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In reply to the discussion: To the younger women of DU: [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)worth of information on this thread. SO many different perspectives of which I was completely unaware, including that *I* am the one not tuned into the empowerment movement being displayed by younger women and artists (I believe Beyoncé was mentioned). There's apparently an awful lot of activism going on via social media as well and since I choose not to engage in social media (I have my own reasons), I've missed that part and that's a shame on me. (Though I'm still going to decline to be a part of the social media scene.)
Young women ARE enjoying the freedoms we fought for but they seem to also be aware of their rights being threatened by the likes of GOP knuckldraggers attempting to take away our freedom of choice over our own reproductive lives. I hope more choose to be activists.
I'm also alarmed that so many young women think "feminists" means un-sexy or that we hate men and we hate sex. We were children of the 60's and 70's and enjoyed the HELL out of the sexual revolution, so I can assure each and every one of them, we definitely DO NOT hate sex. Having said that, I KNOW where they got that idea -- thanks to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and the media's silence on the subjects.
Overall, I have to say I am delighted to have been wrong in my original assumption that young women don't care about women's issues. I was just looking in the wrong places.
Thanks SO MUCH for all those who participated. I think we can all learn something from this thread.