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2016 Postmortem

Yavin4

(35,437 posts) Tue Nov 15, 2016, 06:38 PM Nov 2016

Why don't White American women want to protect their reproductive rights?

Why are they so freely willing to hurt women of color? Someone please explain this to me.

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Why don't White American women want to protect their reproductive rights? (Original Post) Yavin4 Nov 2016 OP

because they're too old to have abortions and want their taxes to get cut. geek tragedy Nov 2016 #1

Yes. marybourg Nov 2016 #2

"It couldn't happen to me" TimeChaser Nov 2016 #3

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

1. because they're too old to have abortions and want their taxes to get cut.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 06:43 PM

Nov 2016

Also, don't underestimate how much some WWC women resent professional women--there's definitely a "what, you think you're better than me" thing going on there.

marybourg

(12,620 posts)

2. Yes.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 08:09 PM

Nov 2016

Women are used to men being in authority, and mostly don't resent them for it, but see it as a rebuke when a woman is more accomplished than them.

TimeChaser

(5,551 posts)

3. "It couldn't happen to me"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 08:28 PM

Nov 2016

Until it does, of course

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