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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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