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In reply to the discussion: To the younger women of DU: [View all]redqueen
(115,103 posts)62. That's not realistic at all. Votes don't affect patriarchal values.
For decades after women had the right to vote, the idea that a women should actually participating on government was far from popular. Same with every other patriarchal value.
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Big battles like a rape epidemic, victim blaming, unequal pay, abortion restrictions,
NuclearDem
Jan 2014
#24
The epidemic of domestic violence, which results in an average of three women murdered every day
redqueen
Jan 2014
#27
In a population of 350,000,000, I don't think I'd term that an "epidemic".
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#94
I saw the same thing happen on a smaller scale in San Fransico Women in Advertising
NV Whino
Jan 2014
#4
Since it's a story about how young women are taking political action as opposed
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#13
if by getting out more the poster meant getting off DU3 more then No, it wasn't snark. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#31
No..it wasn't snark. It's reality. You gotta get out to where the activism is...nt.
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#44
Ever since Sigourney strapped on a loader, women have been bad-asses in the movies.
randome
Jan 2014
#16
This is interesting. I think that the lack of reproductive choice, though the legislation is being
Squinch
Jan 2014
#76
Speaking for my daughter I would say that young women want to be treated with
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#58
My birth control is free, I can shake my tits on TV or enlist in the infantry. That's my bucket list
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2014
#50
Perhaps they are not jumping into the trenches because they do not believe...
Demo_Chris
Jan 2014
#53
good post, i think there is def a generational thing in regards to the battles
loli phabay
Jan 2014
#57
I think that young women are fighting the fight simply by living their lives the way they want.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#60
agree with some of that, not with others. It is harder for everybody these days. Working
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#72
They don't understand how it was before, and more importantly, they don't believe
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#68
Yes. That is what Jennifer Siebel Newsom exposed in her documentary, Miss Representation.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#71
I was so excited when I saw it. I thought for sure it would be a watershed moment for women.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#78
I'm not a younger woman, but I think the answer is obvious: diminishing returns.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#95