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bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 12:30 PM
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"Thank a feminist..."
If you're female and...

...you can vote, thank a feminist.

...you get paid as much as men doing the same job, thank a feminist.

...you went to college instead of being expected to quit after high school so your brothers could go because "You'll just get married anyway", thank a feminist.

...you can apply for any job, not just "women's work", thank a feminist.

...you can get or give birth control information without going to jail, thank a feminist.

...your doctor, lawyer, pastor judge or legislator is a woman, thank a feminist.

...you play an organized sport, thank a feminist.

...you can wear slacks without being excommunicated from your church or run out of town, thank a feminist.

...your boss isn't allowed to pressure you to sleep with him, thank a feminist.

...you get raped and the trial isn't about your hemline or your previous boyfriends, thank a feminist.

...you start a small business and can get a loan using only your name and credit history, thank a feminist

...you are on trial and are allowed to testify in your own defense, thank a feminist.

...you own property that is solely yours, thank a feminist.

...you have the right to your own salary even if you are married or have a male relative, thank a feminist.

...you get custody of your children following divorce or separation, thank a feminist.

...you get a voice in the raising and care of your children instead of them being completely controlled by the husband/father, thank a feminist.

...your husband beats you and it is illegal and the police stop him instead of lecturing you on better wifely behavior, thank a feminist.

...you are granted a degree after attending college instead of a certificate of completion, thank a feminist.

...you can breastfeed your baby discreetly in a public place and not be arrested, thank a feminist.

...you marry and your civil human rights do not disappear into your husband's rights, thank a feminist.

...you have the right to refuse sex with a diseased husband , thank a feminist.

...you have the right to keep your medical records confidential from the men in your family, thank a feminist.

...you have the right to read the books you want, thank a feminist.

...you can testify in court about crimes or wrongs your husband has committed, thank a feminist.

...you can choose to be a mother or not a mother in you own time not at the dictates of a husband or rapist, thank a feminist.

...you can look forward to a lifespan of 80 years instead of dying in your 20s from unlimited childbirth, thank a feminist.

...you can see yourself as a full, adult human being instead of a minor who needs to be controlled by a man, thank a feminist.

--Author unknown
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 12:38 PM
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1. That's great! nt
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-08-06 10:19 PM
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2. So what's yer point?
:evilgrin:
:grouphug:
:kick:
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bobalu Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 11:18 PM
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3. Thank you, Bloom...I'm printing and saving this!
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E.R. Strooley Donating Member (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 07:11 PM
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4. I like it! n/t
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 08:10 PM
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5. thank you for posting this. my trolls' heads should start exploding in a minute!!
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 08:30 PM
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6. From an Older Woman (50 something)
Yes, it is all very, very true. Thank you.

Life may not be perfect for us yet, but it sure is a hell of a lot better than when I was a teenager. I just hope the younger generation doesn't take all this for granted and keeps up the fight.

Equality is their's to lose.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 03:47 PM
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7. unfortunately, we still have a LONG way to go. this was part of an exchange on another board
with a person who, until this particular thread, I had given some credit for not being a complete ass (the particular topic was treatment of women--I had pointed out that the "special rights" of having doors held open, etc., had cost women dearly, a fact he vehemently denied)

Your world and mine are two totally different places.

Glass ceilings and inequalities for women and minorities exist, for sure, but in almost 40 years of being in business around the world, I can state with 100% conviction, it has never, ever, been because people generally displayed simple good manners. This is my own personal experience, something that you cannot refute.

Your experience may well be different.

I'm missing nothing.

Those same ads appeared in UK too and thank goodness they are no longer allowed.

And they had nothing to do with the simple courtesy of holding open a door, which IN MY EXPERIENCE, IN MY WORLD, is not symptomatic of anything deeper or more sinester.

I have always worked in places where positions were filled on merit and the salary scales were in one column. As I was in HR in most of these places, and heading up the function in later years, I know this to be accurate.

I wonder if the fact that these places were totally devoid of strident feminists had anything to do with it...... :-)



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