General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: To the younger women of DU: [View all]TBF
(32,017 posts)being an older person myself (closer to 50 than I'd like to admit) I just shake my head at the things I see us losing since the 70s. Younger women likely see the facts that they can get into university, don't have as much societal pressure to marry, and more enlightened male peers as evidence that they are holding ground.
From my perspective, however, we still have issues with equal pay (which folks may be overlooking as they are so busy looking for any job at all), reproductive rights are being threatened, and the stodgy old crank GOPs you mentioned are front and center (like the Duck Dynasty guy).
I dunno, maybe the evidence of stodgy old republicans and the party in general upping their rhetoric against women is a simply a sign that they are floundering and losing ground. I hope it is that rather than younger women not being on their guard against losing gains we've made.
I also think some of this may vary greatly depending upon location. Maybe if I weren't sitting in the very red South I would feel more optimistic.