During Mussolini’s rule of Italy, the country had a recreational organization called the Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro (the OND). While the main purpose of the OND under Mussolini was to promote Fascism, it was surprisingly progressive in that it allowed women to participate in “masculine” sports, which were normally limited to males only. However, the Catholic Church was opposed to this and pressured Mussolini’s government into barring female participation in any “masculine” activities. After all, Italian women might have started to think they could do manly sports like rowing *gasp*. That could turn female athletes into devil-worshiping lesbian heathens or something equally horrific! (Like skilled athletes?)
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Mar 08
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Government, Religion by Alex @ 6:30 am
About a month ago, I saw a video about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s view that parts of Sharia law should be legally recognized by the UK’s government and just a few days ago, I read an article titled “Animal-sacrifice case highlights tensions over religious practices” both of which I came across on Pharyngula.
Nov 07
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Essay: Legalization of Homosexual Marriage
As I said in an earlier post, one of my friends is against homosexuality. She’s also against the government legalizing homosexual marriage and she wrote an essay for school last year about this. When I sent her my previous post, she sent me her essay to look at.
