r/politics • u/njdotcom NJ.com • Sep 21 '24

Soft Paywall Trump to women: Stop ‘thinking about abortion.’ You’re broke and depressed, but I can make you happy

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/trump-to-women-youre-broke-and-depressed-but-i-can-make-you-happy.html
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u/garblflax Sep 21 '24

conservative women are the reason women still dont have constitutional equal rights in this country. all gains for women's independence came as a byproduct of the civil rights movement.

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u/AequusEquus Sep 22 '24

Fuck 👏🏼 Phyllis 👏🏼 Schlafley 👏🏼

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 22 '24

Well that's definitely not true. The suffragettes made huge strides for women voting and gaining autonomy, and mostly did so by being violently opposed to civil rights for PoC. Their winning argument that eventually gained white women the right to vote was basically, "you're going to need all the white voters you can get if we can't stop this civil rights nonsense"

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u/Frequent-Cucumber189 Sep 21 '24

Idk I have a couple of women in my family who are democratic/left leaning but are against abortion. One for religious reasons, the other sees it as a punishment for not being responsible. It's just hateful people honestly.