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Mary Ann Dimand's avatar

This is my song.

The male resistance routines are strong and so habituated that they are Outraged, Outraged, I tell you, to have them called out.

And at a public discourse level, that a great deal of work is almost entirely institutionally unpaid, and that nearly all of that is assigned to women, is swiftly brushed off with a scoffing, But Surely Of Course. It is the Reparations Debate of the household and the nation. "Well, it would cost far too much, so we'll just keep screwing you."

Pardon me while I spontaneously combust.

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Ava's avatar

Dr. King: " Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

(I notice he did not say "demanded in a quiet, melodious voice, inflection rising at the ends of sentences, vocabulary moderated to ensure the oppressor is not threatened or made uncomfortable, accompanied by a smile and acquiescence if the oppressor continues to oppress.")

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