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In reply to the discussion: the biggest problem for women in america [View all]cinnabonbon
(860 posts)44. I think we can agree
that if we are to stop exploiting workers, then everyone needs to work together to create a system that is fair. What I see, when people bring gender issues into it, isn't to dispute that. They are simply making sure that people know that things aren't equal yet. If we are to create a fair system, we must first acknowledge the faults the old one had.
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I think climate change is the greatest threat to America and the rest of the globe
NoOneMan
Dec 2013
#5
People could think about complex interactions in the 19th century; intersectionality is old wine
El_Johns
Dec 2013
#43
Systemic actual rape of women has absolutely nil to do with unfair wages.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#7
Power manifests itself in many ways. To understand that is to be multitalented.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#23
As I stated first, actual rape of women has nothing to do with the pay gap.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#27
I understand what you're talking about and your argument is not new to me.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#35
"Poverty is among the root causes of sexual violence and has a daily presence in the lives of many
arely staircase
Dec 2013
#71
would be an absolute dismissal of victims of rape. as long as you recognize what you stand by. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#78
Frederick Engels "Within the family (man) is the bourgeois and the wife represents the proletariat."
Starry Messenger
Dec 2013
#11
the biggest problem for women in america is men telling us what our biggest problem is, and whining
niyad
Dec 2013
#16
quite the contrary. the adjective "most important" implies other problems
arely staircase
Dec 2013
#47
Thank you- to write this OP about how women's concerns are always secondary ....
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#51
If he had phrased it as about class exploitation as a central problem facing America
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#25
It's just a complete coincidence that it came in the midst of GD threads about rape culture
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#36
while class issue is a big issue and hits us all, we also know within our class there are misogynist
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#86
or simply a dismissal of womens issues? can we find common gorund. absolutely. do we do it at the
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#72
Seems the biggest problem is expressing an opinion without bouncing it off HOF first. lol
Demo_Chris
Dec 2013
#34
the regression of womens' reproductive rights is indeed one of the most important issues in American
arely staircase
Dec 2013
#54