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In reply to the discussion: Sincere question for the women of DU [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,481 posts)women's lives in the US are NOT valued equally to men's lives, particularly by fundamentalist white Anglo-Saxon men.
Patriarchy is alive and well in this country, as it has been since it was founded. In the patriarchal scheme of things, yes, women have value, but it is not intrinsic. It is not equal to men, and it is the men who determine the value women will have.
In my experience--as an almost 72 year old white woman--although opportunities for women increased during my lifetime, we are now seeing a major backlash to that. The minority has grabbed the reins of power and are using it to deny women decision making control over their own lives. The Dobbs decision made me literally sick.
Misogyny is out of control in this country. But what makes me even more angry, is the number of women who are willing to go along with it, profit from it, and take advantage of it by prostituting themselves to men, whether physically, emotionally, or professionally in order to advance themselves.
Amy Coney Barrett, that's you. She deserves to be shunned by all women for her betrayal.