Glamour Exclusive: Republican Policies Are Keeping Women in Poverty (Rep. Keith Ellison)

[demmiblue]

Many Americans hoped 2016 was going to be the year we elected the first woman to the White House. Instead, the first female nominee of any major party lost to the most brazenly misogynistic candidate in modern history—Donald Trump. He won with the support of over 50 percent of white women who voted. Critics and supporters alike have urged Americans not to take his campaign comments literally.

In that case, what should we take seriously? The truth is, Donald Trump’s offensive, anti-woman rhetoric has been mirrored by Republican policy for decades.

We should take the President-elect at his word. And even if we don’t, we should take seriously Republican efforts to limit women’s healthcare, revoke women’s autonomy over their own bodies, and destroy the safety net that so many women and their families depend on.

We need to figure out how to step up in 2017 and beyond to make America as fair as we know it can be. This election made clear that America is not a post-sexist society in which all women have “made it.” Sure, women have seen huge gains in employment, education, and economic autonomy since the 1960s. Yet, in 2017, women and children are still more likely to live in poverty.

Read more: http://www.glamour.com/story/rep-keith-ellison-republican-policies-are-keeping-women-in-poverty

[bdamomma]

1. we will rise.

also women continue to receive less pay than men.

[demmiblue]

2. Here are a couple of great articles found in other women's magazines, in case you missed them:

Ivanka Trump Will Not Fix "Women's Issues"—She Will Distract From Them by Sady Doyle

The problem with "exceptional" women.

http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a41444/ivanka-trump-distraction/

Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America by Lauren Duca

In this scorched-earth op-ed, Lauren Duca takes on Trump's systematic attempts to destabilize the truth and weaken the foundation of American freedom.

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america

Lauren Duca is the woman who was harassed by Martin Shkreli on Twitter (which resulted in his suspension).

Both are great reads!

[murielm99]

3. I've always avoided women's magazines,

even in the beauty salon. I may have to start paying attention to them now. Some of them have been great lately!