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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-new-mexico-house-district-2.html
RandySF
(57,620 posts)carpetbagger
(4,383 posts)Frees her up for a position in Homeland Security.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Celerity
(42,646 posts)descriptors?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I never heard that term before.
Ever.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)and Im a Feminist.
Live and learn.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Which is gender-neutral.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Very sorry to hear this, a disappointment that voters in this Republican-dominant district failed to live up to hopes.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)In schools and colleges its never been questioned as far as I know. I just retired from UC Berkeley and I dont recall it ever being an issue. Ever.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Once I hit 50 my horrible menopause was over and I was divorced and starting over. On my own each decade turned out to be great and everything just got better and better. I was happy on my own. Now, in my first decade of retirement Im really enjoying it so far!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)if I had a bucket list, at least a period of being single and free and limited only by my own choices would definitely be on it.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)who would never do well in a marriage. I lasted 15 years but I felt like I was dying from the inside out. It was my problem, and is nothing I would expect anyone else to have. It was just me. Im just happy I discovered it about myself with plenty of time to thrive on my own.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)neighbor in West Hollywood who'd married very young, in a faraway country and long-ago era. She had a happy nature anyway, but she was openly and unapologetically thrilled with her new freedom when her authoritarian husband died. In her 80s. Time to thrive on her own, if not plenty.