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Fightin Mad's avatar

And now that I have read it, you are right, on every point. With women graduating from colleges at a higher rate than men, it’s time to shove us back into second class citizenship. I’m going to be 70 this year and I know that’s damn old. Back in the day, a married woman could not get credit on her own. There was very little day care available, and only women whose husbands were poor providers worked outside the home. Having a child without being married was “out of wedlock.” Abusive spouses were rarely reported, same with child abuse. Going to college was for getting your Mrs degree. Misogyny was accepted as normal though the language was less crude. In the 80’s I worked for a progressive company that allowed pictures of nude women to hang in the service department. The company where I did my internship paid women substantially less than men because we were secondary earners(I.e. wives). Gotta stop, my blood pressure can’t take it!

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Dana Bennett's avatar

I'm 75 years old now - and lived in Hawaii during the 1970s. Sure, we were fighting alongside Gloria Steinem for women's rights and the right to choose - not to have a baby. But it was never much of an issue there in the islands. I did celebrate Roe in 1973 - but to believe that could come to an end, never entered my mind. Now I live in Denver - not too far from Colorado Springs where we have REGULAR murders - in the open - of abortion doctors and workers at Planned Parenthood Clinics. It's pretty hard to take the always-present LET'S MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR WOMEN - or just beat them the hell up and hopefully kill them. Whenever I see some slogan like - "America - Home of the Free and the Brave" - I just want to PUKE. Yeah, long as you're a WHITE MAN. This is how my entire life has felt. Whenever I visit a country where women are actually celebrated - HELL YES, I want to stay. Even Catholic countries like Argentina are winning abortion rights. So, AMERICA - WTAF??? The Supreme Court is so corrupt now - NO HOPE.

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