End Pornography and Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women!

Abortion On Demand and Without Apology!

Fight for the Emancipation of Women All Over the World!

Saturday, March 10
Celebrate International Women's Day
12:00 Noon
Protest and March, New York City

Photo: Faris Mansor

Gather near St. Patrick's Cathedral (near Rockefeller Center, exact location TBA):

• The Catholic Church's approach to women, gender, science and sexuality – like that of many religions – is a Dark Ages disaster! The Pope has condemned condoms (causing millions of HIV/AIDs deaths).  The Church condemns homosexuality and insists that “divorce is a sin” (contributing to women staying in abusive marriages).  Recently, Catholic Bishops urged “non-compliance” with new regulations requiring health insurance to cover birth control!

MARCH to TIMES SQUARE:

• Protest the objectification of women! Women's near-naked and rail-thin bodies are displayed, often in subservient poses, and used to sell everything from clothes to cars to “American culture” to the entire world.
• Protest the U.S. Military Recruiting Center! The U.S. Military concentrates violence against women! This includes its quasi-official reliance on brothels as a “perk” to male soldiers; the role of military forces in trafficking women and girls; and the epidemic of rape, harassment and violence against female soldiers.

MARCH to and PROTEST STRIP CLUBS (TBA) in the area!

• U.S. men spend an estimated $15 billion annually on strip clubs, as compared to $4 billion on baseball. Strip clubs have always objectified and degraded women.  But with women entering – and fighting for increasing respect in – the public sphere, strip clubs have become the new “all male preserve” and an enclave for male chauvinism and entitlement towards women's bodies.  Further, strip clubs prey upon the desperation, abuse and addiction of many women, including women who've been kidnapped and trafficked.

ALONG THE WAY: Protest “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” & Celebrate Abortion Provider Appreciation Day:

• Crisis Pregnancy Centers are fake “clinics” that knowingly prey on women for whom being pregnant is a crisis.  However, they are driven by an anti-abortion agenda.  They often have no clinical staff, spread lies, guilt-trip women, and enormously delay and complicate women's ability to access abortion.
• In contrast, we'll celebrate abortion providers because March 10th is Abortion Provider Appreciation Day!

Help make International Women's Day happen: Organize an International Women's Day march/protest in your city to End Pornography and Patriarchy: The Enslavement and Degradation of Women! Tell us what you're doing! Bring a contingent to the march in New York City Volunteer: Come to NYC in the days leading up to March 10!

PLANNING/MOBILIZING MEETINGS are held in NYC THURSDAYS @ 7 PM If anything in this flier resonated with you... If you care about the conditions of women... If you want to do something that can really make a huge difference – not only for yourself, but for women (and all people) worldwide and for future generations... CONTACT US! 3 things you can do right away: 1. Invite us into your class, club or dorm. 2. Spread this on FB and Twitter. 3. Distribute this flier everywhere/anywhere you go.

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