I'm posting this in "Science and Technology" for two reasons:
First, it was offered in the LATimes 'Science Now' section
Second, currently, the USMB has no 'Insane Liberals' forum.
(Long overdue, I might add...)
1. "Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate change could force more women to become prostitutes.
2. ... a resolution the California Democrat introduced in Congress on Friday. In House Concurrent Resolution 36, Rep. Lee and 11 co-sponsors note that warming temperatures could push as many as 3 million people into poverty....
3. Food-insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs [sexually transmitted infections], unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,....
4. The documents purpose is to call attention to the ways that women are vulnerable to climate change.
5. ... predictably, the online coverage has focused on sex.
Democrats: Global warming means more hookers, according to Tucker Carlsons website, the Daily Caller.
Climate Change Causes Prostitution? Congressional Leaders Say Yes, writes Latinos Post.
6. [ pssstttt....the LATimes title is"Climate change causes prostitution?"]
7. ....And weve seen time after time that women on the edge are forced to make heartbreaking choices, this among them.
8. Lee, who represents Berkeley, Oakland and other parts of the East Bay, originally introduced this resolution in 2009. She introduced it again last week in recognition of Earth Week (an extended version of Earth Day)."
Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains - latimes.com
9. Resolution here:
http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/jan2013/hconres36.pdf
I'm thinkin' a Barbara Lee/ Hillary Clinton ticket in 2016......
First, it was offered in the LATimes 'Science Now' section
Second, currently, the USMB has no 'Insane Liberals' forum.
(Long overdue, I might add...)
1. "Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate change could force more women to become prostitutes.
2. ... a resolution the California Democrat introduced in Congress on Friday. In House Concurrent Resolution 36, Rep. Lee and 11 co-sponsors note that warming temperatures could push as many as 3 million people into poverty....
3. Food-insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs [sexually transmitted infections], unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,....
4. The documents purpose is to call attention to the ways that women are vulnerable to climate change.
5. ... predictably, the online coverage has focused on sex.
Democrats: Global warming means more hookers, according to Tucker Carlsons website, the Daily Caller.
Climate Change Causes Prostitution? Congressional Leaders Say Yes, writes Latinos Post.
6. [ pssstttt....the LATimes title is"Climate change causes prostitution?"]
7. ....And weve seen time after time that women on the edge are forced to make heartbreaking choices, this among them.
8. Lee, who represents Berkeley, Oakland and other parts of the East Bay, originally introduced this resolution in 2009. She introduced it again last week in recognition of Earth Week (an extended version of Earth Day)."
Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains - latimes.com
9. Resolution here:
http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/jan2013/hconres36.pdf
I'm thinkin' a Barbara Lee/ Hillary Clinton ticket in 2016......
