The comments underneath the video of a mother of six with reduced SNAP and uncertain section 8 housing have me fuming.
“Don’t have kids you can’t feed.”
In a country that is actively banning and criminalizing abortion? What choices do so many women have?
”Get a job and feed your own kids!”
In a country without affordable, accessible childcare? Without reliable public transportation? Without consistent parental leave and support?
”Those types of women just had babies to feed off of the system.”
A system designed to keep them barely above poverty? First, let’s think critically about how “those women” got there: Did they receive reproductive education? Did they have access to affordable and reliable birth control? What about access to abortion services? Were they ever empowered to make their own decisions regarding reproduction?
I am so SICK of seeing this trifecta of bullshit, and hearing it from the men in my own life. I’m tired of watching women bear the brunt of the blame and shame from a society that does not set them up for success. Screw America, screw the men and women that believe and espouse these talking points, and screw every person who gave power to the individuals wanting to make things worse. Thanks for listening, sisters. /End rant
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100% of pregnancies are caused by ejaculation. Whose fault is that?
Same story they’ve been telling since the 70s. No reflection at all.
They love it because they hate women and they hate poor people. They think people live in luxury while on welfare. While I was in school raising 4 kids on my own because my husband beat me, I was on TANF. They gave me around $450/month for all of us. We got 800/month for food. That’s around $5/day per person. Who the FUCK is living a life of luxury with this? Facts dont matter to them so long as they can feel superior to women and poor people. They convinced lower middle class men they’re better than poor people and women so they can rob them blind via unfettered capitalism. Over half of the country is one unfortunate event from financial distress. Yet if it did happen to them, they’d believe they’re one of the “good ones” that deserve a social safety net.
Compassion is not weakness. Humanity is not a weakness. IGNORANCE IS WEAKNESS. They want to feel closer to their billionaire idols so they adopt these inhumane beliefs despite it harming their friends, families, and themselves. Hate is winning to the detriment of us all.
“Just don’t have sex” – the same men who feel entitled to sex with women
Tell me again how they don’t hate women