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valleyrogue

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14. And marry right out of high school, or at the latest, by the end of college.

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:03 PM

Nov 3

It was an absolutely shitty era to be a female, and these fascists want to return to that terrible era. I was born in the middle of the baby boom, 1955, but early marriages and shotgun marriages were still very common fifty-plus years ago, when I graduated from high school. In fact, almost all the women I graduated with married by age 25. In the end, I was the lone holdout of the straight women in that graduating class who didn't bother with marriage at all. It hasn't been easy financially, but I have the peace of mind of not putting up with the life my mother and sisters had.

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A 15-year-old girl watches how America talks about women. [View all] Nevilledog Nov 3 OP

Indeed. Powerful Deuxcents Nov 3 #1

here's another link for those not on twitter orleans Nov 4 #46

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WOW --. Wonder if HRC ever thought sooner rather than later would happen in 8 short years! Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Nov 3 #4

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Every male too! Hope22 Nov 3 #19

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I remember what I got told at 15 Warpy Nov 3 #11

And marry right out of high school, or at the latest, by the end of college. valleyrogue Nov 3 #14

For me, it was supposed to be a year or two out of college Warpy Nov 3 #23

My parents encouraged me to marry young Tree Lady Nov 3 #24

I don't know about that. Hope22 Nov 3 #17

My mother told me boys didn't like girls who were too smart. Ocelot II Nov 3 #28

My mother told me a lot of really stupid-ass things Warpy Nov 4 #29

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Dear 15 year olds, I am so sorry we still have a great deal to change for you. Passages Nov 3 #15

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I can't see it until then. 2naSalit Nov 4 #40

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got it on youtube! orleans Nov 4 #45

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Oof...that stings. My niece is 16 róisín_dubh Nov 4 #31

"Life a life that makes you happy was the best advice she gave me. " jfz9580m Nov 4 #35

I watched this like 8+ hours ago. Tears. And stepping back in here to read more comments, i feel my eyes getting a bit electric_blue68 Nov 4 #32

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Cathartic is an understatement. I have tears streaming down my face. cayugafalls Nov 4 #52

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It's how Trump talks about women, not "America" whathehell Nov 4 #54

In this moment, I don't have the words to describe that. BobTheSubgenius Nov 4 #55

I expected this to piss me off, and parts of it did... FuzzyDicePHL Nov 4 #56