Why women like Patricia Arquette continue to whitewash Feminism.

[JDPriestly]

82. As a white woman, I understood her to be advocating for all women.

Rosa Parks is the supreme example of a woman who fought for the rights of black people, men and women. Black women are still underpaid and overworked. They have a double whammy: they are women and black.

One of the biggest problems is that in our society in many families, the wife, the mother, the grandmother, the woman is expected to carry the primary responsibility for raising the children and caring for the household but is still expected to hold a full-time job. That's a heavy burden, and for many women with children it is too heavy to bear.

One of the poorest segments of our society is that consisting of older women. Often they were underpaid while working if they workd, and that means that their Social Security checks are smaller and they often have little other income or savings. And then in divorce, women in some states come out with very few assets or income. We also have a problem when women are not knowledgeable about their husband's business dealings and discover in divorce that their husband can successfully hide assets from them or can make them feel ashamed and guilty about demanding their fair share of the marital income and assets.

Women are very disadvantaged financially. It's really hard to compete for promotions in the workplace when you are the one who has to take time off from work for children's doctor's appointments and school visits, etc.

Women do need equal pay. Those who are criticizing Patricia Arquette's simple statement. whether they are male or female, are proving that they really don't get it and that they don't really understand the injustice that our society imposes on most women. It's not about white women or Latino women or straight women or lesbian women. It's about all women. We deserve better than we are getting.