Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "This Issue Could Sink the GOP in 2024 w/ Laura Packard" video.
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@Merriwether-w8k A whole lot of us remember that. I remember the actual day they allowed women to get a credit card in her name, even if she were single. I was in my early to mid-twenties, and the day I read the news, I went straight to a bank to get a credit card, simply because I could, and also to develop a credit rating. I’m also old enough to remember the day when “The Pill” was legalized, even for unmarried wome, because, even though I was not sexually active at that time, it rocked my world. Before that, we knew that our (women’s) lifepath was pretty strictly as you will get married and you will have children (and bake apple pies), because there was really no other choice. On that day, for the first time in my life I realized that I now had a CHOICE of whether I wanted the "biologically dictated” life, or if I wanted to go to college and develop a career. And tben when Roe v. Wade was passed, I also realized that even if the Pill failed (as we were constantly reminded that it could) I would still be able to continue on the school and career path. it was a major life shift for women. and the Women's Rights Movement was born, and (tied with the Vietnam War), the Hippie Movement was also born). Those were heady, and exciting times!
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