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Practical ways that institutions can support my rights as a woman

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has been coming for a long time, yet it still hit me like a freight train. Gender based violence has not ruined my life, but the men who perpetrated those acts against me certainly tried. The overturning of Roe v. Wade was meant to empower them and says my health and my life dont matter in this country. I sat in a busy intersection with my sisters in my city on Friday and now I wonder what to ask for from my school, how can they support women and women’s rights? What actionable support can we demand from our school and workplaces?

I love you all and I stand with you. Our bodies, our choices. No justice, no peace.

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Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

I doubt organizations will look after women. It's too expensive for them to bother w anything other than fake woke activism stances. Until the gov't offers big incentives for organizations to provide for women they are very unlikely to do so of their own accord

Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

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I think that's where money came to 'encourage' the ruling... I haven't seen the money trail yet but I think there's corporate dollars trying to push women out of the workforce

tazdevi

Jun 27, 2022

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@Tikitikitata why? We’re cheaper, and if we were pushed out of the workforce, the exclusively male labor pool would be smaller, and then wages would rise. The CEO class is definitely sexist, but when push comes to shove, the will prioritize their profit margins.

Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

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Yes yes push comes to shove except men are always chosen above women somehow? And we're cheaper bc we are perceived inferior for being more expensive to insure- thats not a good thing

Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

Demanding comprehensive healthcare w little to no charge to benefit from as an employee. Excellent maternity leave, options for mothers to work from home or have hybrid schedules, daycare provided/subsidized close to work building

Matriartist

Jun 27, 2022

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Thank you, these are great. I attend a school that sends messages of solidarity from the president to women and POC after tragedies so I do think that they would be amenable to these changes, with protest. I was thinking of asking them to donate to PP but that may be too political to ask for.

Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

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You could potentially create a student activist group- but that would be a lot on you, not necessarily your school

Unknown member

Jun 27, 2022

We should boycott any and all companies that do not offer their women excellent maternity leave, take sexual harassment seriously, pay equal wages and treat their female workers fairly- no ifs ands or buts about it.

estrogramcl

Jun 27, 2022

Sadly, I do not believe that institutions care. Not even the ones with pink/other washed anything. Even some of the ones headed by women. Their bottom lines and setting us back to the 50s for the sake of capital is the true religion.

Practical ways that institutions can support my rights as a woman

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