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[Hekate]

41. For the Bros it was, alas, part of a pattern. As for Bernie, his religiously-held economic theories...

…have always read to me like very old fashioned Marxism — not in a bad way, mind you: Marx meant to do well by “the workers.” It’s just that all “workers” were the same, which is to say, built on a male model. (Altho I have to admit the Soviets at least had child-care, something the US only made available to female factory workers during WWII and then dropped like a hot potato when the men came back from the war)

Women are over 1/2 of the population, and our absolute needs from birth to death are different from men’s. Career-wise, individual women can compete on an almost level playing field if they make sure they never, ever have a kid. Oh yes, let’s not forget the kiddies: it’s their mothers who take care of all their needs 90% of the time. Most of us do end up having at least one child, and we still need to work for wages. As for health-care, even women who choose to never get pregnant still have the same bodies with the same medical needs, which are different and more complicated than men’s.

Thanks for the cool story about the “Hillary supporter.” Was that by any chance replicated by others? Part of a group? Part of a pattern? Hmmm.