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25. I Take You At Your Word YOUNGDem

Reply to YoungDemCA (Reply #24)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 12:06 PM

Jul 2017

Ordinary Things Women Weren’t Allowed To Do In The ’50s And ’60s

1. Open A Bank Account

2. Serve Jury Duty

3. Practice Law

4. Take Birth Control Pills

5. Go On Maternity Leave/Keep Their Job If They Became Pregnant

6. Breastfeed In Public

7. Attend An Ivy League University

8. Attend A Military Academy

9. Run The Boston Marathon

10. Serve In Combat

11. Become An Astronaut

Get A Credit Card

Easily Accessible Birth Control

Buy Women's Athletic Shoes

Refuse Sex With Their Husbands

Legally Obtain An Abortion

Take A Stand Against Sexual Harassment

Get a no-fault divorce

Get a business loan

Apply to “male-only” jobs

Have control over their own home equity

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Why would Pelosi step down? Parties dont usually throw out congressional leaders after electoral.. [View all] DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

Apparently that Rule Only Applies To Men Me. Jun 2017 #1

No rule. Wish ALL DUers WOULD READ THIS and UNDERSTAND Hortensis Jun 2017 #11

Excuse Me? Me. Jun 2017 #12

Again, wish ALL DUers WOULD READ THIS ARTICLE AND UNDERSTAND. Hortensis Jun 2017 #14

Wow...No Words Me. Jun 2017 #19

Yes , it is VERY simple. two parties, only. Vote in EVERY election for WHOEVER Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #27

Such an intellectually lazy take. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #22

And Who Are You YoungDEm To Throw Shade Me. Jul 2017 #23

Nice ageism. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #24

I Take You At Your Word YOUNGDem Me. Jul 2017 #25

The coach is always the first one to go when a sports team doc03 Jun 2017 #2

However This Is Not A Game Me. Jun 2017 #3

Pelosi's House minority leader, not a football coach emulatorloo Jun 2017 #4

Good or bad the mere mention of Pelosi's name immediately doc03 Jun 2017 #5

There is absolutely NOTHING BlueMTexpat Jun 2017 #7

I never said there is but the Republicans have doc03 Jun 2017 #10

So what? What hatemongering conservatives are taught to say about her, Hortensis Jun 2017 #13

Good for you! BlueMTexpat Jun 2017 #15

And you, Blue! Meant to post to Doc03, who needs reassurance that trumpsters Hortensis Jun 2017 #17

And being the poster person for liberalism is bad because....? LakeArenal Jun 2017 #8

You do understand that we are BlueMTexpat Jun 2017 #16

????My response was to doc03 LakeArenal Jun 2017 #18

Somehow it showed up as a response BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #20

You understand Bernie was featured in those same lie ads too, right? emulatorloo Jun 2017 #9

An older woman "turns people off" you say? The "culturally anxious" GOP dislike her bettyellen Jul 2017 #26

Nancy Pelosi is doing just fine BlueMTexpat Jun 2017 #6

She's been the Democratic House leader for what, 14 years? What does she offer that others wouldn't? YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #21