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History of Feminism

LiberalLoner

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8. To say the least. Disheartening is a word I'd use to describe it.

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:41 AM

Mar 2013

I've fought all my life for justice, for less harm, for a better world.

Still waiting to hear if I have NMO (fatal disease) or "just" MS.

Thinking, I might be dying now....and all my struggles to try to make a better world were nothing but a fart in a hurricane. How useless my life has been.

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Thinking about rape, misogyny, domestic violence... [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2013 OP

The backlash against women - is it getting worse? CrispyQ Mar 2013 #1

i have thought of that. without the nets, i think it was more pocket. but with the net, there are seabeyond Mar 2013 #7

Yes. I think it is similar to how racism has become more mainstream than ever, more open. I LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #12

+++ Whisp Mar 2013 #2

Arthur Koestler's concept of the "ghost in the machine" - IIRC - was something like that. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #21

I hope you don't mind me putting this song here: Whisp Mar 2013 #3

Thank you so much for this song.... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #4

thank you. love the song. love the singer. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #11

Portishead is never a bad idea... nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #22

My eyes were opened to just how many men like kiddy porn... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #5

yes. the thing about it is, people say consenting... so all is ok. a person wants it, and that seabeyond Mar 2013 #9

I had no idea it was so rampant. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #16

Yes, I think you are 100% correct! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #17

Passed from Generation to Generation One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #18

With great care Liberal Loner. Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #19

Very very true, I have scars from the DU battles... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #20

yes. little groups that feel the can go around and call women names with impunity. seabeyond Mar 2013 #6

To say the least. Disheartening is a word I'd use to describe it. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #8

for protective measures, i tend to turn things into a sociological question with issues seabeyond Mar 2013 #10

Thank you. But it's hard not to take it personally when f rom a very young age I basically LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #13

"...a fart in a hurricane." CrispyQ Mar 2013 #14

Thank you! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #15

I've also had that "doomed" sort of feeling for a while. More generalized, but comparable. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #23