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procon

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4. From girlhood to old age, it's a problem that affects most women.
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 04:22 PM
Jan 2016

No doubt it is much worse for women in the public eye and especially prominent, powerful women like HCR or Pelosi and other successful political figures who are subjected to snide and subtle sexism as well as the more blatant and vicious attacks coming from those who feel threatened by strong, intelligent, and assertive women.

Sexism isn't only coming from men, but other women too. Older women remember life in the era when we were nothing more "housewives", creatures of little worth with no dreams, no job skills, no future, no voice, and no life outside the duties of producing children and homemaking. Things have improved somewhat, but I am dumbfounded to still see such medieval behaviours crop up in today's youth.

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