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zixiofix

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4. thank you for the thoughtful reply
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:12 AM
Apr 2016

In general, I find it shocking that so few women fully understand the most basic tenet of feminism -- which is that the personal is always political. That so many women wear it as a badge of honor to announce they are NOT voting for Hillary because she's a woman. What other voting block does that? No seriously. I find it so effing bizarre. What voting block willfully and proudly declares--"oh wait, let me reassure you, I'm definitely not voting for the person most likely to assure my interests are taken into consideration." With any other group this would be just insane, but with women, we think it's cool.

To me, that shows just how deeply oppressed women are in this country--because if they are not willfully participating in their own oppression, they are at the very least doing nothing actively to stop it. As Jessica Valenti recently wrote: "Only in a sexist society would women be told that caring about representation at the highest levels of government is wrong. Only in a sexist society would women believe it."



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I was thinking of literally voting with mine. nt OhZone Apr 2016 #1
you would! lol. eom artyteacher Apr 2016 #6
Absentee or in person dlwickham Apr 2016 #8
I don't have a vajayjay, but... SaschaHM Apr 2016 #2
I also lack the V Treant Apr 2016 #3
no worries about the lack of V zixiofix Apr 2016 #5
thank you for the thoughtful reply zixiofix Apr 2016 #4
Excellent post ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #7
right?! sarae Apr 2016 #13
yes there is a lack of feminism or feminism is being co-opted by anti-feminists zixiofix Apr 2016 #15
Is there a... sarae Apr 2016 #16
I think you're onto something ;) zixiofix Apr 2016 #19
100% Agree sarae Apr 2016 #11
yes, we still have a long way to go . . . zixiofix Apr 2016 #17
Arrrgghhhh sarae Apr 2016 #20
It validates their male counterparts. LisaM Apr 2016 #21
Thank you for THAT very thoughtful reply! Kath1 Apr 2016 #22
K&R! DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #9
Thanks for the K& R zixiofix Apr 2016 #10
LOL DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #12
Especially a woman candidate who has always made women issues important Her Sister Apr 2016 #14
absolutely, and why women and children? zixiofix Apr 2016 #18
I'll be voting with my mind. Kath1 Apr 2016 #23
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