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In reply to the discussion: Sincere question for the women of DU [View all]Withywindle
(9,988 posts)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.