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Is the ‘Day Without a Woman’ protest elitist?
Washington Post ^ | March 6, 2017 | By Dan Steinberg

Posted on 03/06/2017 5:13:55 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

The organizers of the massive post-inauguration women’s mar­ches have called on female workers to stay home Wednesday, raising concerns among some supporters of the burgeoning feminist movement that the burden of the protest will fall too heavily on the poor.

The debate over “A Day Without a Woman” has been simmering on social media and flared in North Carolina last week, when the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools superintendent decided to cancel classes March 8 because so many staff members plan to participate.

While some applauded the school district’s decision, praising it as a gesture of support for its overwhelmingly female staff, others criticized it for suddenly forcing many parents to either stay home to care for their children or find — and pay for — back-up care.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: march; women
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Some of the signs are impressive. My favorite is "Don't call me honey." I get called honey by more women in a week than I have used in a lifetime. I think it is cute. :-)

And "Black Lives Matter" but how about aborted black babies? Do they matter?

1 posted on 03/06/2017 5:13:55 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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If a conservative group had done this, it would be relabeled as “White Women declare their white privilege!”


2 posted on 03/06/2017 5:15:41 PM PST by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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I think they dont see how a Day Without a Woman protest, could backfire severely on them.

Given the kind of women who would participate in said protest.


3 posted on 03/06/2017 5:17:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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“Respect your mother...” Um that is quite biblical. Do these women respect their fathers?


4 posted on 03/06/2017 5:18:15 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (What difference does it make? A big difference!)
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Protest? Protest??? I thought it was a celebration. Libtards ruin everything.


5 posted on 03/06/2017 5:21:33 PM PST by BipolarBob (I just got done celebrating Black History Month. Obama and Kaepernick are both history. Hurray!)
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‘Day Without a Woman’

Good opportunity for those that stay home to lean how to make sandwiches.


6 posted on 03/06/2017 5:21:47 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: ConservativeStatement

This is ridiculous on so many levels.


7 posted on 03/06/2017 5:23:32 PM PST by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: ConservativeStatement

It’s definitely elitist. Only the rich can just walk away from a day’s pay.


8 posted on 03/06/2017 5:24:18 PM PST by Cloverfarm (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
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I don’t know if it’s elitist but it sure as sh.t sounds ####ing peaceful.


9 posted on 03/06/2017 5:25:19 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dila813

HAH! You are so right.

I’m a women who fought to get women accepted in my profession, by workin my butt off.

These whiners are an embarrassment. Disgusting. Pussy hats!!! Are you kidding me? These women belong locked into a kitchen! LOL!


10 posted on 03/06/2017 5:31:49 PM PST by lizma2
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Could care less. Will be providing for my family on that day how it was meant to be. Just like every day.


11 posted on 03/06/2017 5:39:22 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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“A Day Without a Woman” would be insufferable, but a day without angry militant lesbians shrieking in the streets would be a delight... heterosupremacist only respects/loves/admires REAL women...
12 posted on 03/06/2017 5:39:28 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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13 posted on 03/06/2017 5:43:26 PM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: dp0622

I am picturing millions of guys having a great time. Falling on their knees thanking Jesus.


14 posted on 03/06/2017 5:48:56 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I expected someone to post the picture of the Hooters waitresses with the feminist. That usually makes the rounds in similar threads.


15 posted on 03/06/2017 5:49:01 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (What difference does it make? A big difference!)
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A day without estrogen. Thank God. I’ll make my own sammich for a quiet day.


16 posted on 03/06/2017 6:07:46 PM PST by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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Obviously they don’t live in the south...I’ve been called “honey” “sugar” “dear” and sweetie. Especially at diners.

But a day without women... You mean... No Pelosi? No Lee? No Waters??? OH NO!!!


17 posted on 03/06/2017 6:10:42 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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(Overheard at a organization meeting): Now wait just a “woke” minute. “Woman” is a social construct. “A day without women” is homophobic, transphobic, it-phobic, and a bunch of other phobics we’ll make up in a few minutes, but anyway, so, like, it’s an expression of hate and so it’s a hate crime and so like, anyone who participates is a bad person, because we say so and, like, against all liberated theology principles, man.


18 posted on 03/06/2017 6:14:07 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Secret Agent Man

ROFL!!!!

In a Manhattan office this is a dream come true!! :)


19 posted on 03/06/2017 6:16:46 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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 photo hooters-protest.imgopt1000x70_1.jpg
20 posted on 03/06/2017 6:19:04 PM PST by digger48
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