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History of Feminism

redqueen

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10. "I've learned to let it go" = consigning our daughters to second-class treatment.

Reply to passiveporcupine (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:34 PM

Aug 2014

We all decide for ourselves what we will fight and what we'll put up with.

I'm glad that more and more women are deciding at younger and younger ages not to put up with being treated like they're less than human.

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Robot hugs: Advice to men on street harassment. [View all] KitSileya Aug 2014 OP

The whole strip is appearing twice. Demit Aug 2014 #1

Done! Thanks for the heads-up. n/t KitSileya Aug 2014 #3

Men who claim that they have never seen male/female oppression are blind intaglio Aug 2014 #2

Thanks for this, redqueen Aug 2014 #4

I enjoyed that. When I was very young, I remember watching a Star-Trek episode that... BlueJazz Aug 2014 #5

You can reach an 8' ceiling. Picture having to strain to reach the second shelf in the kitchen. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #6

You know, I can. I mean, I wasn't always tall. You would think that some men would put their.. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #7

Most of my friends have been women so I hear it all. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #9

Not as extreme, but passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #8

"I've learned to let it go" = consigning our daughters to second-class treatment. redqueen Aug 2014 #10

I would not allow this in real life, happening to a real person passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #11

While it's enturely up to you F4lconF16 Aug 2014 #12

thank you for being a man who stands up to other men passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #13

Yes, I didn't mean to imply F4lconF16 Aug 2014 #14