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Maybe women could just refuse to have sex with conservative men. If those men are set to take away (Original Post) wasupaloopa Jun 2018 OP
Um, there is already a dangerous incel group over just the thought of this being a thing. MrsCoffee Jun 2018 #1
IKR? Women should stop being told what to do, for fucks sake. bettyellen Jun 2018 #5
Correct me if I am wrong but cooldude Jun 2018 #12
Considering that women are already out protesting and voting Dem much more than men- bettyellen Jun 2018 #13
I'm willing to listen to what women have to say. cooldude Jun 2018 #18
Register people, call your senators about the SC seat, there are tons of options... bettyellen Jun 2018 #19
The options you mentioned cooldude Jun 2018 #22
Wow- so you'll do nothing to help except tell women what to do with their bodies? Fuck that. bettyellen Jun 2018 #23
I have nothing to be ashamed of. cooldude Jun 2018 #33
You're suggesting it's cool to sit on your ass and do nothing... except referee who women should bettyellen Jun 2018 #36
Many of those men are with conservative women. What about that? MineralMan Jun 2018 #2
Well they can keep on keeping on wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #4
It is already happening exboyfil Jun 2018 #3
Dating Site For Trump Supporters keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #35
Women are not of like mind. nt NCTraveler Jun 2018 #6
if the "incels" had their way, they would legalize rape anarch Jun 2018 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Jun 2018 #8
I agree completely. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #20
They will legalize rape Johnny2X2X Jun 2018 #9
Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #10
This is policing women's bodies and there's way too much of that now. Women are not things bettyellen Jun 2018 #14
Traditional, orthodox treatment of women is not limited by political affiliation. LanternWaste Jun 2018 #15
If I saw men out volunteering and marching in near to equal numbers I might be more forgiving of bettyellen Jun 2018 #17
So who are all these leftist women ... Odoreida Jun 2018 #11
Yeah, I was going to say... GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #16
The same number of women think abortion should be illegal as men oberliner Jun 2018 #21
Cite source, please Hekate Jun 2018 #25
Men, Women Generally Hold Similar Abortion Attitudes oberliner Jun 2018 #31
Alas, that only works in a small Greek amphitheater. nt Hekate Jun 2018 #24
Lysistra. Sanity Claws Jun 2018 #26
I've read that Trump staffers are having a hard time getting dates in D.C. Orangeutan Jun 2018 #27
... lapucelle Jun 2018 #28
This 1950s stuff sure feeds many stereotypes. braddy Jun 2018 #29
53% of white women voters voted for Trump radius777 Jun 2018 #30
Plenty of conservative women, folks Loki Liesmith Jun 2018 #32
Repubs have their camp followers keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #34
 

cooldude

(50 posts)
12. Correct me if I am wrong but
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:44 PM
Jun 2018

as a man who has fought for women's rights since the 60s, I think the OP is only suggesting a political tactic that women can use not telling women what to do.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
13. Considering that women are already out protesting and voting Dem much more than men-
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:49 PM
Jun 2018

It’s time for suggestions for more ways for men to step up- and leave the bedroom out of it.


This suggestion is akin to using women as a commodity.
Sorry guys- work harder instead of trying to steer our sex lives.

 

cooldude

(50 posts)
18. I'm willing to listen to what women have to say.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 02:29 PM
Jun 2018

Can you give us men a suggestion of what we can do besides just protesting and voting?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
19. Register people, call your senators about the SC seat, there are tons of options...
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 03:31 PM
Jun 2018

That are more helpful than policing women’s sexuality lives.

If you really must, go hunt down some men who are having sex w conservatives and bother them. Sounds weird, right? Because it is!

 

cooldude

(50 posts)
22. The options you mentioned
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 04:41 PM
Jun 2018

won't stop Trump and the Rumpublicans from getting another conservative on the SC.

What are some of the tons of other options you mentioned?

BTW, since women are human beings and men are human beings, I see nothing wrong with a human being who is a male suggesting to a human being who is a female what that female can do to help the cause which they both support.


 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
23. Wow- so you'll do nothing to help except tell women what to do with their bodies? Fuck that.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 06:18 PM
Jun 2018

None of us want the advice of feckless dudes who pose as allies and then do nothing when we need you most.

Shame on you.

 

cooldude

(50 posts)
33. I have nothing to be ashamed of.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:51 PM
Jun 2018

You are the one who should be ashamed of yourself because you blasted the OP just because he dared to suggest how women might be able to help the cause.

The last time I looked, men were human beings and women were human beings and there is nothing wrong with one human being who happens to be a male suggesting to other human beings who happen to be females how they can help the cause.

Maybe if you realize that the next time a male suggests something that you can do to help the cause then you won't react so irrationally.


 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
36. You're suggesting it's cool to sit on your ass and do nothing... except referee who women should
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 02:18 PM
Jun 2018

Should have sex with- and you claim that’s helpful? It’s not, it’s lazy, presumptuous and probably self serving.

It’s not helping, literally not helping to “suggest” shit to women.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
3. It is already happening
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:19 AM
Jun 2018

Young Trump staffers are complaining they can't date in DC because everyone hates them

Young Trump administration staffers are having a hard time dating in Washington, one of the most Democratic cities in the country.
Even after leaving their administration jobs, former staffers are finding themselves on something of a social blacklist.
One match on an online dating app told an administration official, "Thanks but no thanks. Just Googled you and it said you were a mouthpiece for the Trump administration. Go f--- yourself."


http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-staffers-are-complain-that-they-cant-date-in-dc-2018-6

keithbvadu2

(36,937 posts)
35. Dating Site For Trump Supporters
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 11:05 PM
Jun 2018
http://bipartisanreports.com/2018/02/17/dating-site-for-trump-supporters-launches-it-couldnt-be-more-pathetic/

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Dating Site For Trump Supporters

http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/05/make-dating-great-again-dating-site-for-trump-supporters-officially-launches/?utm_source=site-share

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(They don’t care if you’re married or not)

Some reports have also noted that, once a person gets past the initial sign-up page, he or she can choose "happily married" or "unhappily married" as a status before finalizing a profile and meeting new potential dates.

http://www.wral.com/nc-couple-pitching-trump-dating-site/17354987/

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A dating website promising to match pro-Trump supporters has removed the main photograph from its homepage after local media identified one of the people portrayed in the image as a North Carolina conservative activist who has a child sex conviction.

http://www.newsweek.com/face-trump-dating-site-dropped-child-sex-conviction-812484

Nice MAGA hats!

anarch

(6,535 posts)
7. if the "incels" had their way, they would legalize rape
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jun 2018

And/or try to pass legislation that would classify women as property.

Just saying.

anyway, there are quite a lot of inexplicably "conservative" women out there, who will be happy as hell to have their own and all other women's rights taken away.

Response to wasupaloopa (Original post)

Johnny2X2X

(19,118 posts)
9. They will legalize rape
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:45 AM
Jun 2018

This was the coup d'etat. America will no longer be a free Democracy, we will descend into the Hand Maid's Tale within a couple decades.

Trump followers simply do not value freedom, it's antiquated to them, they value order and power above freedom.

Response to wasupaloopa (Original post)

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
14. This is policing women's bodies and there's way too much of that now. Women are not things
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:50 PM
Jun 2018

We can trade or use as leverage or bait. Please stop.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
15. Traditional, orthodox treatment of women is not limited by political affiliation.
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 01:24 PM
Jun 2018

Last year, I came across the phrase "conservative men want women's bodies as private property while liberal men want them as public property..." (insert obligatory "NOT ALL MEN!!!!" so as to avoid the stronger wash cycles for the delicates)

I'll be damned if it didn't piss me off then, and I'll be even more damned if it doesn't seem to be the case now.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
17. If I saw men out volunteering and marching in near to equal numbers I might be more forgiving of
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

these intrusive and very personal suggestions... I’d still be offended.

Men- you guys have a lot of calls to make and protests to attend. And keep your opinions about our sex lives to yourselves, we get this crap from everyone.

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
11. So who are all these leftist women ...
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:18 PM
Jun 2018

... having lots of sex with conservative men?

I agree they should stop it, especially if they exist.

GoCubsGo

(32,095 posts)
16. Yeah, I was going to say...
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

There isn't a conservative man on the planet that I would touch with a ten-foot pole, let alone have sex with them. I'm sure most other "leftist" women feel the same way.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
31. Men, Women Generally Hold Similar Abortion Attitudes
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 07:49 PM
Jun 2018
19% of both men and women say abortion should be totally illegal

Gender differences in the view that abortion should be illegal in all circumstances are even smaller, with an average gap of two points since 1990. For the past four years, there has been no difference, with 19% of both men and women saying that abortion should be totally illegal.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/235646/men-women-generally-hold-similar-abortion-attitudes.aspx

radius777

(3,635 posts)
30. 53% of white women voters voted for Trump
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 07:40 PM
Jun 2018

who was very vocal about appointing anti-choice justices to SCOTUS.

Many of the most vocal Trumpers and pro-lifers are women.. they are complicit agents of white hegemony, not victims, who want a 'white alpha male' to protect them, and vote accordingly.

keithbvadu2

(36,937 posts)
34. Repubs have their camp followers
Thu Jun 28, 2018, 10:59 PM
Jun 2018

Trump still has some republican Christian women supporters.

Is that Ivanka just off her left shoulder?

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