Today is International Women's Day, a day to honor and celebrate the better half of humanity. Celebrated on March 8 every year since 1909, this year it takes on even greater significance than in the past given the "Day Without A Woman" and the International Women's Strike taking place today, in which many participating Women refuse to do any paid OR unpaid work today. Unfortunately not every Woman is privileged enough to be able to do this, and this fact has led to some criticism but those who cannot will likely do other actions (wearing red, avoiding shopping except at small, Women-owned and minority-owned businesses, etc.) instead in a show of solidarity. The more Women that participate in one way or another, the more likely it will be to effect lasting social change overall. To paraphrase Voltaire, if we make the perfect the enemy of the good, we ultimately end up with neither.
Part of the impetus for such an action this year come from the unfortunate result of 2016 election, and the misogynist-in-chief who is now in charge. But Women's grievances under patriarchy have clearly been simmering for a long time before that as well. Both today's actions as well as the successful Women's Marches on the day after the innauseation...er...inauguration can be considered watershed moments for the recently-revived feminist movement.
It is also worth noting that the nascent movement for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee is a textbook example of a serious feminist issue as well, not least of which because, as Judith Schulevitz notes, it's "payback time for Women" given their long history of underpaid and unpaid work that continues to this day. A UBI would also effectively make women less economically dependent on men, reducing the chances for abuse of all kinds. And aside from general concern for social justice, a UBI also a way to defuse the ticking time bomb known as men, who are becoming increasingly redundant as time goes on. Men are most dangerous when either 1) they have too much power relative to Women, and/or 2) they are desperate for money. A UBI would go a long way to solving all of these problems.
VIVE LA FEMME! VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Would a Sex Strike Actually Work? (Post-2016 Edition)
What do Liberia, South Sudan, Kenya, Colombia, the Philippines, and
Ancient Greece have in common? All of these societies contain at least
one example in their history of Women going on sex strike
(i.e. withholding sex from men until their collective demands are met)
and typically achieving success as a result, often in a matter of weeks
or less. These actions were generally done to bring an end to
otherwise intractable and prolonged wars and violence, most notably the
Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece as noted in the famous play Lysistrata.
In Liberia, a modern-day example, it brought an end to their country's
14-year long civil war and ushered in their first female president,
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
But what about the longest war in history, i.e. the War on Women? Also known as "patriarchy" to make it sound nicer, this system is currently self-destructing as we speak, but can its demise be accelerated with a sex strike perhaps? Would Women be able to take over the world more quickly and readily that way? Pat Ravasio of Buckyworld seems to think so. While I have long been rather skeptical of the idea myself, after suspending my disbelief I began to realize that this probably would have a chance at working wonders. As the aformentioned historical examples have shown, men's demand for sex appears to be relatively "inelastic", that is, even a large increase in the "cost" of sex (which by definition would rise significantly during a massive shortage such as a sex strike) would not affect demand very much, at least in the short run. While men don't have a higher sex drive than Women (if anything, Women have a higher sex drive), for men there is a much greater sense of urgency thanks to all of that testosterone, and thus men will typically "cave" first. Thus, men would do whatever it takes to end the shortage/strike and regain easier access, including cleaning up their act and meeting the demands of the Women on strike. (Women often forget just how much power they really have!) And while the grand scale of the task of ending patriarchy may be more daunting than the historical examples of using sex strikes to end local conflicts, at this point in history it certainly appears to be worth the old college try. Even with less than 100% participation, if enough Women go on strike (especially the wives of powerful men in high places), the effects would nonetheless be huge.
So the answer to the question is most likely yes. That said, it usually takes an enormous amount of provocation to get a critical mass of Women on board for something like that, since Women clearly have needs as well. But given how so many men are lashing out these days as the patriarchy is now in its death throes, it probably won't take all that much more provocation to end up crossing that critical threshold. Especially now that "President" Trump (!) has actually become a reality. Thus, I would not be shocked if The Big One happens within a few years.
But what about the longest war in history, i.e. the War on Women? Also known as "patriarchy" to make it sound nicer, this system is currently self-destructing as we speak, but can its demise be accelerated with a sex strike perhaps? Would Women be able to take over the world more quickly and readily that way? Pat Ravasio of Buckyworld seems to think so. While I have long been rather skeptical of the idea myself, after suspending my disbelief I began to realize that this probably would have a chance at working wonders. As the aformentioned historical examples have shown, men's demand for sex appears to be relatively "inelastic", that is, even a large increase in the "cost" of sex (which by definition would rise significantly during a massive shortage such as a sex strike) would not affect demand very much, at least in the short run. While men don't have a higher sex drive than Women (if anything, Women have a higher sex drive), for men there is a much greater sense of urgency thanks to all of that testosterone, and thus men will typically "cave" first. Thus, men would do whatever it takes to end the shortage/strike and regain easier access, including cleaning up their act and meeting the demands of the Women on strike. (Women often forget just how much power they really have!) And while the grand scale of the task of ending patriarchy may be more daunting than the historical examples of using sex strikes to end local conflicts, at this point in history it certainly appears to be worth the old college try. Even with less than 100% participation, if enough Women go on strike (especially the wives of powerful men in high places), the effects would nonetheless be huge.
So the answer to the question is most likely yes. That said, it usually takes an enormous amount of provocation to get a critical mass of Women on board for something like that, since Women clearly have needs as well. But given how so many men are lashing out these days as the patriarchy is now in its death throes, it probably won't take all that much more provocation to end up crossing that critical threshold. Especially now that "President" Trump (!) has actually become a reality. Thus, I would not be shocked if The Big One happens within a few years.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
The Women's March Was A YUUGE Success!
The Women's March on Washington, along with it's sister marches all over the globe, was more successful than anyone could have imagined. It broke all records as the largest protest march in all of history, with at least half a million in DC alone and nearly 3 million nationwide. Some estimates are even higher than that. And it took place on all seven continents around the world, including Antarctica of all places. Yes, really. And it was a highly diverse crowd of mostly Women (and male allies).
The peaceful protest march, which took place the day after the innauseation--er, inauguration--of Donald Trump, also boasts another great statistic: ZERO ARRESTS. Of course, the vast majority of participants were Women. Contrast that to the over 200 arrests the previous day, nearly all of whom were men. Even though the protests during the inauguration were mostly peaceful, that really says something. And I am not surprised, as Women are far less likely to commit acts of violence, vandalism, or rioting than men, especially political violence.
Of course, going forward, much more needs to be done as well. A day or two of protesting, while good, is clearly far from enough. Women, along with their male allies, need to continue to resist Der Trumpenfuehrer and his racist, misogynistic, xenophopbic, homophobic, plutocratic, right-wing authoritarian agenda. Sustained protests and direct action by Women did work to remove the corrupt Silvio Berlusconi from power in Italy, after all. This particular march may have ended, but now is NOT the time to abandon our efforts! Failure is simply not an option anymore considering what is at stake these days.
VIVE LA FEMME! VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!
The peaceful protest march, which took place the day after the innauseation--er, inauguration--of Donald Trump, also boasts another great statistic: ZERO ARRESTS. Of course, the vast majority of participants were Women. Contrast that to the over 200 arrests the previous day, nearly all of whom were men. Even though the protests during the inauguration were mostly peaceful, that really says something. And I am not surprised, as Women are far less likely to commit acts of violence, vandalism, or rioting than men, especially political violence.
Of course, going forward, much more needs to be done as well. A day or two of protesting, while good, is clearly far from enough. Women, along with their male allies, need to continue to resist Der Trumpenfuehrer and his racist, misogynistic, xenophopbic, homophobic, plutocratic, right-wing authoritarian agenda. Sustained protests and direct action by Women did work to remove the corrupt Silvio Berlusconi from power in Italy, after all. This particular march may have ended, but now is NOT the time to abandon our efforts! Failure is simply not an option anymore considering what is at stake these days.
VIVE LA FEMME! VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Will The Coming Crash of 2017 (or 2018) Accelerate the Transition to Matriarchy?
Last year, I posted an article on the True Spirit of America Party blog titled, "Is the Crash of 2016 Upon Us?", as well as an article on this blog titled, "Will the Coming Crash of 2016 Accelerate the Transition to Matriarchy?".
In the first, I outlined the various reasons why I predict that author Thom
Hartmann was probably right in that there will be another financial
crisis and stock market crash in 2016, perhaps even one that that will
make 2008 and even 1929 look like a walk in the park. Looks like that didn't materialize in 2016, as that year is now in the rearview mirror, but can still happen in 2017 or 2018 at the latest. Yes I know, I
could in fact be wrong. But recent events are making it look
increasingly likely every day.
So what does that have to do with Matriarchy and the inevitable transition in that direction? Turns out, a lot in fact. Basically, in order for Women to finally reclaim their rightful position as the new leaders of the free world, men need to surrender to them. And most men will not surrender until they truly hit rock bottom. It's just our nature that way. Of course, even with the most cursory look at the statistics (and an open mind), we can all see the writing on the wall. Women are rising, while men are falling. In fact, Women have already crossed the Rubicon in terms of education and are well on their way to becoming the richer gender, meanwhile us fellas are falling away and falling apart. We are being gradually replaced by both Women (for higher-skilled jobs) as well as robots/machines/AI (for less-skilled jobs), our wages have been falling, our once-great labor unions have been busted by the powerful men at the top who threw the bottom 80-90% of us under the bus, and we are thus are becoming increasingly redundant. And the past two recessions, especially 2008-2009, have basically been dubbed "mancessions", in which men got hit significantly harder than women in terms of un(der)employment (excluding of course the "austerity" government budget cuts that happened in 2010-2013, that hurt Women more than men). We must note, and it bears repeating, that this is NOT the fault of Women, but rather the result of our very own karma.
Thus, if the next crash is like 2008 or worse, I predict that men will likely be collectively hit so hard that they will never fully recover. We still haven't fully recovered from the last one, so this time would likely be the ultimate death blow for us. Sooner or later, it is only a matter of time before men will literally be begging women for a bailout. And when that happens, Women would then be in the power position. Not right away, but we can see how this could accelerate the transition.
Donald Trump will unfortunately be the new POTUS as of January 20, 2017, as he "won" the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton despite losing the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. That will likely set the Women's movement back quite a bit, at least in theory. But remember that Janet Yellen is still Chairperson of the FERAL Reserve, and her term does not expire until early 2018, so she has another full year to go. And she is (arguably) the real most powerful person in the world, and has a LOT of economic leverage. So Der Trumpenfuehrer better not make her mad, lest Yellen end up doing what Paul Volcker did in the early 1980s. If she really wanted to, she could single-handedly crash the economy by jacking up interest rates to high levels, choking off the money supply and thus throttling the (very bubble-laden) economy until it goes limp. Talk about Girl Power!
So fellas, it is time to do some serious soul-searching. If you have not yet renounced the demonic patriarchy in all of its forms, now is the time to do it. God willing, we will soon need Women to rescue us. Because let's face it, we have dug our own graves and will be in over our heads in no time. It will happen sooner than you think. And when Women finally do take over, they will remember exactly how they were treated, so it really behooves us fellas to clean up our act yesterday.
So what does that have to do with Matriarchy and the inevitable transition in that direction? Turns out, a lot in fact. Basically, in order for Women to finally reclaim their rightful position as the new leaders of the free world, men need to surrender to them. And most men will not surrender until they truly hit rock bottom. It's just our nature that way. Of course, even with the most cursory look at the statistics (and an open mind), we can all see the writing on the wall. Women are rising, while men are falling. In fact, Women have already crossed the Rubicon in terms of education and are well on their way to becoming the richer gender, meanwhile us fellas are falling away and falling apart. We are being gradually replaced by both Women (for higher-skilled jobs) as well as robots/machines/AI (for less-skilled jobs), our wages have been falling, our once-great labor unions have been busted by the powerful men at the top who threw the bottom 80-90% of us under the bus, and we are thus are becoming increasingly redundant. And the past two recessions, especially 2008-2009, have basically been dubbed "mancessions", in which men got hit significantly harder than women in terms of un(der)employment (excluding of course the "austerity" government budget cuts that happened in 2010-2013, that hurt Women more than men). We must note, and it bears repeating, that this is NOT the fault of Women, but rather the result of our very own karma.
Thus, if the next crash is like 2008 or worse, I predict that men will likely be collectively hit so hard that they will never fully recover. We still haven't fully recovered from the last one, so this time would likely be the ultimate death blow for us. Sooner or later, it is only a matter of time before men will literally be begging women for a bailout. And when that happens, Women would then be in the power position. Not right away, but we can see how this could accelerate the transition.
Donald Trump will unfortunately be the new POTUS as of January 20, 2017, as he "won" the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton despite losing the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. That will likely set the Women's movement back quite a bit, at least in theory. But remember that Janet Yellen is still Chairperson of the FERAL Reserve, and her term does not expire until early 2018, so she has another full year to go. And she is (arguably) the real most powerful person in the world, and has a LOT of economic leverage. So Der Trumpenfuehrer better not make her mad, lest Yellen end up doing what Paul Volcker did in the early 1980s. If she really wanted to, she could single-handedly crash the economy by jacking up interest rates to high levels, choking off the money supply and thus throttling the (very bubble-laden) economy until it goes limp. Talk about Girl Power!
So fellas, it is time to do some serious soul-searching. If you have not yet renounced the demonic patriarchy in all of its forms, now is the time to do it. God willing, we will soon need Women to rescue us. Because let's face it, we have dug our own graves and will be in over our heads in no time. It will happen sooner than you think. And when Women finally do take over, they will remember exactly how they were treated, so it really behooves us fellas to clean up our act yesterday.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Why We Need A Universal Basic Income Yesterday
I have repeatedly noted before why any serious proposal for a pragmatic utopia would require some sort of unconditional Universal Basic Income (UBI) Guarantee for all. At least as long as we still have a monetary system, of course, and it will be quite some time before money can be phased out completely. To wit:
- First and foremost, "It's payback time for Women". Recently, a Woman named Judith Shulevitz wrote an op-ed titled thusly, arguing in favor of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee for all. Her feminist argument for a UBI, which I agree 100% with, was that such a thing would provide long-overdue compensation for Women's unpaid work (i.e. housework and caregiving) that society currently takes for granted and considers a "free resource" for the taking. As the saying goes, there are two kinds of work that Women do: underpaid, and unpaid. While that is true for some men as well, it is overwhelmingly true for Women. Thus, her argument makes a great deal of sense overall, and I agree. It is indeed LONG overdue.
- Men are becoming increasingly redundant in the long run due to technology, globalization, and the overall ascendancy of Women. When men are no longer artificially propped up, they will fall--and the bigger they are, the harder they fall. And this will only increase in the near future. This is a potential ticking time-bomb that must be defused sooner rather than later. Men become extremely dangerous creatures under either of two conditions: 1) when they have too much power relative to Women, and/or 2) when they are desperate for money. Ever see the 1996 film Fargo? Indeed, a Universal Basic Income is one of the best ways to tackle the second one.
- A UBI is far more efficient in theory and practice than much of what currently passes for a social safety net these days, and would have far less bureaucracy. No means tests, no discrimination, no playing God. It's simply a basic human right, period. And it would be far less costly in the long run.
- As Buckminster Fuller famously noted, there are more than enough resources for everyone to live like a millionaire with today's technology. And he said this back in the 1970s, mind you. And the specious notion that everybody and their mother must "work for a living" is not only outdated, but is also seriously classist, ableist, and ageist, and by extension indirectly sexist and racist as well.
- Poverty is a razor-sharp, double-edged sword, spiritually speaking. Being attached to riches is clearly counter to spirituality, but then again, so is being attached to poverty. Either way, it's the *attachment* that is the problem. And poverty today is largely if not entirely man-made via artificial scarcity.
- We would all be better off on balance, spiritually and otherwise, if material poverty were eradicated--and a UBI is the most efficient way to do so. As William Bond (and others) noted, with today's technology that is certainly doable, but for the greed of the oligarchs at the top who control the system. And that in turn is a result of patriarchy, given how men tend to see war and scarcity as inevitable, so they create a self-fulfilling prophecy as a result.
- With an unconditional UBI instead of means testing or other conditions, gone will be the perverse incentives that exist under the current system that trap too many people in poverty today.
- Negative liberty and positive liberty are NOT opposites, but rather two sides of the same coin. Indeed, one cannot be truly free if one is systematically denied the basic necessities of life. And truly no one is free when others are oppressed in any way.
- Inequality, at least when it is as extreme as it is today, is profoundly toxic to society and makes the looming problems/crises of climate change and ecological overshoot that much more difficult to solve. This is over and above the effects of poverty alone. And a UBI can dramatically reduce both socio-economic inequality as well as absolute material poverty. (And when funded by an Alaska-style tax on fossil fuels, it can also double as a Steve Stoft or James Hansen-style carbon tax-and-dividend as well.)
- We consume and waste a ludicrous amount of (mostly fossil-fuel) energy in the so-called "developed" world, and much of that wasteful consumption can be curtailed simply by making it so no one has to "work for a living" unless one really wants to. Just think of all the energy spent (and commuting to and from) unnecessary work at a job you hate, to buy stuff you don't need, to impress people you don't even like. A UBI could thus greatly reduce our carbon and overall ecological footprint in the long run.
- And finally, one should keep in mind that, as Carol Brouillet has noted, the literal and original meaning of the word "community" is "free sharing of gifts". What we currently have now under patriarchy/kyriarchy is more of a pseudo-community in that regard. And that needs to change. Yesterday.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
An Open Letter to Women in Politics (Post-2016)
(Updated for Post-2016 America)
To any Women who are running for office, in office, or considering running for office in the near future:
You have probably noticed that the world is on fire, and has been for quite some time now. We stand on the verge of World War III as we speak, and our overburdened planet is in grave danger. We continue to flirt with the prospect of mass extinction (including humans, by the way) in the not-too-distant future, as we continue to cook the planet with reckless abandon. We know what is causing all of these problems, and we already have the technology and wherewithal to solve them if we really wanted to, yet our current Big Wetiko "leaders" refuse to solve such problems because they are sycophantic lackeys to the parasitic elites, if not the very same elites themselves. And these plutocrats are hopelesly addicted to "business as usual".
So how did we get here in the first place, exactly? The answer lies in ancient history, about 7000 years ago or so, when men apparently got the bright idea to take over the (known) world piece by piece, by deposing you from power. That's right, it was originally Women who were in charge for most of humanity's existence, and us fellas apparently thought we could do a better job as leaders than you ladies did. Well, history shows us that we were wrong--dead wrong in fact. Indeed, the best advice that us men can give to Women is "don't be like us", because we f**ked the world up royally. We paved paradise and put up a parking lot, we created a desert and called it "peace". We have devoured and suffocated our own empire, and now we are all paying a heavy price for it. That's right--WE did it. And we're sorry about that--though we can clearly stuff our "sorrys" in a sack!
Oh, and to top it off, us fellas decided to hit America's self-destruct button and vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump for President in 2016. Yes, really. Because apparently we couldn't screw things up enough already.
And now it is time for you to reclaim your rightful position as the new leaders of the free world once again, starting with the USA and eventually spreading from there. In fact, it is LONG overdue for you to do so. We cannot apologize enough for handing you such a monumental clusterf**k of a world for you to fix, of course, but we fellas have plenty of faith that you will be able to do so. We know that Women, not men, are the real natural-born leaders, and you can clearly handle power a lot better without it going to your heads than us. We know that your preferred paradigm of society, what Riane Eisler calls the "partnership" model, is far better than the "dominator" model that we have been practicing for the past 7000 years. As the saying goes, never send a boy to do a man's job--send a Woman instead. Truer words were never spoken, and we need you now more than ever before.
The highest and tallest "glass ceiling" in the world--President of the United States--is still waiting to be smashed in 2020, as are plenty of other important political offices as well. Even though Hillary already did that with the popular vote in 2016, the Rube Goldberg machine known as the Electoral College was systematically rigged against her. We wish all of you the very best of luck. Now, go forth and make old Buckminster Fuller proud! Vive la femme!
Sincerely,
Ajax the Great, Party Leader of the TSAP
To any Women who are running for office, in office, or considering running for office in the near future:
You have probably noticed that the world is on fire, and has been for quite some time now. We stand on the verge of World War III as we speak, and our overburdened planet is in grave danger. We continue to flirt with the prospect of mass extinction (including humans, by the way) in the not-too-distant future, as we continue to cook the planet with reckless abandon. We know what is causing all of these problems, and we already have the technology and wherewithal to solve them if we really wanted to, yet our current Big Wetiko "leaders" refuse to solve such problems because they are sycophantic lackeys to the parasitic elites, if not the very same elites themselves. And these plutocrats are hopelesly addicted to "business as usual".
So how did we get here in the first place, exactly? The answer lies in ancient history, about 7000 years ago or so, when men apparently got the bright idea to take over the (known) world piece by piece, by deposing you from power. That's right, it was originally Women who were in charge for most of humanity's existence, and us fellas apparently thought we could do a better job as leaders than you ladies did. Well, history shows us that we were wrong--dead wrong in fact. Indeed, the best advice that us men can give to Women is "don't be like us", because we f**ked the world up royally. We paved paradise and put up a parking lot, we created a desert and called it "peace". We have devoured and suffocated our own empire, and now we are all paying a heavy price for it. That's right--WE did it. And we're sorry about that--though we can clearly stuff our "sorrys" in a sack!
Oh, and to top it off, us fellas decided to hit America's self-destruct button and vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump for President in 2016. Yes, really. Because apparently we couldn't screw things up enough already.
And now it is time for you to reclaim your rightful position as the new leaders of the free world once again, starting with the USA and eventually spreading from there. In fact, it is LONG overdue for you to do so. We cannot apologize enough for handing you such a monumental clusterf**k of a world for you to fix, of course, but we fellas have plenty of faith that you will be able to do so. We know that Women, not men, are the real natural-born leaders, and you can clearly handle power a lot better without it going to your heads than us. We know that your preferred paradigm of society, what Riane Eisler calls the "partnership" model, is far better than the "dominator" model that we have been practicing for the past 7000 years. As the saying goes, never send a boy to do a man's job--send a Woman instead. Truer words were never spoken, and we need you now more than ever before.
The highest and tallest "glass ceiling" in the world--President of the United States--is still waiting to be smashed in 2020, as are plenty of other important political offices as well. Even though Hillary already did that with the popular vote in 2016, the Rube Goldberg machine known as the Electoral College was systematically rigged against her. We wish all of you the very best of luck. Now, go forth and make old Buckminster Fuller proud! Vive la femme!
Sincerely,
Ajax the Great, Party Leader of the TSAP
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Men Won This Battle, But Will Ultmately Lose The War
Much to our chagrin, Donald J. Trump won the 2016 election, and will become President on January 20, 2017. I and so many others thought that Hillary Clinton would have won for sure. And she did, in fact, win the popular vote. But unfortunately, Trump won the Electoral College, crossing the finish line of 270 with likely over 300 electoral votes. As he himself said, the game is "rigged" alright, just not in the way he said.
So how did he manage to pull off such an unlikely victory? Well the key "swing" states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin were all part of the Rust Belt, and he managed to tap into the frustrations of disaffected white working-class men--nationwide, but especially in those states. That was literally all it took. Combining the legitimate grievances of the working class (who have been practically eaten alive by our oligarchy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, and kyriarchy for decades now) with thinly-veiled racism, misogyny, and xenophobia turned out to be a winning formula. And as we are seeing now, he is already backpedaling on many of the lies he has told to his base. All of this will eventually backfire on the men who voted for him.
A Trump presidency is clear and present danger to America, and will seem to set the Women's movement back quite a bit at first. But ultimately Women will prevail, and this should be the ultimate wake-up call NOT to abandon their efforts.
MAN: You know, honey, we did win practically every single battle for the past 7000 years.
WOMAN: Yes, I know, dear. And it's also irrelevant.
So how did he manage to pull off such an unlikely victory? Well the key "swing" states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin were all part of the Rust Belt, and he managed to tap into the frustrations of disaffected white working-class men--nationwide, but especially in those states. That was literally all it took. Combining the legitimate grievances of the working class (who have been practically eaten alive by our oligarchy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, and kyriarchy for decades now) with thinly-veiled racism, misogyny, and xenophobia turned out to be a winning formula. And as we are seeing now, he is already backpedaling on many of the lies he has told to his base. All of this will eventually backfire on the men who voted for him.
A Trump presidency is clear and present danger to America, and will seem to set the Women's movement back quite a bit at first. But ultimately Women will prevail, and this should be the ultimate wake-up call NOT to abandon their efforts.
MAN: You know, honey, we did win practically every single battle for the past 7000 years.
WOMAN: Yes, I know, dear. And it's also irrelevant.
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