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Irish_Dem

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10. I don't think that is what men are afraid of.... I think they fear loss of power, money and control

Reply to niyad (Reply #9)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 03:42 PM

Nov 2017

They don't physically fear women, and know women are not sexual predators.
Men seem to like to control others, and don't want to share their money and power.
They also see women as sexual prey.

I think it is a big step to get women elected to office. But yes the patriarchal system
is so deeply entrenched, will take a long time to eradicate. But things have changed a lot
since I was a young woman. So there is hope.

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"the night of terror"-- 14 Nov 1917-- women suffrage petitioners jailed, beaten, abused. [View all] niyad Nov 2017 OP

What women went through to get the vote was horrific. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #1

have been, and continue to be. niyad Nov 2017 #2

Yes! What will it take for women to be safe and treated as equals? Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #3

there are days I think it will take a bloody miracle--like intervention from the other niyad Nov 2017 #4

Maybe there is an interplanetary Peace Corp which can send some help to women Earthlings. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #5

we better start sending out the SOS's fast. niyad Nov 2017 #6

Maybe they can hear our collective cries of anguish. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #8

Do you think women in large numbers being elected to office will change the conditions for women? Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #7

I think it will be a start. but the misogyny is so deeply engrained in this patriarchal system niyad Nov 2017 #9

I don't think that is what men are afraid of.... I think they fear loss of power, money and control Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #10

you are correct, there is hope. it is what keeps me around. well, that and the fact that I niyad Nov 2017 #11

It just takes such a damn long time. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #12

a most excellent thought! niyad Nov 2017 #13

Yes men have had so much responsibility for such a long time. They need a nice long vacation. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #14