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arely staircase

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46. exploitation of workers is not meaningless
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 10:40 AM
Dec 2013

Ask the women in garment sweat shops or who lose their jobs because they have a sick child at home and nobody to sit with them. Orbwho have to take a low paid job and try to find child care because there husband has been laid off or for that matter the woman who does the same job as a man for less pay. They are all being raped by the system. Male workers are as well. Men and women both began making progress through the new deal and up through the great society. The powers that be in this country began dismantling those schemes under Reagan and have been raping the American worker ever since # the exeptions being a lessening or even slight reversal under Democratic administrations. The ACA is one example.

Yes I believe the systemic rape of the American working class by the wealthy and their corporations is the biggest problem facing American women today. You disagree. Fine. But someone disagreeing with you doesn't mean anyone is trying to tell you what to think.

the biggest problem for women in america [View all] arely staircase Dec 2013 OP
thanks for the rec arely staircase Dec 2013 #1
So many social ills stem from disparity NoOneMan Dec 2013 #2
class inequality is the greatest threat to america arely staircase Dec 2013 #4
I think climate change is the greatest threat to America and the rest of the globe NoOneMan Dec 2013 #5
Amazingly, this isn't the 19th century BainsBane Dec 2013 #13
People could think about complex interactions in the 19th century; intersectionality is old wine El_Johns Dec 2013 #43
exploitation of workers is not meaningless arely staircase Dec 2013 #46
No one said they were, that's ridiculous. bettyellen Dec 2013 #49
Another man telling me what I'm supposed to care about BainsBane Dec 2013 #3
care or not arely staircase Dec 2013 #6
Silly woman theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #14
Systemic actual rape of women has absolutely nil to do with unfair wages. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #7
I disagree arely staircase Dec 2013 #9
Power is the root of all struggle, not money. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #10
and economic power is arely staircase Dec 2013 #21
Power manifests itself in many ways. To understand that is to be multitalented. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #23
it still boils down to control of resourses arely staircase Dec 2013 #24
As I stated first, actual rape of women has nothing to do with the pay gap. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #27
and I am talking about the daily rape of every woman and arely staircase Dec 2013 #29
I understand what you're talking about and your argument is not new to me. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #35
no argument then arely staircase Dec 2013 #38
I think we can agree cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Dec 2013 #45
"daily rape" xulamaude Dec 2013 #57
met·a·phor arely staircase Dec 2013 #58
And it's also offensive to victims of actual, xulamaude Dec 2013 #59
then we simply disagree arely staircase Dec 2013 #61
"rape is an act of control and humiliation" xulamaude Dec 2013 #63
immediate, no. nor directly arely staircase Dec 2013 #64
And as I've said, your "metaphorical" use of the word rape xulamaude Dec 2013 #65
Poverty and Sexual Violence arely staircase Dec 2013 #68
Yeah, I'm familiar with all of that. xulamaude Dec 2013 #69
"Poverty is among the root causes of sexual violence and has a daily presence in the lives of many arely staircase Dec 2013 #71
You are not answering my specific question. xulamaude Dec 2013 #73
Is poverty the cause of rape? no arely staircase Dec 2013 #75
Thank you. xulamaude Dec 2013 #76
I stand by the metaphor nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #77
would be an absolute dismissal of victims of rape. as long as you recognize what you stand by. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #78
IYHO. nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #79
of course. yes. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #80
Okay. I guess the rape victims here at DU xulamaude Dec 2013 #81
+1 Dr. Strange Dec 2013 #74
Thank you. nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #83
Holy shit. Someone actually went there. nt madinmaryland Dec 2013 #8
Frederick Engels "Within the family (man) is the bourgeois and the wife represents the proletariat." Starry Messenger Dec 2013 #11
Here's an idea: Why don't you let women tell you what women's problems are? LeftyMom Dec 2013 #12
I do nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #15
the biggest problem for women in america is men telling us what our biggest problem is, and whining niyad Dec 2013 #16
Oh, how I long for "unrec". PeaceNikki Dec 2013 #17
And I thought I could focus on more then one thing at a time... Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #18
Yep, that's the message BainsBane Dec 2013 #19
quite the contrary. the adjective "most important" implies other problems arely staircase Dec 2013 #47
ahhh... But it's woman that need to shut the fuck up... Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #48
Thank you- to write this OP about how women's concerns are always secondary .... bettyellen Dec 2013 #51
your words, not mine arely staircase Dec 2013 #53
Your OP was not directed at women? Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #55
my op directed at anyone who wishes to read it arely staircase Dec 2013 #56
Yeah... I think it's bullshit Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #60
Please direct me to one "anti-feminist" post I have written. nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #62
This one Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #66
As I have said. It is directed at whoever wishes to read it. nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #67
uh huh... Ohio Joe Dec 2013 #70
Excuse Me But, Megahurtz Dec 2013 #82
As a woman and a member of the working... one_voice Dec 2013 #20
well put nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #22
If he had phrased it as about class exploitation as a central problem facing America BainsBane Dec 2013 #25
I haven't yold anyone ehat to think arely staircase Dec 2013 #26
Why would you say the "biggest problem for women in America"? BainsBane Dec 2013 #28
class exploitation is americas biggest problem arely staircase Dec 2013 #30
Wow, you got all that? one_voice Dec 2013 #32
It's just a complete coincidence that it came in the midst of GD threads about rape culture BainsBane Dec 2013 #36
I'm glad you brought up that last part because I was about to say... Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #37
I usually don't wade into those... one_voice Dec 2013 #40
my point is not to stir any shit arely staircase Dec 2013 #41
Why Isn't Anyone Else Getting This? Megahurtz Dec 2013 #84
while class issue is a big issue and hits us all, we also know within our class there are misogynist seabeyond Dec 2013 #86
Coincidentally, it's also the biggest problem for men. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #31
Common ground?... one_voice Dec 2013 #33
+ 1 nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #39
or simply a dismissal of womens issues? can we find common gorund. absolutely. do we do it at the seabeyond Dec 2013 #72
But Not Equally. Megahurtz Dec 2013 #85
Seems the biggest problem is expressing an opinion without bouncing it off HOF first. lol Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #34
K&R El_Johns Dec 2013 #42
Disagree. Biggest problem for WOMEN is reproductive slavery. MH1 Dec 2013 #50
Huge problem, in addition to robbing women of self determination bettyellen Dec 2013 #52
the regression of womens' reproductive rights is indeed one of the most important issues in American arely staircase Dec 2013 #54
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