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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)The law meant a husband could legally beat his wife with a piece of wood no wider than his thumb. That was legal.
Also, I lived back when the phrase 'barefoot and pregnant' was clearly understood as to what a woman's place in society was.
No shoes, not leaving home. Kept in a state of continuous pregnancy, like a cow. No need for a job or education. Born for only one plan.
And later, when the sexual revolution was in play in the sixties, any woman that was not interested in giving her body to a man, meant she was a lesbian, prude or cold fish.
Afterwards having to listen to men on the construction job, ask me, 'Why are you doing this dirty work. You could be making a living lying on your back.'
In other words, life defined by biology, and nothing more. You might as well have not had a brain to begin with.