candycorn
Diamond Member
Great.Well it's never been about "equality", which was my whole point in bringing up those areas of concerns women HAD until the message changed to be all about abortion and contraception. I would have hoped they desired more and had grander aspirations than being reduced to merely sex objects and sexual freedom. Not much of a major accomplishment there.
Would you care what a candidate's positions were if one of them was you'd have to get a vasectomy at the age of 25? Women don't care much what a GOPer's position is on taxes are if their policy is that you have to get a TVU or drive 800 miles for a procedure due to new restrictions authored by old white men.
Also brought up was the GOP opposition to the violence against women act and their opposition to the LLFPA... There seems to be a GOP policy to make women's lives as inconvenient and as dangerous as possible.
I'm a woman and I disagree. Abortion is not going anywhere and we all know that. Contraception is readily available to anyone who wants it (even minors, often without parental consent) and cheap, some places free. I'd like to focus on the economy, jobs, education, etc. I am so much more than my ovaries and am pretty tired of us being herded like cattle towards those two nonissues.
Thankfully some are more thoughtful than others.
I've been thinking about it for over 30 years since I started taking contraception.
Opinion.Abortion is not going anywhere.
Mitt Romney said he wanted Roe overturned and the decision left up to the States. I don't know how fast the women in Texas would lose the right to make their healthcare choices but I do know you could time it with a stopwatch if that were the case.
Another opinion. Mostly false. Can you tell us what you'd pay retail for Yasmin or Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo...or Levora for that matter?Contraception is cheap and readily available.
Which is why I didn't make that argument.These are the facts right now. The implication that women don't need to concern themselves with actual pressing issues is insulting and demeaning.
What I did say and I can understand if it's not that important to you is that contraception availability and the right to make one's healthcare choices is a gateway issue. If you agree with Candidate X on it, you will listen to the rest of the platform.
If you disagree with the candidate on the issue, you're likely not interested in their position on taxation.
Members of my extended family disagree with me so I'm quite used to it. I do have throngs of family and friends in Texas and South Carolina so it's familiar ground to me.Many women disagree with you, and they are still women, still making less, still underemployed, still fighting for quality education for their children, still concerned that an ever-refreshing stream of poverty-stricken will mean they can never pay their "fair share." We are thoughtful, but thanks for the "airhead" jab. We women love that.
Let's keep the women focused on their body parts so they won't vote on issues that shape the country. Baaaaa!
Thanks for the chuckle.
I think women can think for themselves and know what is important to them. The Dems continuously win the Women's vote and do so quite easily and there is no end in sight to that wonderful trend...why do you think that is?