Originally Posted by
Leona
I have encountered many women that lean a bit to the right politically that want to "have their cake and eat it, too", as Victoria is suggesting. The basic premise is that they want equal voices in politics, equal pay, and still expect men to pay for dates. This is excluding specifically the far right, where women don't get rights per se, and there are many women who are on the far right.
Personally, if you're not willing to go back to back with me in a barroom brawl (not that I've been in any, mind you), then you're not my equal, period. You don't get excused by being a woman. Likewise, if you, as a woman, think you can slap me and not get any sort of physical response back, then you need to turn in your voter's registration card. I'm not a violent person, mind you, but I expect to have the right to self-defense regardless of what sex my opponent is. That's one of the things that equality means to me.