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Feminism and Diversity

Starry Messenger

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Reply to jwirr (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 11:54 PM

Mar 2012

Last edited Fri Mar 30, 2012, 01:07 AM - Edit history (1)

I see the struggles on my mom's side of the family, which is largely women. My mom's youngest sister lived with her eldest son, his wife and their two little boys for a few years too.

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Older Women Struggle to Make Ends Meet [View all] Starry Messenger Mar 2012 OP

what a screwed-up country this is. niyad Mar 2012 #1

sad, really sad mitchtv Mar 2012 #2

They are, it is frightening. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #4

I admire people's patience. roguevalley Mar 2012 #3

I don't think it is patience. I think it is more like helplessness. Not knowing what to do the fix. jwirr Mar 2012 #7

That is why we need single payer and Smilo Mar 2012 #5

I'm here to testify that this is true. I get a lot less than that even considering food stamps and jwirr Mar 2012 #6

(hugs) Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #8

Thanks. jwirr Mar 2012 #9

Rome wasn't built in a day One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #10

What do we do in the 50 years in the meantime? Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #11

temporary solutions for temporary problems One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #12

I don't see in the article where it suggested that women get NASA pensions? Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #13

Root causes of the problem One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #14

This is a Feminist forum. Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #15

So what are you suggesting? Let the old women die until female engineers retire? yardwork Apr 2012 #16

Suggesting the machine isn't broken at the SSA One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #17