Comments on: Dirty Laundry: John Kasich Thinks Calling Women Heroes Makes up for the War on Women

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:25:21 +0000

You made an excellent point when you brought up the manner in which Republicans like to pay lip service to women and war veterans of both sexes at the same time that they work to either undermine the reproductive rights of women or work to cut benefits for people who put their lives on the line for this country. It’s these realities that make Governor Kasich’s words sound so empty.

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By: Julie Bryant

Julie Bryant — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:29:31 +0000

hey girls!

Meet ya for some slapping the family laundry down with rocks at the creek, this afternoon? And oh how heroic they shall call us during our burial service from premature and preventable causes after our bodies are USED UP bearing too many children with no medical supervision or help. Yep, I can tell you personally, having opted to do the “heroic” thing in having childbirth w/o anaesthetic, the path of the so-called house-hold hero(ine) is TERRIFIC for some of us *I loved it* and a jail cell for others.

EVERY woman is different, every family is different. If they don’t “allow” us to live our own lives, then we fall under the class of SECOND CLASS CITIZENS LED BY GOVERNMENT FLAKS who think we’re dumb enough to buy it, and if we do, we are in big mf trouble, my friends, trouble trouble TROUBLE. Most of the women I know are past the child-bearing stage, BUT we are deserving of care in our older years, not a gutted and pretend social security plan. Then we MUST provide but for our daughters, nieces, young women friends and all of the above, as other CIVILIZED countries in the world do. I LOVE my country but THIS IS CRAZY:

“There’s got to be some way out of here
said the joker to the thief
There’s too much confusion
I can’t get no relief …” Bob Dylan, All Along the Watch Tower

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By: Morgan Sheridan

Morgan Sheridan — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:45:32 +0000

You have hit the ball out of the park on this one! Good job!

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By: Barry Roope

Barry Roope — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:05:09 +0000

Great post!

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By: SinghX

SinghX — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:38:22 +0000

This is code, christian fundamentalist code. I’ve been hearing various phrases like this within the bowels of their version of a “women’s movement” called “Qiverfull”.

They believe real women are THEIR women, not those other adult females who aren’t baby-making machines! THEIR women are “warriors” who are akin to “pioneer” women defending the home front…the kitchen is a cool laboratory, dishes and laundry are special women’s work as god intended…you know, special stuff like that. It really gives THEIR women the “power of god’s authority” to do “stuff” for no pay for long hours on just a “lick and a promise”…no sick pay, no guarantees.

The concept so far-flung, arcane and out of the mainstream that it’s almost quaint and retro, if it weren’t so…how do I say this…meant to take all the rights from one gender and make sure the other gender is superior, one religion is superior and one nation under one gender/religion is superior…

More pandering to the bible barbarian christian fundamentalist and his right-wing wife beater misogynist rapist buddies….that’s his base.

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