Friday TOON Roundup 2 - Bama Perv

[n2doc]

[Gothmog]

1. Thank you for the cartoons

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...nt

[Glorfindel]

3. K&R n/t

[planetc]

4. all toons

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029854854

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029854863

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029854869

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029854874

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029854886

[saidsimplesimon]

5. There were a couple that had meaning for me.

First the quote, "Every time we think we've hit the floor, something keeps welling up from yet another lower level . Arthur" To that I
say, "Still I Rise" Maya Angelou.

This hit home "The Bible Belt", "Oh it's ok you prudes, she's my cousin too." My grandmother said that at the age of 13, a neighbor, prosperous and over 30, asked her father and mother for permission to marry. She was not consulted, just given a choice of accepting the man's offer or be ostracized by her parents. It was disgusting then and nothing has changed in some geographic areas in 100 years and longer.

[Hekate]

7. Ugh. Was your Grandma the 13 year old or a friend? What did she decide?

When I was a kid I remember an article about legal age of marriage across the country. I was 12, so it would have been 1959. I recall the horror I felt learning that in some parts of the South a girl of 12 could be married (or, married off) with her parents' consent -- because, what would I do if that were me? I couldn't even wrap my head around it being in the US instead of some deeply backward tribal region of the planet, where a girl had no expectations in life beyond herding goats.

But, as Mineral Man pointed out the other day -- what we are seeing in Alabama right now is how a patriarchal culture works. Evangelical "courtship" is much older men getting permission from the parents of underage girls who won't even get to finish high school. My addendum: You don't need burkas or hijabs to make the point.

[saidsimplesimon]

8. It is first hand, my grandmother.

He treated her badly, the details no longer matter. My grandmother had native American matriarchal ancestry.

[Hekate]

9. I'm sorry for the girl she was then. I hope her children and grandchildren brought her joy.

I'm trying not to follow the Moore case too closely, but since it's in our faces 24/7 just now that's difficult. There is resonance for nearly every woman born -- we get gender-coded messages our whole lives, no matter where we live.

[dembotoz]

6. when i saw the bama perv heading my mind went to the old burma shave signs

it would be fun to do but not relevant here in wisconsin.....

bama perv would be a great punch line for the last sign

[mountain grammy]

10. Americas going down.