Question for Mayor Filner: As you meet with residents, community groups, and city staff, are you tracking these meetings?
Some groups with shared interests and goals may not be aware of others which are similar. With your high profile and community-focused leadership, it seems there could be a great opportunity to build consensus and efforts between existing engaged citizens. Do you envision creating a mechanism to do this?
It's not for me, being outside of Islam, to change it. Change is incremental, across multiple platforms, and the bulk of the discriminatory aspects must be changed from within.
In the meantime, why does it set feminism back to accommodate children and their mothers who would otherwise not have access to learning such life skills as swimming? To healthy exercise? Once swimming is demystified, perhaps some of these women will be part of the change from within the community to lead a cultural shift.
Feminism is not defined for every person the same way. I'm glad there are people like you drawing your line in the sand, but others might not be ready to take such a strong stance. It takes all kinds moving in a similar direction to build a broader movement.
I'm proud to be part of a society that works to accommodate healthy options for people groups with genuine needs - especially when other parts of the same society limit access.
Very cool, Copley YMCA. Enjoy the pool time, ladies, and maybe one day I'll join you in a yoga class!
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March 28, 2013 at 10:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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Question for Mayor Filner: As you meet with residents, community groups, and city staff, are you tracking these meetings?
Some groups with shared interests and goals may not be aware of others which are similar. With your high profile and community-focused leadership, it seems there could be a great opportunity to build consensus and efforts between existing engaged citizens. Do you envision creating a mechanism to do this?
February 6, 2013 at 11:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
YMCA Offers Women-Only Swim Hours For Muslim Women
@AishaSaif ~ Thank you for your comments.
It's not for me, being outside of Islam, to change it. Change is incremental, across multiple platforms, and the bulk of the discriminatory aspects must be changed from within.
In the meantime, why does it set feminism back to accommodate children and their mothers who would otherwise not have access to learning such life skills as swimming? To healthy exercise? Once swimming is demystified, perhaps some of these women will be part of the change from within the community to lead a cultural shift.
Feminism is not defined for every person the same way. I'm glad there are people like you drawing your line in the sand, but others might not be ready to take such a strong stance. It takes all kinds moving in a similar direction to build a broader movement.
June 29, 2012 at 12:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
YMCA Offers Women-Only Swim Hours For Muslim Women
I love white men! Just not when they're crying about nonexistent persecution.
June 27, 2012 at 4:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
YMCA Offers Women-Only Swim Hours For Muslim Women
CaliforniaDefender:
Your concern for the poor, underprivileged white man is touching.
Why don't you put together an interested group and reach out to the YMCA to ask them?
June 27, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
YMCA Offers Women-Only Swim Hours For Muslim Women
Just what America needs: more white men demanding special privileges.
Precisely what does providing this much-appreciated service for a segment of American society take away from anyone else?
June 27, 2012 at 3:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
YMCA Offers Women-Only Swim Hours For Muslim Women
I'm proud to be part of a society that works to accommodate healthy options for people groups with genuine needs - especially when other parts of the same society limit access.
Very cool, Copley YMCA. Enjoy the pool time, ladies, and maybe one day I'll join you in a yoga class!
June 27, 2012 at 1:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )