To the younger women of DU:

[Squinch]

76. This is interesting. I think that the lack of reproductive choice, though the legislation is being

passed, is still theoretical for many young women. As those laws come to bear on young women's lives, and young women find themselves out in the cold, there will be a resurgence of women's rights activism among the young.

I am from the first generation of women who had reproductive choice. My older sisters were from the last generation that did not. It was horrible, and it affected every aspect of life. For those women who have no experience with how it was before, it is going to knock them for a loop.

And perhaps the older generations' memories of what it was like is what contributes to being vigilant and not accepting any shit, even when it is couched as a joke.

Young women have no idea what is coming at them. They have no idea what life is like when they don't control their own bodies. It will get very real, very fast, now.

As for this: "women are there own worst enemy. Between all the reality tv and passive aggressive behavior we have towards each others success (many act like this, but not all)... There is a lack of love and support among women, in my opinion" ... you need to get better friends.