VaginoAmerican?

Hello everyone,
My first post, although I have been reading posts for some time. I have been a feminist for many years, and have always been outspoken when I hear someone making a sexist remark. I frequently comment on various websites about feminist issues, and I must say, the hatred for women, and feminists in particular, is ASTONISHING!! I recently commented on an article about gay right to marry, and reading the responses to my comment was heart-breaking. I am not gay, but stated that I was in favor of equal rights for everyone, and that discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation, or other, was wrong. One response to my comment referred to African-Americans, Gay American, and then to “Vagino-Americans!” I assume this comment came from a white male, and I reminded him that most likely his mother was a vagino-american, and lucky for him, or he wouldn’t be here. He responded with the most foul language you can imagine. There were many other men who commented in favor of gay rights, but not one man or woman who stuck up for me. Why aren’t men progressing at all? Haven’t all of us suffered enough at their hands? I am 56 years old, and I don’t see one bit of progress from the original ’60s women’s movement. It’s so disheartening that I want to weep for myself, my daughter, and all of us vagino-americans.

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