Funny, I don't see Obama on your post... Wait... no, no it's not there.

Anyway,
You're overgeneralizing and being sexist. There have been evil women and there will be more in the future. Ever hear of the mother who drowned her sons to "save them from the horrors of the world"?
Ever read the book "A Child Called It"

All humans have a capacity to commit horrible acts.
All humans also have the option to decide to be morally just.

I think the key to knowing if you are morally good is to test whether or not your set of moral values are cercumstantial.
If somethings apply in some cases but not in others. Or a moral value applies to everyone except certain people, you are not just.


Also,
We don't apply basic human rights to animals because we are a species. Naturally, we root for the home team. Ever hear of "Dehumanizing the enemy?"
It's a strategy for survival that allows us to do what is nessicary. I think about it this way,
If I see a deer, cat, armadillo, squirrel, dog, opossum, etc... splattered on the side of the highway, I may say something like, "Oh, no. He's sleeping...."
If I see a human splattered on the side of the highway (which I may have while driving through Jersey on a 12 hr. trip, I'm not sure), my adrenaline would hit instantly from surprise and horror, I would sweat and feel sick.

You may claim to feel the same for animals as humans, but when you go to the mall, you do not feel the same when you smell McDonalds as you would at a McDonalds selling human parts.
It's as simple as that.
Humans do not ordinarily feel the same emotion toward animals instinctively, therefore, animals do not get the same treatment.
Not very nice for them, but true.


If you want a cause that other people can be convinced to agree with and support, I suggest you visit Malaysia or the Phillipines. I had seen these places on TV before I went, but I was still shocked at how miserable a thirdworld environment can be. Those children don't have a chance and the countries are decades from the kind of economic and social equallity the US enjoys.