Petition Update

The petition asking the Federal government to prevent while using "spouses, moms, & kids" rhetorical frame that defines women by our associations with other people has become at 2,200+ signatures and counting. Continue the teaspooning!Yesterday, Shaker catvoncat noted in comments:So apparently you are able to go [here] to talk about your reaction to the SOTU speech by highlighting a passage and leaving comments onto it. This can be a different way to get our voices heard about this problem, for individuals who're interested.catvoncat shared her response, that is restricted to 400 figures, here. It was my submission, which you are invited to borrow simply or perhaps in whole, whether it's useful: Central to anti-violence advocacy is regarding women as autonomous creatures, an idea that is compromised by reductively determining women by our associations with other people. By mentioning to "our" spouses et al, the Leader seems to become speaking to males *about* women, instead of speaking to males *and* women. I'm area of the union, too. Why don't you, simply: "We all know our economy is more powerful when women..."Teaspoons ahoy!