Seniors

The fact that we don't have paid maternity leave and no childcare is IMO American Taliban's way to keep women financially dependent and vulnerable/easily controlled. I absolutely hate it - it makes me SO mad! Add to that banning abortion and birth control for the same (IMO) reasons. Women need total control of their bodies and lives, and only when they have that will they have freedom. Rethugs love to yowl about 'freedom' but they don't believe women are entitled to it. They've never had it here.

I hope at least when I mention staying employed no matter what, it makes these younger women think long and hard before starting families. Not that I don't think they should -- but it makes them very vulnerable to poverty and homelessness should they lose financial support or lose their partner, because of the lack of support in America for women of childbearing age. That time in a woman's life, as well as their elder years are the most financially vulnerable times in the lives of most women. There's no excuse for it in our society - in America. But in America women are still second-class citizens/breeding apparatus/domestic slaves and their work, bodies, and lives are devalued. All seniors - esp women - are deemed of no value in the US. Women make less, live longer and often end up alone and living at or below poverty level. The idea of being 72 and homeless is shockingly sad for anyone. There's no excuse for any of this here. Nobody in this country should ever be homeless.