Sentences with phrase «women were allowed»

It wasn't until 1984 that women were allowed to compete in the marathon at the Olympics, but in 1967 Switzer broke a barrier that in the last 20 years has seen a tsunami of women take up running and compete in races across North America.

What if women were allowed to seek their own status and power and weren't completely dependent on that of their husbands?

Did you know that no women were allowed?

And the backlash I received sort of reflected that double standard about what men and women were allowed to engage in.

Yet the Chick Flick was an area where women were allowed to take up space — what do we lose in its exit?

For me, some of the year's most enduring characters have been «Okja's» young, tenacious Mija (Seo - Hyun Ahn), «Lady Bird's» loving but exacting mother, Marion McPherson (Laurie Metcalf), and «Landline's» confused sisters, Dana (Jenny Slate) and Ali (Abbi Quinn); women were allowed to be complicated, were fully rendered, and they kicked ass.

Only women were allowed to post images in the groups that are publicly visible.

The women were allowed to eat as much as they wanted, but their carb intake was restricted.

Critics also note that no women were allowed to participate in final negotiations over the measure, which were conducted by Cuomo and top lawmakers, all men.

Women were allowed to vote in some colonies in Australia, but not all.

Her two predecessors Viscountess St Davids and the 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, who had been ennobled in the first half of the 20th century, had died before women were allowed to sit in the House of Lords.

I believe youth sports would see positive changes if more women were allowed to take an active role in youth sports policy and rule - making.

One major problem with his doing that is that he fails to recognize that in Paul's day, when that was written, few, if any, women were allowed to have a formal education, whereas to the extent formal education was available to anyone, the men got it; the women didn't.

As a result the women were allowed to choose their own husbands, and one of them was married to Ali's son Husain and the other to Abu Bakr's son Muhammad.

The Bible lost in 1920 when women were allowed to vote.

I am all for freedom of marriage, but I would be on the side of the FLDS if women were allowed to have multiple husbands.

we were treated to the same logic when women were allowed into the service and then, God forbid, into comb.

For instance, it wasn't until 1968 that women were allowed to serve on juries in all 50 states.

«KPCB discriminates against [Ellen Pao] and other women by failing to promote them comparably to men, by compensating them less than men through lower salary, bonus and carried interest, by restricting the number of investments that women are allowed to make as compared to men, by failing to include junior women from meetings and discussions, by failing to provide equivalent sponsorship of women as of men, by failing to include junior women comparably to junior men in the interview process, and by failing to provide opportunities for visibility and success inside and outside the firm for women as compared to men.»

In the restricted circumstances where Saudi women are allowed to work, they are not allowed to freely mix with members of the opposite sex, and they require signed permission from a male «guardian» to travel alone.

As far as I know woman are allowed to get piercings only in their ears and nose.

How long have women been allowed to vote in this country?

This country was not founded on Islamic principles which is why our women are allowed to be educated and walk amongst us without covering up.

He said: «To most English people under 40 a discussion of gay bishops or same - sex marriage feels as relevant and inviting as one about women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.»

Our church, however, took it one step further: if all a woman was allowed to be was a «keeper at home,» then it was utterly pointless for her to try to be anything else.

Orthodox Countries and Ukrainian Catholic faith are worse - no women is allowed to read, no altar servers, everything the Church does in men lead, the whole Orthodox wedding ceremony is sexist - the crowning aspect signifies the women is under the kingdom of her husband and he is the king of the world and of his wife.

These people would not allow any religion but Christianity to be seen in a good light if taught in classes in the USA, when history proves that, Christianity is the reason so many people in the USA have been motivated to lynch black people, make gays second class citizens, fought against woman being allowed to vote, hunted down and killed others from different denominations, force all other's to pay for their «work» whether in the USA or around the world through tax exempt status, gifts or «Faith - based initiatives».

The rape of women is allowed throughout the OT, only the rape of men is condemned in places.

I find myself getting all defensive when local Christians question my commitment to my faith simply because I believe the earth is more than 6,000 years old or when they roll their eyes upon learning that women are allowed to teach at our church services.

I think the pendulum of political correctness has swung a little too far to the left if women are allowed to wrestle men.

They've been convinced that America will go to hell in a handbasket if gays have equal rights, if women are allowed control over their own bodies, or if true separation of church and state is allowed to exist.

(Judges 19:25 - 28) St Paul's advice about whether women are allowed to teach men in church: «I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.»

If this woman is allowed to utilize the bench to imposed her personal agenda upon one's name, what other imposistions is she implementing that are probably going unchecked.

Women are allowed to fail exactly zero times.

I'm surprised (and maybe confused) about why nulliparous women are allowed a planned homebirth in the first place.

Fewer complications in labor if woman is allowed to move.

When giving birth unassisted, a woman is allowed to depend upon her own intellect and intuition.

I recently wrote an article about why it is important that women be allowed to breastfeed their babies anytime, anywhere: http://www.nursinginpublic.com/addressing-opposition-to-nursing-in-public/breastfeeding-anytime-anywhere/ Check it out!

By law, women are allowed a two - day hospital stay after giving birth.

The fortunate, actually, was that the Flamingo Hilton - she started Tweeting about it - and they actually met with her and were really, really nice about the whole thing and are thinking about bringing her back to do training for their employees - Ya, they stepped it up, a lot more than Hollister did -[Laughter] to talk about the laws and how women are allowed to breast feed in public.

Moms may also be floored to know that in certain states, there are protocols about how long a woman is allowed to push before she gets a C - section.

I think it's only fair to raise the question: «how much longer will we have to wait before a woman is allowed to lead the Labour Party into a General Election?»

Examples of accommodations for pregnant workers include reassigning those in manual labor jobs to lower - impact positions, giving seats to checkout workers and others in retail jobs and making sure pregnant women are allowed to drink water on the job to remain hydrated, Quinn and Vacca said.

Should men who identify as women be allowed to see your female relatives when they are undressed?

And women are allowed to abort a fetus that is proved by in utero tests to have a genetic disease.

The study referenced in the article also makes the point that women are allowed to decide where they want to give birth, which we absolutely loved.

With both options women are allowed the occasional treat such as wine or dark chocolate if desired.

Now men and women are allowed to and...

It shows that we as women are allowed to come from all walks of life, without being ashamed of what we look like, or what we have been through, among other things.

Online dating for the Jews is a serious affair and not for entertainment, since only matured men and women are allowed to search for their suitable partners in the community.