How many women here are Bernie supporters?

[JDPriestly]

107. I have been harassed in the workplace, discriminated against throughout my life, and

once I got into my profession with great grades, I was deemed too old.

Women who raise families, work outside the home to provide for their children and then go back to school to enter a profession that is their dream discover that what gender discrimination is disguised as age discrimination and deprives them of the opportunities to earn equal pay and even to keep their jobs.

Men suffer from age discrimination too, but it is particularly unfair that women are slowed in their careers and often viewed as unable to take on the responsibility that would justify a promotion because they take care of children or elderly parents and then, when those responsibilities are no longer barriers to career advancement are told they are too old for a promotion or management position because they have too little experience compared to their male counterparts.

We women have more serious issues to deal with than stupid words that are used precisely to make it look like we are fools and do nothing but complain about nasty words (mostly inadequate men) call us.

Instead of complaining about epithets that men use to demean us, let's talk about getting the best affordable early childhood education for every single American child whose family wants it. Let's talk about real equal pay for equal work combined with equal opportunity for women. Let's talk about meaningful maternity and family leave -- paid maternity and family leave. Let's talk about better schools and after-school programs. Let's talk about good transportation for our children to and from school. Let's talk about school lunch programs for all children.

There are so many issues on which American women need action. Let's focus on the positive action we want and need, and not on the use of words we object to.

Let's stop trivializing women's issues.