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[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

There's no "maybe" about it. It's documented. Listen to the extremely American podcast

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 102 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The Good Old Days they always refer to is the world where Adult White Christian Males get to rule the world, do whatever they want, say whatever they want, everyone is subservient to them and every other race, religion, identity, minority and female is below them.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It really is pathetic when you think about it. Such a desire to have people beneath them...

Don't they know that this is still true, as long as you're part of the owner class?

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mild fascism was always "okay" in colonial-settler history. It was only when the Nazis went full fascist and started attacking other Europeans for either not buying into their world view or for having impure Slavic or Mediterranean blood did shit hit the fan.

For many of these regressionists, going back hinges on the ascension of neo Nazism.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

It's not as conspiratorial as that.

  • Politician: We'll make it like the good old days
  • Voter remembering their childhood: I remember that, life was so simple.
  • Politician: ...so vote for me.

All the voters are voting for their own individual fantasies. The politician just wants the votes. This is just dirty populist games.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I wish they were honest about their selfishness, at least it’s logically consistent. I’ll take that over their cult like thinking.

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[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 58 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Women weren't allowed to open a bank account in the states until the 70's

There is a good chance grandma didn't leave grandpa because she literally couldn't

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And women who had "hysteria" were given lobotomies.

Theres a reason there is still a large cohort of older folks to follow the taboo on therapy: "I'm not crazy, I don't need therapy". Because in the good ole days they just locked and chained up or lobotomized anyone with divergence.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

Women who had "hysteria" is also why vibrators were invented, because the 19th century treatment for hysteria was hysterical paroxysm through manual stimulation - aka giving her an orgasm by playing with her bits. The vibrator was originally a labor-saving device for doctors.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Don't forget the number women who poisoned abusive men, but law enforcement and medical examiners quietly pretended it was natural causes

Let's bring that back

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fine but only if we can bring back the 90% top tax bracket too

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Thank you for this additional piece of background, dear FistingEnthusiast.

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[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The kind of people who want to end no fault divorce don't actually care about female suicide.

Warn them that men's life expectancy dramatically increased due to no fault divorce. Because a woman trapped in a bad marriage kills her husband.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If the husband is MAGA, then why the fuck not?

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ignores? No, my friend. They're completely aware and are fine with it.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

More than fine. It's the goal.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago

Soon: "Nazis didn't care about minorities🤯"

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So the suicide rate for both genders actually significantly dropped right after 1970. Wonder what's that about?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Living in a relationship that you don't want to live in, and having no way out except death.

What's to understand?

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 17 points 1 week ago

They won't give a shit about female suicide.

Point out homicide of male partners dropped 70% and you may get their self-involved attention

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is kind of a bullshit statistic.

Female suicides for women have always been low, so the per 100k can vary a bit. In 1970 it was 7.4 per 100k and by 1980 it had dropped to 5.7 per 100k. However, in 1950 and 1960 it was 5.6 per 100k.

So really the "drop" was due to a single high decade of suicides before going back to the average that it had been at. The drop in suicides after the 1970's was really still a slightly higher rate than the 50s and 60s.

Also, men commit suicide roughly four to five times more often than women.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Far higher social stigmas and family pressure likely led to fewer deaths being ruled suicide in the 1950s as compared to today but of course there can be no data on this fact, just anecdotes.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Anecdotal and a lack of causation. Saying suicides in women dropped after getting no fault divorce after the 70's is no more a causational fact than saying female suicide rates dropped after the 70's due to Billy Joel releasing his hit single My Life in 1979

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, it is their goal, which is why they have to be killed.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No fault divorce is a no brainer.

[–] PlutoVolcano@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Funny enough the people that don’t support it have no brain so I’m not so sure

Or maybe they’re just evil down to their core

[–] credo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Oh shoot, the GOP left some data laying around. Don’t worry. They will begin deleting such facts immediately.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Hold up. Rewind.

They used to assign fault during a divorce? What the hell?

Why was that ever a thing?

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No fault divorce isn't about assigning blame. They actually still do that in certain situations, such as adultery or abuse. No fault divorce means that the state will allow a divorce even if no one is to "blame." Prior to that, you essentially needed a legal reason to get a divorce other than "I just want to be married to this person anymore."

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Ohhhh. Alright. I misunderstood.

Thank you for this.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Even if both people wanted a divorce they would have to do something like fake an affair. The husband could hire a hooker and the wife would hire a P.I. to "discover" the indiscretion.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

The elite and religion (same thing) need more babies

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Gilead theme music intensifies

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

“Maybe”?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Ohh they're not ignoring it. They want to go back because of it.

May I recommend The Way We Never Were for real insight into earlier American life and families.

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Ron Howard: "It was."

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"Look how low divorce rates were. Great success!"

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Of course it is. Now a days they catch so much shit for trying to rape their wives that they just want it to go back to a time where it was okay to be a POS.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago
[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would the goal be to make women miserable? Like what's the point?

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

To get back at them for what Eve did in the Bible. (I'm only partly kidding.)

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The GOP is for gender equality by raising female suicide rates to match male ones.

Equal Opportunity Misery

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