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13. K&R

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:19 PM

Sep 27

I've done my genealogy back to '1600s and found it so frustrating to be unable to go back all my lines because of no maiden name for the wife. Even though she had 16 children and died young. Then the widower remarried and had another big family. Then, sometimes, that wife passed and he remarried and had even more children!
And yes, it appears to us that they were looked at as nothing more than chattel.

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IMHO, MAGA overreach reveals the death-throes of thousands of years of patriarchal privilege [View all] lindysalsagal Sep 27 OP

White males are only 30% of the population and they are hanging on to power Irish_Dem Sep 27 #1

Yes, in full reptile-brain mode. ananda Sep 27 #11

Yes total brutal destruction and annihilation. Irish_Dem Sep 27 #15

At least Russia is started to crumble. ananda Sep 27 #16

Looking that way. Irish_Dem Sep 27 #17

If you have never read it, go to your library hlthe2b Sep 27 #2

Merlin Stone /nt if..fish..had..wings Sep 27 #3

Yes... thank you... I was stopped walking the dog to let her rest and didn't search... 'Knew it started hlthe2b Sep 27 #9

I've had it on order from my local library for 2-3 months. Very popular in my neck of the woods erronis Sep 27 #6

And while you're at it, Silver Gaia Sep 27 #8

Thanks for the reference. I write 'em all down on my "To Read" list ;-) n/t ReRe Sep 27 #12

Surge of Right-Wing Politics, Online Hate, Patriarchy Fuelling Violence against Women, UN Commission lindysalsagal Sep 27 #4

I've been feeling that and am taking hope from it. This is it. This is where I think I should end my doomscrolling today Alice B. Sep 27 #5

You're not wrong, I'm afraid. My girls' generation is much more aware of toxic patriarchy than mine. nt wiggs Sep 27 #7

Good post, good points. calimary Sep 27 #10

K&R ReRe Sep 27 #13

Nailed it Lindy. Brenda Sep 27 #14

Thanks to DU's I have a question: Another way to explain 2025 lindysalsagal Sep 28 #18