Reply #11: Again, it reminds me of the 60s [View All]

[Mari333]

when I was caught up in the antiwar movement. The women in the movement were given menial tasks. we were told our place was to make coffee for the men, to be earthmothers, and to have sex.
when women started having conciousness raising groups and started refusing the roles they were told to play, a lot of the men got angry and basically told the women that womens concerns, (rape laws, violence against women laws, reproduction laws) were NOT important compared to the struggle against the war in Vietnam.
and they were told to stfu.
of course, the women left...and the movement fell apart.
its no different now to hear that same crap said about glbt rights, as tho they have to be put on the back burner because there are more important things to do.
a lot of it is homophobia i think..hatred of anything people fear within themselves..and goes hand in hand with misogyny...