Big Lies

So they did this poll that showed if women weren't voting,  Trump would more than likely win. Instead of trying to consider ways their candidate could better appeal to women, some on the Trump side decreed this should be reason enough to repeal the 19th Amendment. Some of the people saying this were even women.

I see this a lot.  Well, not the repealing voting thing, but women who want to act like women shouldn't have rights and that Feminism is bad. I saw one little darling doing a video about how much she hates Feminism and, in the middle of it, had to remember that she has birth control  that keeps her from having a period every month because of Feminism.

I was thinking about all of this today while I was watching Big Eyes. The 1950s were a couple of decades after the 19th passed, but during this decade, a lot of the independence women had gained during the 40s disappeared. Women weren't taken seriously. It was assumed that a woman would have a husband and children. Women had to look and behave a certain way. They were to rely on men in all things and be quite careful about how they made their wishes known.

As much as the women who seem to hate Feminism now think  that they'd be all fine in a time period like this, most of them wouldn't. Many of the women who complain about the rest of us are just as opinionated, just as assertive, and just as forward. They are not demure, meek little things.

Back then, it didn't matter if you agreed with everything your husband or other men said. They didn't care. They didn't want to hear your opinion on it. Or on anything. Your job as a woman was to be as harmonious and agreeable as possible. You were less than a person. You were a very dutiful convenience.

That's a pretty horrible way to live.