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comment by longstocking
longstocking  ·  3549 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Speaking up every. Fucking. Time

Every right we have as women today had to be fought for. Not negotiated. I think people forget that.





b_b  ·  3549 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And unfortunately many of those gains are being rolled back slowly. I was disheartened to learn yesterday that my home state (MI) has the fewest women in its legislature that it has had for two decades. No wonder we pass laws like the recent 'Rape Insurance' travesty. Our society seems all too content to let things like this take place (apathetic is probably more correct). This law enjoys almost no popular support among the electorate, but it's a law nonetheless because the radical right seems to care a lot more than the 90% of reasonable people who make up the population.

mknod  ·  3547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

b_b I think we need to start writing our reps, this is nuts, and I've never even heard about it until now.

user-inactivated  ·  3547 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You realize the law was voted in by men and women alike, right?

It's not a feminist issue, it's a religious issue that affects women, there's a difference.