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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: "Quit Fucking Asking Me Questions: A Refresher Course" [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)33. i would rather live ina kind of fake than the brutal reality. why? cause the more people show
their true colors allowing the racism and homophobia and sexism to rare its head, it becomes a norm. it teaches others it is a norm. just our life. suck it up and deal. at least if it si hidden thru social pressure, the young and malleable are not being conditioned it is a norm. and they will not find the like mind that will teach them it is acceptable.
du is the micro of the macro. we saw du did not allow. it was also more people on our side. once it became allowable, we have more and more adopting this thinking.
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it is easily recognized whent he person is actually given the info, chooses to ignore the info, to
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#2
what is relly the hoot is the demand of all women to educate adn the voicing crying feminists are
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#7
point. as they yell... i am a woman and i say, i feel sorry for men. lol. oh vey. lol. hear me
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#12
So tired of it all. And watching it happen in HoF is really just wearing me down. It can happen ALL
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2014
#14
And my view is that if they think so, they have not been listening to feminists.
redqueen
Jul 2014
#25
i have to tell my boys, i was raised in a time i could not get a credit card in my name. it was
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#10
thats it. that is the different approach. those that are immediately trying to
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#6
The thing that struck me in a subthread conversation on that last thread was this: imagine saying
Squinch
Jul 2014
#21
What is shocking to me is that I have never quite put two and two together and thought that before.
Squinch
Jul 2014
#28
i would rather live ina kind of fake than the brutal reality. why? cause the more people show
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#33
A lot of the rules of common courtesy were designed to keep us from ripping each other's lungs out..
malthaussen
Jul 2014
#40