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ancianita

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39. Not really. They're groomed into it from childhood.

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 04:55 PM

Oct 2022

The grooming of free will comes with adapting to misogynist systems (other groomed women, girls, moms, and exposure to male run religion, families, law, medicine, social and economic inequity, etc), and so they live thinking they have free will when it's really been groomed out of them.

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This is Not a Drill [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2022 OP

This is the story of too many women in America. Shudder. nt TigressDem Oct 2022 #1

I'm a few years younger than this writer but Unwind Your Mind Oct 2022 #24

Not only in Rebl2 Oct 2022 #43

This is the story of EVERY woman Cozmo Oct 2022 #57

.. question everything Oct 2022 #2

Thank you MoonlightHillFarm Oct 2022 #3

... Nevilledog Oct 2022 #4

I'm almost there myself, and I'm demanding to know WHEN DOES THIS END??? calimary Oct 2022 #37

Too true cate94 Oct 2022 #5

K&R betsuni Oct 2022 #6

powerful. well done. -(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2022 #7

I relate to every single word of this. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #8

As a gay man, I've had the same experiences as the poster. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #41

... Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #48

Wow, great! Perfect! frogmarch Oct 2022 #9

How WUNNNNNNNNNNNderful! calimary Oct 2022 #38

and it was 1956! frogmarch Oct 2022 #44

Powerful - So Well Said DET Oct 2022 #10

No. Indeed, it's not. Thank you for this post. ancianita Oct 2022 #11

... Nevilledog Oct 2022 #19

Yes! Today it is enough. I mailed my midterm ballot yesterday Deuxcents Oct 2022 #12

Universal peggysue2 Oct 2022 #13

Yes. We've lived it. It is our sister song. It's me. It's you. It's all of us. So well said. nt crickets Oct 2022 #33

I am 72, and I pull into a parking space to eat a sandwich I just bought at the drive-thru. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #14

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook, Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #15

Now the Extreme Court sanctions further terrorism against women and girls. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #16

I am 75 & this brings tears to my eyes. Starting with gutting the Voting Rights Act, this SCOTUS... Hekate Oct 2022 #17

K&R brer cat Oct 2022 #18

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #20

I'm 70 and I know their games. Delmette2.0 Oct 2022 #21

K&R Talitha Oct 2022 #22

Women, This November You Know What To Do Tommymac Oct 2022 #23

that blue wave with the dancer is just gorgeous! yellowdogintexas Oct 2022 #50

And the really sad thing is that millions of women buy into the misogyny. Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #25

I know. Delphinus Oct 2022 #29

Not really. They're groomed into it from childhood. ancianita Oct 2022 #39

"Grooming" sop Oct 2022 #47

Nonsense that today voting is all we can do. Women have never been Hortensis Oct 2022 #26

OOOOOOOhhhh, I LOVE that! "Summon your inner Pelosi"!!! calimary Oct 2022 #40

You're right BonnieJW Oct 2022 #52

Thanks Nevilledog.. Permanut Oct 2022 #27

I'm a 69 year old man Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #28

I am a senior citizen Ruby Zee Oct 2022 #30

I had a horrible math teacher SouthernLiberal Oct 2022 #31

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Wow MLAA Oct 2022 #34

+1000 llmart Oct 2022 #35

This makes me angry and sad at the same time. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #36

Such a great posting!! As a woman in the tech field i've felt discounted, underrepresented and onetexan Oct 2022 #42

Ugh why did I learn this stuff so late IbogaProject Oct 2022 #45

I was 18, and my college advisor told me to "go home and have babies "!!!- love_katz Oct 2022 #46

I AM A VOTER! WVreaper Oct 2022 #49

I hope many parents are reading this thread FakeNoose Oct 2022 #51

K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Oct 2022 #53

#14.5: Lost the right to control her own reproductive system NickB79 Oct 2022 #54

Enraged KNR. I hoped that it would get bettter, at least for our younger sisters. niyad Oct 2022 #55

This is too close, and it makes my heart hurt. Thank you for posting it. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #56