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14th Amendment, Section 3

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Super excited about men being on the ground fighting for women’s autonomy!

Sigh.

Gonna make a new rant, I guess.

I've made it before.

Women--yes, capital W--have been hamstrung by the pandemic.

I don't have any answers as to WHY.

I only know the data.

There's a lot of it. https://www.npr.org/series/928323746/enough-already-how-the-pandemic-is-breaking-women

Enough Already: How The Pandemic Is Breaking Women

The Pandemic Recession is taking an unbearable toll on women, especially mothers who are exhausted from the demands of job, child care and housework.

https://www.npr.org/series/928323746/enough-already-how-the-pandemic-is-breaking-women

I know that data is really impersonal, so people--MEN--don't identify with it.

But personally speaking, the burden of the New Reality of the Pandemic has fallen upon women.

We care for elders, we care for children. We still--at least on paper--have jobs, but we're the ones expected to sacrifice for "the family."

And maybe we are expected to do so because we ACTUALLY make that sacrifice.

So many women I know have lost everything to take care of their families right now.

It's not that we DON'T want to take care of them; it's that we don't want to be the sacrifices en toto.

This is from December. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/economy/job-losses-women-pandemic/index.html

These 5 charts show the pandemic's devastating effect on working women

America's women have suffered more job losses than men during the Covid-19 pandemic. See how those losses break down by sector and other variables.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/economy/job-losses-women-pandemic/index.html

We're being hit from all sides. Transgender women are being murdered. Poor women are being denied anything from the recovery.

All women are having their bodies claimed by the State, and then denied autonomy because we're supposed to provide "burial" for a clump of cells. https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/laws-policies

State Laws and Policies

https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/laws-policies

Black women have grotesquely greater maternal mortality rates. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-06/black-moms-are-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth-will-congress-do-anything-about-it

Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth. Will Congress do anything about it?

In 2019, the national maternal mortality rate for Black women was 44 deaths per 100,000 live births, more than twice the rate for white women.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-06/black-moms-are-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth-will-congress-do-anything-about-it

Assault upon Asian women has become a national crisis. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=asian+women+assault&t=newext&atb=v244-1&ia=web

If you want to understand the trajectory of fascism, look at the trajectory of laws about women.

Women's bodies, autonomy, healthcare.

We--all of us, varying according to class, race, gender identity--coming up short across the board.

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