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House Dem: Global Warming Could Force Women to Trade Sex for Food
The Blaze ^ | 3/26/15 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 03/26/2015 6:14:29 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

A senior House Democrat has once again issued an apocalyptic warning that climate change will hit women harder than men, and that it could drive millions of poor women to engage in “transactional sex” in order to provide food and water for their families.

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) proposed a resolution on Wednesday that said as the climate changes, it will cause food and water scarcity around the world. That will create pressures on poor women in particular, since they are often charged with growing food and collecting water for their families.

As resources dwindle, it could force many women to barter sexual favors for food and water, the resolution stated.

“[F]ood 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, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,” it read.

The resolution concluded by saying Congress must recognize the “disparate impacts of climate change on women,” and must encourage the use of “gender-sensitive frameworks in developing policies to address climate change.”

Lee introduced a similar resolution in the last Congress, but it didn’t go anywhere. Lee said in 2013 that her resolution is meant to remind policymakers that more women need to be included in discussions about how to respond to the changing climate.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: barbaralee; globullwarming
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Copy of her resolution at link. Well Well Well, looks the enviros finally have a token Black to perpetuate the man-made global warming climate change myth. Isn't it odd that ever since the enviro movement took hold in the 60's, started by a bunch of WHITE, for the most part, women, and immortalized in song by another WHITE woman, Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi, it's been so lily White? Is it by accident or design? Let's get real, when was the last time a "Brother" saved a whale? Or a "Sister" saved a polar bear from the supposedly melting ice caps? You would think the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, etc were White's only clubs. Hell, I've seen more diversity at a NASCAR race.
1 posted on 03/26/2015 6:14:29 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Hey, I have some food!!!! :-)


2 posted on 03/26/2015 6:16:19 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Dems worried about this?Hell,they’re counting on it.


3 posted on 03/26/2015 6:17:22 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Impala64ssa

I’m a guy. What do I trade?

Now we degenerate to: LGBTXXYZ’s and what they trade


4 posted on 03/26/2015 6:17:35 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: Impala64ssa

And since it will be “warm”, they’ll wear less clothing too. Fire up the SUV!! I’m sold on this global warming stuff.


5 posted on 03/26/2015 6:18:06 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Impala64ssa

You can’t fix stupid.


6 posted on 03/26/2015 6:18:07 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: EagleUSA

Let me introduce you to your subject. Rep barbara lee.


7 posted on 03/26/2015 6:19:27 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: EagleUSA

Hahaha...most Democrat women in the House and Senate would have to starve then.


8 posted on 03/26/2015 6:20:15 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Impala64ssa
Some might starve


9 posted on 03/26/2015 6:20:52 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: Impala64ssa

> it could drive millions of poor women to engage in “transactional sex”

Sexist!


10 posted on 03/26/2015 6:20:54 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Impala64ssa

Some will eat better than others.

11 posted on 03/26/2015 6:21:12 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Ha! I can give food, a roof and protection!


12 posted on 03/26/2015 6:21:16 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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The resolution concluded by saying Congress must recognize the “disparate impacts of climate change on women,” and must encourage the use of “gender-sensitive frameworks in developing policies to address climate change.”

Dear G-d.

13 posted on 03/26/2015 6:22:52 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act and called hate speech.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Sofa King We Tod Id.


14 posted on 03/26/2015 6:23:12 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (If you're not leading, you're struggling to be relevant.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Is Barbara Lee trying to convert Bill Clinton to anti GW side?


15 posted on 03/26/2015 6:23:31 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: EagleUSA

Is that supposed to be a bad thing? Now stocking up on soup beans and rice.


16 posted on 03/26/2015 6:24:18 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Impala64ssa

If there’s a food shortage, it will be because of the ethanol scam and all the environmental regulations.

But I’m sure that Barry and Michelle will have plenty to eat.


17 posted on 03/26/2015 6:24:32 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: central_va

I’ll just keep my food to myself.


18 posted on 03/26/2015 6:25:10 PM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: Impala64ssa

Socialism creates many more hookers than climate does.

Venezuela has an excellent climate, but I guarantee there are middle class Venezuelan women right now who are trading sex for food.


19 posted on 03/26/2015 6:25:26 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Impala64ssa

I have heard that a freezing winter can force women to trade sex for food too! Funny though it’s seems to be the other way around for men.


20 posted on 03/26/2015 6:27:12 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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