I was just thinking that what if women all over the world rose up against their dictators and male

[mamas]

fascists? What if our VA election sent a message beyond our borders? Could activist women change the world over a couple of decades? Would it be better?

[FraDon]

1. indeed ! :: Lysistrata

Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society.

[Orrex]

2. Holy shit I wish they'd do it already.

They certainly couldn't fuck it up any worse than my demographic has been doing for the past few millennia.

[Hortensis]

3. It's been happening all over the world for decades.

The industrial revolution was and still is huge, along with all the other revolutions that came after that brought women out of isolated dependence on men in homes and into the workforce. Birth control--enormous! Education of women. Moves to jobs in cities, and the liberalization of society that comes with that. Also radio, TV, cell phones.

As for Tuesday, frankly, at this point I doubt there's a people on the planet that still are looking to us for an example to follow. Remember, all peoples think they're special, and we've proven we're dangerously backwards and dangerously unstable.