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In reply to the discussion: Stop calling us wives and moms [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)1. This is ridiculous
If, after putting two women on the Supreme Court to protect our rights - something with REAL consequences - people want to call this President a misogynist they are only going to look like fools who are only happy when they have something to complain about.
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Shame on you for being so vague in your argument, for using that tradition patriarchal phrase and...
littlemissmartypants
Feb 2013
#71
I think the objection is that it can come across as a kind of "ownership." I think it would be
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#9
I knowit wasn't meant to denote ownership of women, but I can see a reasonable objection to it.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#15
Look, my reference is just that women have been in the past seen as men's chattel without
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#20
It's really so simple I don't see why some folks here are pushing back so hard.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#36
It is sad that he has to remind the (mostly) men who would restrict unrelated women's rights
magical thyme
Feb 2013
#8
I noticed that too. You can be female and NOT be a wife, mother, sister or daughter
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#14
The status of your parents is irrelevant. My father is dead, but I'm still his son.
phleshdef
Feb 2013
#31
I HAD a Mom and Dad, and was their daughter. Past tense. It is a little odd to be addressed as
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#81
No, but every single one of them was a daughter and every human being alive had a mother
CBGLuthier
Feb 2013
#51
That irks me too, as do his constant references to "families" as if family units only are worthy
forestpath
Feb 2013
#45
Some women might not see themselves as being in one of those categories. They see themselves
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#58
Any woman who does not see herself as a daughter is very confused about language.
CBGLuthier
Feb 2013
#63
Yes, well I try not to project but this thread has shown me a dark side here I don't like...
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#91
there's a lot of anger here towards women who speak up. i get PMs all the time
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#95
well, I'm too damn old to care what they think! So I am going to (and have already) push back...
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#96
This feeble mock outrage is so fucking nit-picky and ignorant I don't know where to start...
Blue_Tires
Feb 2013
#62
Impeach the bastard if he doesn't start using the term "double x chromosomes" in reference to women.
Swamp Lover
Feb 2013
#76
That phraseology is a rhetorical device to bring along those who are resistant
aikoaiko
Feb 2013
#100
Oh, for crying out loud! Proud sister, aunt, wife, mother and grandmother here. sheesh!
secondwind
Feb 2013
#106