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[–]BEB[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

OP here:

I don't get how anyone could see my words as belittling women who chose to be wives and mothers. What I said was almost the opposite: that feminists seemed to be missing in action while women who think that women should be wives and mothers were out there fighting for all of us.

How is that belittling? I didn't say that ALL conservative women wanted to be wives and mothers. And I didn't say that I thought that women who wanted to be wives and mothers were lesser women.

The conservative women's organization I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH BEFORE WRITING THE OP, which is fighting the Equality Act, doesn't think that women should work outside the home, and yet there they were, out organizing rallies and writing Op Eds and enthusiastic about partnering with "Progressive" women to achieve our goal -to stop the Equality Act.

BTW: I didn't vote for Biden, nor did I vote for any Democrat this election because of the Equality Act. In fact, I am not a Democrat. I hate both parties and will call them out for any BS. I am in a white rage at the Democrats at the moment, only partially because of the Equality Act. But I hate the GOP too, so...

[–]JustWhy 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Fair enough, my bad OP. I'm so used to GC people voting against their own interests. I wouldn't call myself a conservative but I can't stand by the liberals anymore either.

I think it's as someone else said, women on the left are terrified of speaking up because they need to be seen as accepting and everything they have will be taken away. They will be shunned by everyone they know. Meanwhile the women who were already shunned by these people can fight freely without worrying about the approval of lefties.

Also I think if they really are a group of women who don't work, they are not in danger of losing their jobs. That possibly plays a big role in this fight. Look at the left's reaction about Gina Carano being fired. Most women I know are cheering for it. At least celebrities get a cushion while us normals would be left in complete poverty.

I know a few people who currently work for woke companies. They can't stand the brainwashing but have to stay quiet to keep a living in this pandemic. We are being censored in more ways than one.

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree with everything you wrote - well said! The only thing I disagree with slightly was that I think that US GC women concerned about the AMERICAN Equality Act didn't vote so much FOR Biden, in terms of they were endorsing the Equality Act by voting for him, but against Trump.

I also think that many people didn't think that the Democrats would win the Senate, so thought that the Equality Act would languish in the House and so wouldn't be an issue. Whoops.

I have to say that I am so incredibly angry at Biden and the Democrats for the Equality Act but also for prioritizing it.

[–]JustWhy 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that's where the Dems bamboozled you because Trump was not horrible to women's actual rights, and honestly to most people. I used to hate him for the first three years but last year I finally broke through the echo chamber and really tried to evaluate his actions on their own. I applauded his stance against China and favoring our own economy. Mind you I'm an immigrant but I believe that putting americans and american jobs and welfare first should be the goal. I appreciated him not using military funds for free transition. I saw him try to close us off to China before the virus got bad while liberal governors and mayors (including my state) left travel wide open and still do today as they destroy the livelihood of their citizens. They allow international travel into the heart of our state while punishing the people staying put as if it's OUR fault the virus is spreading. I saw Democrats utilize Covid as a political weapon.

I don't understand how someone could vote against Trump "because he's Trump" straight into this horrible mess.