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In reply to the discussion: Bernie speaking on 1st day at Women's conference is a horrible idea & it's easy to show why... [View all]Takket
(21,425 posts)let me say this... what i would like to see...............
i would like to see an open invitation to ALL male politicians (and females for that matter) to a conference like this but not to give speeches, but rather to participate in roundtable sessions on how important it is to do exactly what you said.... not just support womens' rights but bring them to the forefront of their campaigns/legislation.
Equal pay is an example of something that makes a great campaign rallying cry. Gets lots of cheers, has the support of the public.... let me know when you see it before congress. :insert tumbleweed graphic here:
42% of women voted for drumpf. I can't help but feel if they saw more than lip service from Democrats that that number wouldn't be a lot smaller. In other words if you TALK about womens' issues but don't ACT on them, then women are not going to vote for you just because they think you support womens' issues. For the exact reason you said about Bernie........ "He's probably on the right side of those rights, but that's not his bailiwick."
Of course the obvious answer is we need to elect more women, but the wall of misogyny is this country is something I don't know how to scale.