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In reply to the discussion: why are women angry? because we STILL have to protest this s*** [View all]niyad
(113,232 posts)82. if you had read the OP, you might have had some answers. some of the explanations were right
there. (you might also look at post 30)
but, I see, this whole situation is the fault of the women. we created the patriarchy and its mental constructs about women, apparently. all we have to do is vote, and everything will magically be different??
what do you suggest we do about the religions that tell women they are chattel, second-class, less-than? if women are brain-washed, indoctrinated that they are lesser--it takes a lot of education to overcome that.
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Didn't we have a video a while back of a teenage boy lecturing us on the word feminism?
freshwest
Feb 2013
#37
I would ask you to say you are joking, but, sadly, I think you are not. did DU rip this twit apart?
niyad
Feb 2013
#43
great one--thank you for posting it (perhaps you could post it as a separate thread so I can rec it
niyad
Feb 2013
#72
and, it seems, the anti-union thugs of the early 20th century have nothing on the current bunch
niyad
Feb 2013
#31
I disagree a little bit as far as legislation vs. guns -- some seem to think that as long as it
Brickbat
Feb 2013
#44
we cannot trust those cretins for one minute--guns or legislation, they do not have our
niyad
Feb 2013
#48
I was horrified to learn about the Ludlow Massacre recently, I think via a DU post
classof56
Feb 2013
#75
I know what you mean about the backwardness and regression. even ten years later, it was not
niyad
Feb 2013
#78
it isn't just a way to deflect the conversation--it is an attempt to make us appear as if we are
niyad
Feb 2013
#80
your last point is something we have been working on for decades--some very ingenious plans
niyad
Feb 2013
#33
"too bad your experiences have been so negative" but you don't know what you are talking about.
niyad
Feb 2013
#52
It is very important never to give up this struggle, as or opponents would push women...
Nika
Feb 2013
#21
unfortunately, it IS a struggle--and please note that someof these idiots actually have run
niyad
Feb 2013
#56
I'm a man - with a wife I adore, a mom I love, and two sisters I cherish; and I'm ....
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#22
if you had read the OP, you might have had some answers. some of the explanations were right
niyad
Feb 2013
#82
What "they" call traditional values is nothing more than their pathological fear of change.
gtar100
Feb 2013
#24
why am I so angry? for one thing, because there are still people around who are so clueless,
niyad
Feb 2013
#30
I have been tired for decades, but will not give up--sometimes I think they are hoping for us
niyad
Feb 2013
#34
believe me a lot of young women took notice last year when politicians were trying to take their
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#59
many of us are tired, and discouraged, and even bewildered. as you asked, where is all this
niyad
Feb 2013
#51
Because we have a good portion of the population that vote in the assholes that
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#58
Yes. And some of them are women themselves--voting against own self interest
Left Coast2020
Feb 2013
#62
people ask me why I carry such a large purse--I smile sweetly and say, 'because it's legal,
niyad
Feb 2013
#73
fortunately, I have never needed to use it that way. I have been told that I walk with a serious
niyad
Feb 2013
#95
do you have a link to that article? I got a lot of flack over the years for choosing to be
niyad
Feb 2013
#83
K&R, I still can't can't believe we have to have to protest this this shit.
smirkymonkey
Feb 2013
#96