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niyad

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87. sadly, I am not in the least surprised by the usual suspects and their drivel. they are so

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 08:58 PM

Jun 2013

boringly predictable.

Have been fighting this same damned battle for decades, have been called every name under the sun, as though I give a **** what cretins like that think.

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women are male-controlled technologies of production and reproduction [View all] niyad Jun 2013 OP

Arguably, in some places its a little better and in some regions, getting worse. nt stevenleser Jun 2013 #1

getting worse, like in this country, and everywhere the damned woman-hating crowd has any niyad Jun 2013 #3

check out this thread niyad Jun 2013 #5

Men who engage in Reproductive coercion have to be mentally ill stevenleser Jun 2013 #10

thank you for the link--will have to listen later. niyad Jun 2013 #11

depends where you are, but yes, a lot has changed in several thousand years just as cali Jun 2013 #2

yes, it is getting worse by the minute here, for example niyad Jun 2013 #4

what is getting worse here? cali Jun 2013 #6

reproductive rights was the point of the quote, so, yes, that is what I meant. niyad Jun 2013 #8

how often do you get out of the house? datasuspect Jun 2013 #7

oh, thank you so much for that helpful advice. perhaps you have something equally helpful to say niyad Jun 2013 #9

Is this one of those deals where you say something unexpected in order Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #14

no, it's a serious question datasuspect Jun 2013 #16

perhaps you should trying paying a little more attention to the war on women--THAT is what niyad Jun 2013 #18

What precisely leads you to imagine the topic is unhinged? LanternWaste Jun 2013 #21

see the transparency page. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #23

Unhinged? Seriously? I was married to a man who thought that he owned me. Trailrider1951 Jun 2013 #37

no, any time there is a discussion of issues affecting women, the war on women, the fight for niyad Jun 2013 #19

Dude, your head is COVERED in sand! How'd that happen? Squinch Jun 2013 #52

Some misguided soul feels that they can control women? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #12

I know you pay more attention than that comment indicates niyad Jun 2013 #13

You are correct. And, I agree with the OP Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #17

How else to explain that in 2013, our right to control our own reproductive systems redqueen Jun 2013 #15

but, according to some, even discussing this indicates that WE are crazy. niyad Jun 2013 #20

I believe the time-honored word is "hysterical". Trailrider1951 Jun 2013 #44

you are correct, and thanks for posting the link. I do know the origin of the word, but I imagine niyad Jun 2013 #46

Thanks for the link... TeeYiYi Jun 2013 #80

Whining about prose they dislike while our right to control our own bodies is slowly chipped away. redqueen Jun 2013 #62

and totally dismissing evidence of that chipping away of what few rights we do have. the fact niyad Jun 2013 #64

Women are not allowed to possess identities independent of men. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #22

see this discussion: niyad Jun 2013 #24

if you are walking around in 2013 still thinking this is true galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #25

Absolutely unfettered absurdity. We have barely scratched the surface of gender inequity. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #26

considering i believe you and I stomp around the same hood, ASU galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #31

You are confused. Women never left the role of servant. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #34

maybe you should ask around some. nt galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #35

The incorrect assumption you make is that I don't interact with the world around me. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #36

Huh? Abq_Sarah Jun 2013 #73

Please do not confuse my social commentary with probability... Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #75

no, the suggestion was the same level of attack that ANY discussion of women's issues seems niyad Jun 2013 #29

attack? galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #32

I don't know about that... "Mainstream America" ain't looking so good these days... nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #48

Did you read the paper today? You seem to have missed... a lot. Squinch Jun 2013 #53

You mean passing bills further restricting abortion rights and the continuing salary discrepancies? uppityperson Jun 2013 #54

I'd like to point that out to my wife LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #27

No, it hasn't. southerncrone Jun 2013 #28

but, to hear the whining, you would think the statement in the op was some horrific piece niyad Jun 2013 #30

what crap. women aren't 'technologies' nor are they or were they ever simplistically HiPointDem Jun 2013 #33

perhaps you ought to study your history a bit more carefully, because, clearly, you haven't got a niyad Jun 2013 #38

i've studied plenty of history, as opposed to ideological polemics. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #39

if you had, you wouldn't make the absurd statement you did. but, nice try. niyad Jun 2013 #40

the only absurb statement is the unqualified nonsense quoted from 'chalice' HiPointDem Jun 2013 #60

It is not simplistic. It is immeasurably complex and retroactively invisible. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #43

it's not retroactively invisible and the statement is not complex. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #51

keep trying. niyad Jun 2013 #56

no reason to 'try,' the facts are straightforward. women are not technologies. women have HiPointDem Jun 2013 #57

like I said, keep trying, I really need the laughs today niyad Jun 2013 #58

laugh away, dixie lamb. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #61

if anything you are saying were true, it would not have been necessary for me to spend the last niyad Jun 2013 #63

"Change" and "progress" (culturally speaking) are always very relative. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #41

so where do you see women around the world with regard to the statement in the op? niyad Jun 2013 #42

That's an extremely broad question. Difficult to answer. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #45

as witness the senate vote in wisconsin on abortion this week. niyad Jun 2013 #47

Yes, exactly. We're not as advanced as we (generally) think we are. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #50

Sadly, it has not. Kath1 Jun 2013 #49

check out this depressing thread niyad Jun 2013 #55

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #59

Or everything will be reshaped within a hundred years One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #65

perhaps a hopeful optimist? I wish I could share your optimism, but, seeing what we see on a niyad Jun 2013 #66

Where were you when I had a pack of folks calling this "stupid?" dogknob Jun 2013 #67

I LOVE IT. too bad I didn't see this when you first posted it--would have been there for you. niyad Jun 2013 #68

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thinking about just the last few days--the three anti-choice bills in WI, the house bill banning niyad Jun 2013 #70

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Hyperbole. And much has changed in several thousand years. eom yawnmaster Jun 2013 #72

really? exactly what do you call the puke war on women, the endless new laws and regulations niyad Jun 2013 #74

You shouldn't let your life be defined by Republicans muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #79

are you serious? are you NOT payig attention to what they are DOING? I repeat, what part of niyad Jun 2013 #83

you have blinders on as to progress in the last "thousands of years"... yawnmaster Jun 2013 #82

sorry, YOU are being totally oblivious. try answering the question about the woman-hating laws niyad Jun 2013 #84

hyperbolate - to bloat a discussion with hyperbole. eom yawnmaster Jun 2013 #88

as I said, the dictionary does not recognize your word. and, again, you have failed to answer niyad Jun 2013 #89

I guess that sucks for the dictionary. eom yawnmaster Jun 2013 #90

The womb is a potentially hugely threatening power. DirkGently Jun 2013 #76

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Holy shit... OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 #78

"a video suggesting all women past menopause be euthanized" redqueen Jun 2013 #86

sadly, I am not in the least surprised by the usual suspects and their drivel. they are so niyad Jun 2013 #87

No. Everything has changed in the last thousand years. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #81

what are we supposed to be looking at? niyad Jun 2013 #85

This is an artifact with which you are unfamiliar? lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #91

nice try. men create the wars, men get killed in wars (not too bright, yes?) but guess what-- niyad Jun 2013 #92

so you disagree that men are meatshields for women. galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #94

What possible rationale exists to die for "their breeding machines" or machines of any sort? lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #95

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