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12. All of these & more -

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:05 PM

Oct 13

I am in my 50s and grew up in a small town. I know how to handle myself to avoid attention, and to not be alone where problems can happen. That is what we learned when we were growing up. So many things - like when I had my first check from a job and needed a bank account. My mom took me in to the bank and immediately told the teller who her father was, and that this is the granddaughter who now needs an account. We weren't members of the community in our own right - we were an extension of successful men.

Even today I see men on this forum talking about how it would be "bad" if Trump won, but we "would survive". I guess many white men probably would feel that way. After all, they haven't had to deal with being 2nd class citizen their entire lives. And it will not just be "a little bad" if Project 2025 is set in motion, it will be the end of any independence women now have.

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This showed up on my Facebook memories today from four years ago... [View all] 1monster Oct 13 OP

Facebook memories rondawson Oct 13 #1

Way back a long time ago in a magazine, barbtries Oct 13 #2

KnR. n/t iluvtennis Oct 13 #3

Wow! Any one of us women slightlv Oct 13 #4

Hauntingly familiar. littlemissmartypants Oct 13 #5

And 51% or whatever of men not fooled Oct 13 #6

Misogyny is inculcated as a desirable trait, BattleRow Oct 13 #10

This is one amazing manifesto! THANK YOU, 1monster!!! calimary Oct 13 #7

A blue wave is coming Botany Oct 13 #8

The elevator story rings true for me (trigger warning) leftieNanner Oct 13 #9

I'm a 75 year old woman... Joinfortmill Oct 13 #11

All of these & more - TBF Oct 13 #12

as a gal not prone to smiling Skittles Oct 13 #13

One night at work, I was in a seriously bad mood. My coworkers had enough niyad Oct 13 #14

Written by Everywoman. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's niyad Oct 13 #15

Christine Ebersole, 1981... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 14 #16

😢 Clouds Passing Oct 14 #20

I am a woman who was born in the United States Tweedy Oct 14 #17

I would add to this list now that the SC gave Republicans the right to let women die. Lonestarblue Oct 14 #18

In my late... 2naSalit Oct 14 #19

May the rise of equality be fierce and strong! Clouds Passing Oct 14 #21

that is excellent. Speaks for millions. Evolve Dammit Oct 14 #22

My favorite sign says it: "They're lucky we just want equality, not revenge." Timeflyer Oct 14 #23