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In reply to the discussion: People post images, articles, studies, etc. to counter RW talking points here all the time. [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Here's some context. Society hasn't really changed as much on some issues as some people would like to believe. A majority of people no longer think that being gay is deviant and that LGBT discrimination should be legal. A majority of people no longer think that for African-Americans to believe they should have the same rights of citizenship and opportunity is "uppity". But you know...a woman who is as sexually assertive and self-directed as a man is still regarded by many as a "slut", women who are victims of sexual assault are still subject to societal disapproval ("she was asking for it, it's her fault for being dressed that way, she shouldn't have been drinking"
. And what do you think the whole "culture wars" issues of abortion rights, contraception, sex education and abstinence are about? A teenage girl who gets pregnant? Still subject to much more societal disapproval than the boy who got her pregnant, becayse boys will be boys, won't they? There are some inherent cultural attitudes to "acceptable" gendered behaviours that place different levels of expectation and assumed responsibility on women in ways that are pretty inherently unfair, which is what all of these issues really come down to.