Sadly, We Still Need A “Violence Against Women Act”

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Thanks to Wikimedia and author Concha García Hernández for the image.

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that funds domestic abuse shelters and increases federal penalties for domestic violence is up for renewal… but is meeting resistance from, unsurprisingly, a number of Republicans. Apparently the fact that the bill requires nondiscrimination against LGBTQ recipients of aid and would grant more visas to abused immigrant women is problematic. I’m floored that a) we still need to federally discourage violence against women, and b) there are people who don’t want to extend that kind of help and resources to, um, everyone.

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Jeana Jorgensen, PhD recently completed her doctoral degree in folklore and gender studies at Indiana University. She studies fairy tales and other narratives, dance, body art, feminist theory, digital humanities, and gender identity.

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    I’m right with you when it comes to the behaviors and attitudes of the Republicans, and I do think this service should be protected, but I think people have been willfully naive about the kind of economic hole our nations are in. Even if America cut 70% of its military spending, 70% of its social welfare programs and printed 70% more money this year, America is still in a financial hole it cannot get out of without a miracle.
    America will have to raise the debt ceiling again in a few months, and no one seems to think that’s a major problem.

    Unless some almighty being arrives tomorrow and wipes all debts clean, there will be a whole lot of services being completely abandoned in the coming years.

    It’s sad, but that’s what happens in a declining nation.