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Sedona

(3,769 posts)
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:36 PM Sep 2018

Blackout tomorrow

Tomorrow, female blackout from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Its a movement to show what the world might be like without women. Your profile photo should just be a black square so that men wonder where the women are. Pass it only to women ... It's for a project against domestic abuse. It is no joke. Share it.

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Blackout tomorrow (Original Post) Sedona Sep 2018 OP
If all the women stayed home from their jobs SoCalDem Sep 2018 #1
agreed left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #2
Ditto n/t malaise Oct 2018 #6
I'm a nurse MattBaggins Oct 2018 #8
How about a boycott of purchasing everything and a workers strike. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #3
I read it was today and a bust on fb anyway. babylonsister Sep 2018 #4
My 32 year old daughter revealed to me this weekend that she was raped Sedona Oct 2018 #5
Nope. Not going quiet, not hiding, not removing myself from society. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #7

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
1. If all the women stayed home from their jobs
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:41 PM
Sep 2018

it would be more noticeable.. blacking out a photo won't bother abusers even a tiny bit...

you see,

THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT...AND THEY FEEL ENTITLED TO DO WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY USUALLY GET AWAY WITH IT

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. agreed
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:46 PM
Sep 2018

I seem to recall demonstrations where latinos stayed home from work.

"A day without Mexicans" ????

BigmanPigman

(51,613 posts)
3. How about a boycott of purchasing everything and a workers strike.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:57 PM
Sep 2018

They tried a purchasing boycott on Women's Day about 1 1/2 years ago but no one did it. Women need to show their power in every way possible. If the powers that be thrive on money...don't spend a cent! If we stopped working that would show them that they need women for the US to function. Maybe a sex strike is called for as well ( out of curiousity I wonder what that would do)?

babylonsister

(171,075 posts)
4. I read it was today and a bust on fb anyway.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 08:22 PM
Sep 2018

Many did not like the idea of silencing women through images or I guess the lack thereof.

Sedona

(3,769 posts)
5. My 32 year old daughter revealed to me this weekend that she was raped
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:16 AM
Oct 2018

by a 17 year old neighbor boy in her own bedroom when she was 12 years old. She asked me to do this so I am.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,363 posts)
7. Nope. Not going quiet, not hiding, not removing myself from society.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:27 AM
Oct 2018

This is simply one of those chain letters that try to "raise awareness" without any action or results.

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