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In reply to the discussion: I am an older white woman, a retired teacher. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)people, appreciate them when they do what is right, as people.
There is a small faction here that insists on attempting to put people in boxes, the watch as they fight among each other. There women who claim to represent all women here, who try hard to get other women here fighting among themselves over trivia. As a result the majority of DU women do not paricipate in what should and could have been a vibrant forum for discussion of actual issues, such as economics, equal pay etc. Women globally, the affect of our wars on women around the world. But all DU is known for regarding women's issues, is whether we should reach for the smelling salts if a 'nefarious MAN' dares to pay us a compliment or open the door for a woman. Iow, DU is not the place serious women go to, to discuss serious issues regarding women.
That is just one example of a 'faction' that has driven people away from this forum. Some people have better things to talk about, to do than spend their time arguing with disrupters.