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no_hypocrisy

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1. It wasn't subtle and it was constant.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:40 AM

Sep 2012

I remember Reagan addressing high unemployment and he said if "the ladies" would give up their employment and stay home, there would be plenty of jobs (for men).

It was also during the Reagan administration that the WH pulled its support for ERA, saying it wasn't necessary, that women had all the rights they needed without amending the Constitution.

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War On Women Started When Reagan Was Elected In That ---- [View all] TheMastersNemesis Sep 2012 OP

It wasn't subtle and it was constant. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #1

war on women is two sided. not just the repug party. one to put in kitchen. one to pornify. both seabeyond Sep 2012 #2

You realize not every women's issue comes back to porn right? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #4

you realize it does not do any good to address this issue from only one side.... seabeyond Sep 2012 #7

So . . . Reagan invented porn? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #9

Would you care to name even one Democratic politician hifiguy Sep 2012 #8

<crickets> hifiguy Sep 2012 #11

Dead accurate and well said! hifiguy Sep 2012 #3

Yes that is true. I wrote him katmondoo Sep 2012 #5

It actually started in 1976 when the GOP platform first included a plank on zygote personhood slackmaster Sep 2012 #6

IMO the war started when women demanded they be allowed to vote. nt jody Sep 2012 #10