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Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
67. No, I don't
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 08:11 PM
Jan 2023

For so many reasons. Our rights to bodily autonomy are being completely ripped away. Virtually every one of these mass shooters who makes the headlines is a man with a history of violence against women close to him, and this violence was reported and known, and nothing was done because the safety of their girlfriends, wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, etc was seen as a personal, private matter and a man can do what he likes with his property. Every day women go missing, and only some types of women even get searched for. #MeToo made a temporary splash with some celebrities, but everyday women facing sexual harassment and violence get no fair hearing and no justice.

We do not have anywhere near equal representation in government to this day and we are a long way from getting it. Young men are being radicalized by fascist incel internet personalities who openly talk about how we are intellectually inferior and need to be trained and controlled. It's not just a matter of waiting for the old male chauvinists to die out, like we've been told. We are moving BACKWARDS, not forwards, and lots of young misogynists are even worse than the old ones.

Sincere question for the women of DU [View all] senseandsensibility Jan 2023 OP
I've sensed the uptick in misogynistic talk via right wing paid mouthpieces. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2023 #1
Yes, I agree senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #2
"I cherish women" though? czarjak Jan 2023 #97
My ass he "cherishes" women. calimary Jan 2023 #121
Cawthorn and Hawley, et. al jcgoldie Jan 2023 #105
And they won't even acknowledge their backwards thinking is Taliban-like. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2023 #134
Of course they are not. niyad Jan 2023 #3
Here you go. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #14
Thank you! niyad Jan 2023 #30
It is a good read, niyad. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #34
You are most welcome. I was more than a little disheartened reading that. Along niyad Jan 2023 #40
Thank you for the article. Sad though it is, it is the truth. efhmc Jan 2023 #42
You're welcome. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #47
What really hurts is that almost half of the women who are RW-buy into the misogyny. Samrob Jan 2023 #86
I know. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #90
+1👏 LiberalLoner Jan 2023 #112
It's a consequence of the influence of RW extremists in wnylib Jan 2023 #4
Exactly. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #6
RW extremists sre definitely the problem. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #74
And lecturing women to stay home, not work, while she was always working and never home. betsuni Jan 2023 #75
Yes! ShazzieB Jan 2023 #76
I challenged her on that hypocrisy. Also asked if the males and females in her niyad Jan 2023 #82
I remember Schlafly. She also advised women wnylib Jan 2023 #77
To be fair, that was actually marabel morgan, another reichwing shill. There was niyad Jan 2023 #104
I looked it up because I was pretty sure wnylib Jan 2023 #116
That bs about alimony was one of the lying scare tactics they used to frighten niyad Jan 2023 #117
My second husband was also once a B. Dalton manager. wnylib Jan 2023 #122
No. raccoon Jan 2023 #5
No, I don't mcar Jan 2023 #7
The examples are too many to mention senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #8
Exactly mcar Jan 2023 #12
The "she was overprepared" one was just... betsuni Jan 2023 #25
As Stephanie Miller says mcar Jan 2023 #61
Instead, putler, the media, misogyny, forced the most underprepared puppet niyad Jan 2023 #107
Just another way for ignorant people to say she was "too intelligent". Some men are clearly allegorical oracle Jan 2023 #110
I saw that headline and it made me mad. yardwork Jan 2023 #23
It is a bunch of sexist crap mcar Jan 2023 #24
No, we aren't even people. Coventina Jan 2023 #9
It's like it's understood that you can't mention senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #11
"When is society going to start asking WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEN?" 3catwoman3 Jan 2023 #51
Great post. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #81
No, the evidence is all around us. SamKnause Jan 2023 #10
I have to say mgardener Jan 2023 #13
In the 70's there were all these serial killers senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #15
Susan Faludi's book Backlash looks at some of the drivers for this. meadowlander Jan 2023 #21
Nope. Especially not now. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2023 #16
I believe 60 -70% of the country values or at least respects women as citizens with equal rights. haele Jan 2023 #17
no nini Jan 2023 #18
It depends NewEnglandAutumn Jan 2023 #19
No, I do not. yardwork Jan 2023 #20
Systematic sexism is certainly a problem senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #22
Last night I pondered this question on my own. BigmanPigman Jan 2023 #26
I think one of the organizing principles of patriarchies is... GopherGal Jan 2023 #53
Well said! BigmanPigman Jan 2023 #83
No, not valued at all, in any way. ananda Jan 2023 #27
Go back even further - look how Hillary Clinton was treated as a candidate for President in 2016 FakeNoose Jan 2023 #28
I keep repeating, the cause of the republican media bias DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #54
Not only the right and mainstream media. betsuni Jan 2023 #57
Look at how she was treated here in 2008 Kaleva Jan 2023 #58
I think on balance human lives (& yes women are treated worse than men) are treated poorly in the US Celerity Jan 2023 #29
No. It's been on my mind a lot lately happybird Jan 2023 #31
Yes, please do. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #45
Sexism certainly isn't as alive and well as it was 60 years ago. I've watched... LAS14 Jan 2023 #32
I give you Dobbs, and the hundreds of pieces of legislation around the country niyad Jan 2023 #84
That's one issue. There were/are LOTS of issues. nt LAS14 Jan 2023 #98
I did not say that there are not. But that is the biggest and most obvious one niyad Jan 2023 #106
I post the daily Stock Market Watch thread. . . . Tansy_Gold Jan 2023 #33
Everything Tansy just said! Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #80
Hear! Hear! niyad Jan 2023 #85
You are 100% correct. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #91
Not by enough people. barbtries Jan 2023 #35
My question to you is LogicFirst Jan 2023 #36
When have women ever passed a single law to control a man's right to make decisions for onecaliberal Jan 2023 #41
I disagree with your comment. sheshe2 Jan 2023 #44
AMEN!!! BlueMTexpat Jan 2023 #103
Hi Blue 🥰 sheshe2 Jan 2023 #115
Wow. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #49
So...let me get this straight... MontanaMama Jan 2023 #70
That's just nutty. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #79
Explain, please, how the women got that way. who controls education? the niyad Jan 2023 #87
We don't deserve respect because some other woman may have been disrespectful of our gender? herding cats Jan 2023 #92
Yes, absolutely. Just not by everyone. HALF of "this country" are women, Hortensis Jan 2023 #37
Agree. betsuni Jan 2023 #69
"Ridiculous" excuses are so typical. This sounds like Hortensis Jan 2023 #73
Going backwards. efhmc Jan 2023 #38
No. onecaliberal Jan 2023 #39
No. -eom Iris Jan 2023 #43
... littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #46
Nope. ancianita Jan 2023 #48
No. nt SunSeeker Jan 2023 #50
No they aren't DownriverDem Jan 2023 #52
Valued?! HAH! Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #55
Women in America are breeding apparatus and domestic slaves. . . CousinIT Jan 2023 #56
Supreme Court KT2000 Jan 2023 #59
Not to mention sellitman Jan 2023 #60
No. Murphyb849 Jan 2023 #62
You can tell how much we're valued by our comparative paychecks Warpy Jan 2023 #63
Women aren't valued as full humans equal to men Timeflyer Jan 2023 #64
Women are not valued. CharleyDog Jan 2023 #65
Hardly. We might not even be the most highly-valued form of domestic livestock. n/t TygrBright Jan 2023 #66
No, I don't Withywindle Jan 2023 #67
Weak men have always feared strong women. Now they seem to fear all women. housecat Jan 2023 #68
We have become another target in the wave of hate that is sweeping our country. h2ebits Jan 2023 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Jan 2023 #72
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Jan 2023 #88
This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Jan 2023 #89
No, women's lives aren't valued. Never have been, really. We made some progress Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #78
Kick sheshe2 Jan 2023 #93
The Pelosies may be laying low..... trying to reduce their exposure to nuts now that applegrove Jan 2023 #94
This is so very sad. Hope22 Jan 2023 #119
I think Nancy had plans to retire. Who wants to be Minority Leader. applegrove Jan 2023 #123
Agree. Hope22 Jan 2023 #132
I got distracted above. I know I'm not valued. herding cats Jan 2023 #95
The only demographic our nation cares less about than women... Trueblue Texan Jan 2023 #96
Well, my answer to that question might break the internet MissMillie Jan 2023 #99
they focus on trans-athletes and gender/bathroom issues saying they are protecting women BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #100
MAGAs think women are only good for making babies and accepting their sperm, otherwise valueless. lark Jan 2023 #101
No, I do NOT! BlueMTexpat Jan 2023 #102
Nope. Not even a little. Look how popular media talks about female celebrities. Oneironaut Jan 2023 #108
To answer the question mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #109
Men (and some women) feel compelled to set hemlines for women at Ilsa Jan 2023 #111
Definitely going backwards in this country. hamsterjill Jan 2023 #113
It seems the consensus here is that there is definitely misogyny in this country Wednesdays Jan 2023 #114
National walk out.......n/t Hope22 Jan 2023 #120
No. I fight the fight in my own home. Hope22 Jan 2023 #118
NO THE USA IS NOT A FRIENDLY PLACE FOR WOMEN McKim Jan 2023 #124
No, our lives aren't valued Bettie Jan 2023 #125
Yes and there has been on going attack on YoshidaYui Jan 2023 #126
I do not Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #127
K & R.. Permanut Jan 2023 #128
Here's to your sister! senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #130
No Native Jan 2023 #129
So you're saying if it was a famous man whose female wife Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2023 #131
No our lives are not Tree Lady Jan 2023 #133
Yes - In SOME Places, Among Some People. OTOH: NO In Too Many Places & w Too Many People! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #135
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