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In reply to the discussion: Hey "some" men of DU [View all]PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)Women need to be able to fight back. She wasn't telling anyone specific to 'f' himself, after all. It was a general comment aimed at 'those men' who don't think the HL decision was a big deal.
It was a big deal though - another skirmish in the ultra-right's war against women.
The idea that women shouldn't be equal is pretty ingrained in our culture, though. My wife and I watched a documentary yesterday that was about some books that didn't make it into the Torah or Bible. Specifically, the documentary told the story of Lilith, who was made side by side with Adam, equal. When she refused to submit to Adam, Lilith was driven away with the threat that 100 of her children would by killed by God each day she continued to refuse to submit (I guess the Judeo-Christian God is a misogynist too). Then, God, regretting that he made Lilith equal to Adam decided to make woman submissive, and Eve was made out of Adam's rib.
So there it is; completely INGRAINED in our culture. Inequality is even in our creation myths.
This is why our government must KEEP US FREE FROM RELIGION.