Should women count in our society? Should their voices & votes count? Or should they have no autonomy over their own bodies, their own lives, and the lives of their offspring? This is yet another handmaid’s tale. JD Vance of Ohio went on a TV talk show recently to say that he thought the social movement that allowed women to leave bad, even violent marriages, has hurt America. REALLY?! (I’m sorry I bought his “Hillbilly Elegy” book!) The evangelical movement, its followers, their legislators, their Supreme Court justices, intend to drag us backward DECADES if WE let them!
SCOTUS overturned Roe, revoking the rights of anyone with a uterus, no matter their age, to have an abortion, for any reason. On 7/21, only 8 Republicans in the House joined Dems (228-195) to pass ‘The Right to Contraception Act’, to ensure access to contraceptives. ONLY EIGHT! That bill probably won’t pass in the Senate, where they probably won’t take it up until September anyway. That’s in contrast to the 7/19 House vote, where 47 ‘Repubs’ joined with Dems, to pass ‘The Respect for Marriage bill’ (267-157) that would codify federal protections for same-sex & inter-racial marriage. About 3/4 of the House Republicans voted AGAINST that House bill. Rep Glenn Thompson, R-Pa, was one of those 157 ‘GOPpers’ voting against such protections; then 3 days later he attended his own son’s same-sex wedding. “Republicants” are nothing if not hypocrites!
Fox News propagandist, Tucker Carlson, blames women for “young male mass shootings”, saying “they’re ANGRY; the authorities in their lives, especially women, never stop lecturing them about their so-called male privilege”. He also blamed social media, porn, video games & govt-endorsed weed; and deceitfully claimed that “young men are numbed by the endless psychotropic drugs that are handed out at every school in the country by crackpots posing as counselors”. Tucker echoes Senator Josh Hawley’s denunciation of women for all men’s insecurities & weaknesses, claiming feminism, with its criticisms on male masculinity is driving men to view more porn, and play video games incessantly instead of working & raising their kids. Hawley claims “men are in crisis, and so is the country”. That much is true! Fearful, uneducated, excessively-needy, ineffectual, aggrieved men need to ‘man-up’. Anti-feminism is nothing new in our patriarchal-misogynistic society. Men need to turn off their projectors, quit blaming women for all the ills of the world, and OWN their own crap! Beyonce, pour us some lemonade, please; we’re thirsty & weary!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Trish Forsyth Voss
Aug 3 2022
Quit Blaming Women!
Should women count in our society? Should their voices & votes count? Or should they have no autonomy over their own bodies, their own lives, and the lives of their offspring? This is yet another handmaid’s tale. JD Vance of Ohio went on a TV talk show recently to say that he thought the social movement that allowed women to leave bad, even violent marriages, has hurt America. REALLY?! (I’m sorry I bought his “Hillbilly Elegy” book!) The evangelical movement, its followers, their legislators, their Supreme Court justices, intend to drag us backward DECADES if WE let them!
SCOTUS overturned Roe, revoking the rights of anyone with a uterus, no matter their age, to have an abortion, for any reason. On 7/21, only 8 Republicans in the House joined Dems (228-195) to pass ‘The Right to Contraception Act’, to ensure access to contraceptives. ONLY EIGHT! That bill probably won’t pass in the Senate, where they probably won’t take it up until September anyway. That’s in contrast to the 7/19 House vote, where 47 ‘Repubs’ joined with Dems, to pass ‘The Respect for Marriage bill’ (267-157) that would codify federal protections for same-sex & inter-racial marriage. About 3/4 of the House Republicans voted AGAINST that House bill. Rep Glenn Thompson, R-Pa, was one of those 157 ‘GOPpers’ voting against such protections; then 3 days later he attended his own son’s same-sex wedding. “Republicants” are nothing if not hypocrites!
Fox News propagandist, Tucker Carlson, blames women for “young male mass shootings”, saying “they’re ANGRY; the authorities in their lives, especially women, never stop lecturing them about their so-called male privilege”. He also blamed social media, porn, video games & govt-endorsed weed; and deceitfully claimed that “young men are numbed by the endless psychotropic drugs that are handed out at every school in the country by crackpots posing as counselors”. Tucker echoes Senator Josh Hawley’s denunciation of women for all men’s insecurities & weaknesses, claiming feminism, with its criticisms on male masculinity is driving men to view more porn, and play video games incessantly instead of working & raising their kids. Hawley claims “men are in crisis, and so is the country”. That much is true! Fearful, uneducated, excessively-needy, ineffectual, aggrieved men need to ‘man-up’. Anti-feminism is nothing new in our patriarchal-misogynistic society. Men need to turn off their projectors, quit blaming women for all the ills of the world, and OWN their own crap! Beyonce, pour us some lemonade, please; we’re thirsty & weary!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Trish Forsyth Voss
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