November 14/15, 1917. "Night of Terror:Occuquan "Workhouse". Suffragists

[niyad]

from the Silent Sentinels, an ongoing PEACEFUL protest across the street from the White House, were arrested and thrown into the very worst of the "workhouses" (prisons) for women. They were beaten, tortured, forcefed, nearly killed, for DARING to demand suffrage.

THIS is what this country thinks of women. THIS is what those woman-hating, misogynist fuckers of every variation and persuasion, have no trouble envisioning again. Hyperbolic? Considering the hatred, the rhetoric, and its escalation, that I have watched and heard all my life, I am fairly certain that I have not even scratched the surface.

[Bluethroughu]

1. The witchy, independent, women in my neighborhood,

Know exactly what you mean.

I called my husband last week, in the middle of his construction work day, and thanked him for being the kind of man I need not worry will want to own me.

That's where we are at, and I know some women are not that lucky.

ERA should have been ratified the year it was passed...we were hoping that it would happen after this previous election...I was wrong.

[niyad]

2. As do my friends. The ones who are married are very much like you and

your husband. Those who are single are content with that status.

Absolutely agree about the ERA. When I think about the vote on Suffrage,and how horrifyingly close that was, and how close we came with the ERA. . . .Instead, we now have pols and others openly talking about repealing 19A, with no pushback, no sense of urgency or worry.

[Bluethroughu]

3. I know. I've been picking up on the language for a few years,

And now some rightwingers, not just men, say women should not vote or own land. JD Vance was doing the round about, by insinuating old women should just stay home and watch grandchildren, young women should have babies, and all others are just crazy cat ladies.

It's total knuckle dragging.