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Feminism and Diversity

One_Life_To_Give

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12. temporary solutions for temporary problems

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 04:43 PM

Apr 2012

You use safety nets to help those in need. But you don't retroactively give a pension for 40yrs engineer service at NASA to each woman who was unemployed/underemployed resulting from sexism 50 years ago.

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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