ironmayb wrote:
my wife doesn't have to bitch and complain about these things. I readily admit she and my daughter are way tougher than my sons and I over these things. Beyond that, just the common cold puts me in bed complaining for days while my wife's leg would actually have to fall off (not just be dangling by a thread) to get her to not get out of bed, take care of the kids, go to work etc etc.
She is way tougher than me. I have mad respect and love for my wife. I am not sure how 2 politically opposite people could survive without it. EDIT: I don't mean to imply you don't re: your wife. Looks like you do.
I don't think my wife knows or cares about the tax issue. Equal pay, gay rights, abortion rights, union rights, she's all over. Big picture stuff (for her).
My wife, my daughter, their friends etc etc didn't march on Sat. One of the reasons I joined this thread was to understand the march more because I would expect them to. Unfortunately when I see Ashley Judd bitching about a tax on tampons and calling a President someone dipped in Cheeto dust I have a better understanding of why they didn't join in. Either they weren't made well enough aware of the issues of Sat (possible) or the real issues (to them) took a back seat (from their point of view).
Yeah, I get all of that. And I agree, my wife said it was a great experience but it was strange and disappointing that there was no focused, centralized point of rallying. But I do know at least from her perspective where the issues lie and I'm with her on a lot of them. I did mention in both my posts (I believe) that the tampon thing is just one of those minor points of contention, and I think it's a slam dunk, especially one that I think fiscal conservatives should get behind: if a state doesn't tax necessities, tampons should be on that 'necessities' list. Simple, quick-hitter imo. There are bigger discussions to be had about equal rights/equal pay/abortion/etc that are far more contentious and much of which I don't agree with liberals or my wife, but this one at least seems like a no-brainer.
And I'll also say what I said to my wife: the 78% 'wage gap' thing, the comments by Madonna and Ashley Judd, this is the BS that people look at and say how can we have a real debate and come up with policies when this is the shit we're hearing from the left? So while I think the energy from Saturday was great, while I think women feeling empowered is fantastic, I think it can be misdirected or derailed by bogus 'stats', talking points and movement leaders.
