When I was a young college girl it appeared that we would get the ERA passed and ratified. I am no longer young. I am not a college girl with most of my life ahead of me. We are fighting the same battles. We cannot continue doing the same things in the same old way. We have been there. Already done that.
I saw Hillary Clinton get more votes in Texas than any Democratic Presidential Nominee in Texas History and to see more American vote for her than for her opponent(s) yet pundits refer to her as "one of the most unpopular candidates in history!" Unpopular with whom? The minority/ Not the Majority.
I sat in the gallery of the Texas Capitol watching the Electoral College (90% comprised of Republican Women) cast all of our electoral votes for Trump. There is nothing in the Constitutions about Winner Take All but most Americans are oblivious.
.It is easier to rail against the Electoral College than to understand the Constitution and refuse to have it hijacked!
I have heard folks say that Women's current activism is all because of Donald Trump. They are WRONG. We were pissed before Trump. Rape kits sat untested in store rooms across America. Women suffered sexual harassment or were siloed or fired when we objected. We worked for 50 cent or 60 cents or if we were fortunate, 70 cents to our male co-workers dollar. We survived by working harder, being smarter, and helping less deserving male co-workers pull in bonuses and get promotions.
We are in the streets. We are no longer silent. Trump is merely the ribbon. The package is much greater than he could ever be. It is institutional systematic misogyistic oppression. We are no longer patient. We will not be silent. We are DONE.
2016 PAC Advertisement. The numbers are EXACTLY THE SAME IN 2018! There were strong, qualified women running for Congress in 2016 too. The quality of the candidate does not determine the outcome of elections - - especially when the most qualified candidate is a woman!
This year (2018) more women are the nominees than ever in our nation's history. Some will win. Will it make enough of a difference? No. Not nearly. But we are DONE with patience. We are DONE with silence. We are DONE with making men look good and get promotions and bonuses.
There is no way that any piss ant like Donald Trump could scratch the surface of our anger. It has been simmering from the beginning of Time. It is 100 years since Women in Texas got the right to vote in the Democratic Primary. Then some judge dared to call their votes unconstitutional and demand a recount using only the votes of men. The US Constitution was written 242 years ago. Women were not included except as chattel. My first American ancestress landed on these shore in 1630. That is 388 years and we live in a nation where 100 years after women first voted the US Congress is only 20% female and from Texas less than 8% of the state's federal delegation is female.
Too Little. Too Slow. Too Patient. Too accommodating.
We must stop doing the same ole thing in the the same old ways. The price is too high to just "get along."
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