Police had enough to get a warrant for Pickton in 1998: MY RESPONSE

Robert Pickton is facing charges for the murder of several women.  In 1998 it is said that the police had enough evidence to get a search warrant, Robert Pickton was also earlier charged with attempt of murder when he picked up a prostitute in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, who managed to escape and flag down a passing car.  The police had found ID of missing woman and bloody clothing.  There was lots of talk about who had the jurisdiction in getting the search warrent, if it was the VPD or the RCMP.  It is still unknown why it took so long to convict Pickton of the murders, but its good that he is in jail now and can't hurt any more women.  

Seeking Justice for Canada’s 500 Missing Native Women: MY RESPONSE

Robert Pickton was charged in December 2003 for the the murder of several aboriginal Canadians.  It is said that violence is greater to aboriginal women, "12.6 percent of Native women reported domestic abuse whereas only 3.5 percent of non-Natives did" (Seeking Justice for Canada’s 500 Missing Native Women article), and the fact that there was a majority of aboriginal woman missing and murdered in Canada shows that there should be something done to prevent it.  Most of the woman found at Pickton"s farm was taken off the streets at Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.  It is sad to hear the numbers of women who have gone missing and murdered in Canada just because they are aboriginal. there is also a place called the highway of tears located between Prince Rupert and Prince George where many aboriginal women go missing all the time and yet there is hardly any media coverage on it.  I think the Justice System needs to realize how serious these crimes are and do something more helpful to prevent these things from happening.   

Woman's rights

Men and women are often seen as equals; but men don't get sexualized or desexualized as much as women do.  Women are always facing the media who portray an image that shows what a woman should look like rather than encouraging women to be and look like themselves not something they’re not. The other half of the problem women face is desexualization, where many women in different places around the world are falling into traps of the sex trade.   

Woman’s rights are something that many women over the years have been fighting for and still the media find it important to use woman's sexuality to promote an image that's not correct.  Child beauty pageants are teaching children that to look beautiful they have to wear lots of makeup, get spray tans and dress like adults when they are only kids.  They are constantly being judged on what they look like. Child beauty pageants are taking away the youth of children and creating people who are not being themselves by having the media around us starting at young ages lead to suicide, eating disorders from the pressure of what you should look like being in the media that sexualizes woman.  Women grow dissatisfied with who they are and what they look like after seeing the models or pop-stars on TV or in magazines which lead to a negative affect.  Young girls may think that the models they are looking at really look that flawless but really they are "fixed" using the computer which shows that no one really looks like that, but the fact is that young girls don't know that.  The media needs to start promoting girls that are unique, themselves not computerized to look flawless because no is flawless.  

The sex trade is an example of desexualization because it takes away woman's rights and voice being controlled by older men and having to go through what they do, and not even making all the money.  Most of the young woman did not choose that way they were tricked into it and not being able to escape.  Some were taken off the streets offered a job and not realizing that they would end up in such a horrible place and being beaten and threaten to ensure that they don’t run away.    Sexualization takes away the power woman have in their lives, even desexualization takes away that right. Some woman when they are young are forced by parents to by religious believes to have female genital mutilation. Many have had to go through that procedure because it helps resists sexual activity; the parents believe that for them to marry their girls off they should be "clean" of having sex.  But whats happening is that they are taking away young girls rights.  They are taking away what makes them a woman and leaving them scared for the rest of their lives.  Also in the 1920s the media promoted desexualization by creating "the flapper" look, where they had models with no curves or shape at all.  The media is a strong advertising place that encourages images in which they think women should look like.  

By taking away these simple rights and freedom from woman it is not allowing people to be who they are and creating a false image for young girls to want to look like.  To be able to create a place where we teach the younger generations to be who they are and for them to have a place where they can make their own decisions and to have a voice then what needs to happen is for the media to promote this and for everyone to work together in making right of what has been wrong for so long.




References:
Mrs. Cacciato's social justice blog:  http://cacciato-sj12.blogspot.com/
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How are woman's rights also men's rights?

Women's rights are also men's rights in the way that the rights women have also apply to men.  It has been said that "all men and woman are treated equally" but in reality that statement is false.  Women may be able to get a job a man can have, but they might not be getting paid as much to do the same work.  Men and woman may be aloud to vote, have the right to freedom and all that, but there are some rights that are not shared equally. Men have most of the seats in parliament, and are generally more wealthy. So to say that men have the same rights as women, is totally different from saying that women have the same right as men.  Men also now share that right to maternity leave, not just women anymore.  Throughout the years women's right have come a long way, but it is still not totally equal like it should be.  Men and women also share some common issues such as being a homosexual, since they are treated unfair and are working hard to change that.  Both women and men should be equal in all ways possible; politically, economically, and socially.

LGBT homework

LGBT activists are very important in the world because they will fight for equal rights for the members of the LGBT community.  There has been discrimination and hate towards these people, which I believe is unfair and wrong.  Everyone should be treated as equals and not hated on because of their sexual orientation or identity.  The LGBT activist in the past have gained some power in helping the LGBT"s, like Harvey Milk.  Harvey Milk was an openly gay politician in the 1970s that fought for rights.  Harvey Milk was responsible for passing stringent gay rights for his city and was the most famous gay politician in the US and was an icon in the city.  It’s very important for everyone to be equal, and there for it is important to see LGBT activists out there willing to take a stand.  The Laramie Project is about Mathew Shepard who was gay and beaten and left to die in the cold night by two local boys in 1998.  It was a hate crime that spread across the states and was turned into a law of harsher punishments in 2009.  There are many other LGBT activists such as David Corbett, a Canadian lawyer, Douglas Wilson a writer and even an Olympic gold medal swimmer Mark Tewsbury who fights for LGBT rights in sports. We have some activists and we will still need them until LGBT’s are just as equal as anyone else in the world.  Without these people who are standing up for their rights, the world may not be as it is today.  The LGBT community would be seen as a sin or unnatural, and they would have no rights, they would still be getting punished for being who they are.  Before there were activist to fight for the rights, the laws against LGBT’s were very strict and was socially unacceptable.  It would be hard to live in a world like that especially if you were a homosexual and was afraid to open up or if you did open up you would be punished.  LGBT activist have been so inspiring and are creating a change in the world for the better.  There are so many youth taking their own life because they are bullied and it’s not right, Rick Mercer is an openly gay television comedian and satirist he speaks about the wrongness of homophobia and bullying.  His rant on teen suicide was really inspiring because he shows that yes it’s nice to tell the youth that it gets better, but why not have it be better now.  Not wait until finishing school for things to brighten up, but to make things better in school so that the youth and really anyone getting bullied do not have to face the torment everyday and be told “it gets better”, that they are having a good high school experience.  LGBT activists are important and will always be important, they change the world to be a better place for everyone and that’s what we need in the world.  

Tories unveil crime bill, but not the costs

The article, "Tories unveil crime bill, but not the costs" talks about the government making a bill that would be harsher on criminals, which is good since  it would make our streets safer to be on.  But the question that comes up is, "what is the cost". Hiring more employees to handle more inmates, making the room for all the inmates, would be costing more and more money.  Its a good idea and if they have the money to do this without it affecting the people in a big financial way then go for it! Anything to make this a safer place to live!!

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian: Chapter 1

The boy from the book, "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian" has a hard life with so many things against him. Right from the beginning of his life he suffered from a lot of different problems.  When he was only six months old he had to undergo a surgery, where there was a great chance of him not surviving.  He survived the surgery but had so many other physical problems including brain damage that he felt unlucky. Throughout his life he has not only had to deal with these issues but also had a hard time at school as the other children made fun of him.  But with all that being said he has found one thing that makes him happy: drawing cartoons.  It's good that he found something that he can do, putting all the problems and teasing aside and just draw.  Its nice to see that he still has hope for becoming someone and is not torn down by everything that he has gone through.