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History of Feminism

GeoWilliam750

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11. It is difficult to win the long-term global power struggle

Reply to niyad (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 08:42 PM

Mar 2015

Without control over demographics

Control of demographics means control over women

Denying women their rights is often a necessary path to major political power

And it is wrong

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Memorial event remembers women incarcerated in Magdalene laundries [View all] me b zola Mar 2015 OP

Great movie on the subject, Philomena. elleng Mar 2015 #1

Thank you for the link me b zola Mar 2015 #4

I saw it when it first came out over Thanksgiving weekend 2013. StevieM Mar 2015 #8

Thank you K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #2

Never forget the 300k children that were stolen from Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #3

has pope photo op made any comments on this nightmare? niyad Mar 2015 #6

thank you for posting this. I notice that dear old pope photo op isn't doing anything about niyad Mar 2015 #5

Charlatans don't make amends. Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #7

women are different, it is okay to be cruel to women. demigoddess Mar 2015 #9

you have that absolutely correct. this particular patriarchal institution has not changed its niyad Mar 2015 #10

It is difficult to win the long-term global power struggle GeoWilliam750 Mar 2015 #11