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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
3. I think it would be great for that to happen here. Unfortunately, the Powers that be would...
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:50 PM
May 2015

...have the thought: "Piss on them, we have a ton of money. Those B....chs will get hungry in a few days or have to go back to work.
Plus the fact that the Repug women wouldn't go along ..

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
4. I can't see that happening here.
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:51 PM
May 2015

So many women here in the US are brainwashed by the GOP and couldn't care less that they make less than their male counterparts. It's sad, but it's a reality in America.

Coventina

(27,234 posts)
5. The advantage of living in a small, homogenous country.
Wed May 6, 2015, 05:51 PM
May 2015

The bigger and more diverse the country, the more difficult it is to pull something like that off.

I'd love it if we could do it, though.

Number9Dream

(1,565 posts)
6. Wish Iceland would recognize the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:34 AM
May 2015

Gender equality is a very positive thing. I wonder how Icelandic women feel about recognizing the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling? Is it more the Icelandic men who support whaling?

http://us.whales.org/issues/whaling-in-iceland

sendero

(28,552 posts)
7. Women in this country..
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:43 AM
May 2015

... won't even stop voting for the assholes who want to deny them contraception and abortion availability.

Good luck with that.

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