One cannot hope to put an end to gender-based violence without understanding the ideological and social construction which is the backdrop to this violence, which provides legitimacy, bolstered by patriarchal values which are taken to be consubstantial to our existence, our culture.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Arguments against the construction of KeystoneXL hinge almost completely on ideological rhetoric that has been consistently addressed and disproven by both historical operating statistics and forward-looking analyses by bodies ranging from the State Department to the Department of Energy.

FORBES: Pipeline Infrastructure: Rhetoric v. Reality