Dems for Misogyny

[Egalia]

There were six Democrats who voted for the anti abortion rights measure in my state, Tennessee. I understand that there were also six Dems who voted to outlaw abortion in South Dakota.

To the best of my knowledge the Democratic Party does not support or fund racist candidates.

Why does it support and fund Dems for Misogyny?

Why should anyone give money to a party that funds candidates who seek to strip women of the most basic of citizenship rights? Why support a party that gives money to candidates whose tenure in office is a threat to the lives of women?

The DNC gives money to state parties that pass it on to woman-hating Dems like the ones on the list below. Write a letter to the DNC and ask them why they fund candidates who hold your civil rights and even your life in contempt. Send a copy of the letter to your state Dem Party.

The List: Six Dems for Misogyny:

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2006/03/list-six-dems-for-misogyny.html

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/

[Mythsaje]

1. Ah, you're being too hard on them...

Just because they stab woman-kind in the back doesn't make them bad Dems. Look at the rest of their voting record. As long as 70+% of their votes go toward progressive ideals, it's all good.

:sarcasm:

[Egalia]

2. Yeah, poor dems,

Just because they threaten the lives of women, why should we bitch and complain?

Hell, it's time to get angry.

It's time for that Feminist Party NOW has been talking about for years and years and years.

[SharonAnn]

3. As a woman, I care deeply about this. As a Democrat, I also care deeply.

If we don't stand for civil rights then I'm at a loss as to why I should support the party.

[Mythsaje]

4. You know,

ordinarily I'd argue against yet another third party, but in this case, I think it might do some good. I wouldn't call it the "Feminist Party" though. I'd go with something like the "Women's Empowerment Party" instead. :D

[leftstreet]

5. Pffft. Women can't accomplish anything

:hi: :bounce:

The Global Women's Strike was formed to win economic and social recognition for unwaged caring work. Since the addition of Article 88 in the Bolivarian Constitution (1999), the Global Women's Strike has built many relationships with grassroots communities in Venezuela.

Article 88 declares:
The State guarantees equality and equity between men and women in the exercise of their right to work. The State recognizes work in the home as an economic activity that creates added values and produces social welfare and wealth. Housewives are entitled to Social Security.

Coinciding with the Global Women's Strike highly publicized delegation, Chávez announced that this unprecedented right would be implemented
On February 2nd, in a speech delivered in the Teresa Careño theater in Caracas, Hugo Chávez proclaimed that, on the first of May, International Worker's Day, 100,000 Venezuelan female heads of households would receive 380,000 Venezuelan Bolivares per month ($185). This is about eighty percent of the Venezuelan minimum wage. In the following six months, another 100,000 women will begin to receive payments in recognition of their work.

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cfh150206.html

[Egalia]

6. Whatever you call it,

it will be demonized. If we called it the Angel Party, we'd be demonized as man haters who eat babies. May as well go with Feminist Party, in my humble view.

[Mythsaje]

7. It's not demonizing I'd be worried about...

More women would identify themselves as women than as feminists. Then again, that's just my take on it, which may be a bit off since I'm not a woman.

[benevolent dictator]

8. That's true. I know plenty of women who won't call themselves Feminists

Even though most of the ideals they hold and the things they fight for are most definitly feminist causes. Their reasons range from it "not being necessary" to have a strong feminist movement anymore, to "well, I'm not a lesbian and I don't hate men and think children are parasites or burn my bra, so why would I be a feminist?" Sad but true, many (seemingly progressive!) women have just as warped a view of feminists as Rush Limbaugh does. *sigh*