)

The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off. - Gloria Steinem

LAWYERS, HONE YOUR SKILLS
A new business acquisition client freaked out today at being stuck with a "girl lawyer." Before I got a chance to punch out the old geezer, the supervising partner told him -- with a straight face, yet -- that female lawyers are good at acquisitions because they hone their skills at shopping. So the geezer says, "Okay, but you'd better check everything she does."

Damn right he will, at $400 an hour.

Madeleine Begun Kane, DIARY OF A BASHED ATTORNEY

TYPICAL MALE…
I had parked my car in the supermarket parking lot and was walking past an empty cart when I heard a female voice say, "Mister, are you using that cart?"

No, I answered. "I'm only after one thing."

As I walked toward the store, I heard her murmur, "Typical male."

CAN'T FORGET THE GENIE JOKE
A man finds a lamp and decides to rub the dust off. Then, you guessed it, a Genie appears.

The Genie tells the man he will grant him three wishes, but everything the man gets, his mother-in-law gets twice.

The man's first wish is for 10 million dollars.

The Genie reminds the man that his mother-in-law will get 20 million dollars. The man says, "that's ok."

The man's next wish is for a house by the sea.

Once again, the Genie reminds the man that his mother-in-law will get two houses by the sea; once again, the man says, "that's okay."

The man's last wish is to be beaten half to death.