Victoria UmbraMar 2, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Today on the first day of Women’s History Month I learned that after no fault divorce was finally legalized in 1970, female suicide rates dropped 20%🤯

The "strong 1950s family unit" that the GOP is nostalgic about ignores record high female suicide, suffocating domestic violence, & zero female financial autonomy.

But maybe that's GOP's goal all along?🤔
#WHM2023

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Show threadKing Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiMar 1, 2023

@QasimRashid According to a friend of mine who had to get a security clearance for his current job, they STILL ask questions like "Are you a member of the Communist Party?" and "Do you associate with any persons or have any friends or family who are members of the Communist Party?", and also that having a domestic violence charge on your criminal record is unlikely to disqualify you b/c it was so normalized in the 50s.

Gotta love the 1950s. They were a great decade. /s

Show threadAir Quotes ComedianMar 2, 2023

@dragonarchitect @QasimRashid "According to a friend...Communist Party?"

When I was going through the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen they would always ask the same list of questions, one of which was, "Have you ever been a member of The Communist Party?"

Since becoming a citizen I voted for The Communist Party once, just to be a troll, but still. Whether or not you agree with The Communist Party (I don't believe in parties period) is not the point. In a supposedly free country you should be able to politic however you want.

Show threadSimon BrookeMar 2, 2023
@dragonarchitect @QasimRashid surely if they're assessing whether you're a threat to the state, the modern equivalent question should be "are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Republican Party?"
Show threadjust adrienneMar 4, 2023
@dragonarchitect @QasimRashid Both the US and Canada will still deny you residency and citizenship if you are affiliated with any communist group!
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishMar 4, 2023
@dragonarchitect @QasimRashid t
They ask these questions to become a citizen
Show threadBuster McNuttMar 1, 2023

@QasimRashid

They're a party ruled by bitter cruelty and punitive "solutions."

I've grown pretty hateful of republicans over the past decade.

Show threadLegalQuiltsMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid I f you can't afford to leave, you will HAVE to put up with them. Its why all the incels are lije "I have a good job why won't any women sleep with me?"
Show threadRoger MooreMar 1, 2023
@legalquilts @QasimRashid
That's certainly part of it, but it's not the whole thing. It doesn't help if women are forced to stay if you can't get them to come in the first place. Incels want to deny women the right to do things for themselves so they're forced into relationships with men.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid Making America Great *Again*. Their idea of 'greatness'.
Show threadKrazyKatMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid 😏
Show threadBilly DMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid when the GOP waives the MAGA banner… I can’t help but think they want to erase progress and take major steps backwards.
Show threadAaronMar 1, 2023
@billd @QasimRashid and it is ironic that they will fly the gadsden flag right next to it when they are some of the biggest steppers right now.
Show threadCat C-BMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid Holy SHIT.
Show threadProlixianMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid And nonconsensual sex within marriage was not considered rape.
Show threadLumpySpaceEllie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 2, 2023
@prolixian @QasimRashid a few years ago on Twitter a maga woman was arguing that you can't be raped by your husband! You really don't know what goes on behind closed doors. I was alittle worried about that woman tbh. She really believed that men were entitled to their wives bodies at all times :(
Show threadBuddyMar 1, 2023
@QasimRashid It ignores more than just female suicide, unreported rapes, death by back-alley abortions, wage difference between the sexes, glass ceilings, sexual harassment,..
Show threadJacqueMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid there no fault divorce saved a lot of men's lives too tbh. I work hospice/elder care and a genuinely appalling number of women have told me about murders they did in the name of freedom
Show threadAlicePaulMar 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

Family courts are not female friendly. At least that was my a couple friend’s experience 10-15 years ago.

The judge was so rough, humiliating & allowed my ex to do the same to me that once after the judge left the court room the court reporter stood up, slammed her books on the table and yelled, “What is going on here?”

The bailiff always offered to walk me to my car and would follow me thru the building because my ex was so threatening in court. Judge never said a word. SCARY

Show threaddog and the plateMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid also lobotomy
Show threadOld Man MikeMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid I think the GOP would be for greater numbers of female suicide in cases of divorce
Show threadChristgopher RhineMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid this is fucking 🔥
Show threadSensible CroneMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid not “maybe”
Show threadDr Neenah Estrella-LunaMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Don't forget the crazy high rates of prescription drug abuse.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

In the 1950's, women were often misdiagnosed as "insane" if they reported abuse & were involuntarily committed to psychiatric institutions.

Some women were diagnosed as "promiscuous" & involuntarily treated with shock therapy or lobotomies.

Psychiatrists routinely broke confidentiality to a woman's abuser.

Incest, rape, child abuse & violence were routinely ignored by police & society.

Yes, GOP billionaires will return women to these conditions to keep power in a heartbeat.

Show threadFirehorsemiaMar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid @kcarruthers I remember my Mum saying that there was no way she would take Valium like some of her friends did to cope with their lives. It still took her 25 years to finally leave 😞
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@firehorsemia @QasimRashid @kcarruthers

The practice of medicating women who live in horrific conditions continues to this day.

The FLDS, a fundamentalist Mormon cult, keeps most of its women on tranquilizers to prevent them from objecting when their sons are abandoned out of town & daughters are "married" off to men older than their grandfathers. Human trafficking is pervasive in this cult.

https://www.topic.com/the-magic-bullet

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-on-the-pill-how-society-tries-to-control-the-moods-of-women-with/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-bateman-polygamous-group-leader-charged-girls-enclosed-trailer-arizona/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11501097/Eight-Bentley-driving-Mormon-prophets-20-wives-rescued-FBI-earlier-month.html

The Magic Bullet

How a drug called Miltown ushered in an age of pill-popping for anxious Americans.

Topic
Show threadFirehorsemiaMar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid @kcarruthers This is horrific. I was was referring to my Mum’s experience as a Catholic wife in the 70s.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@firehorsemia @QasimRashid @kcarruthers

All major religions treat women this way.

All major religions shield men from the consequences of their conduct.

All major religions serve as the "hatchet man" for patriarchy.

I haven't come across a major religion that doesn't act as a bulwark for the abuse of women & children.

What's worse is how certain religions like Catholics create cognitive prisons so women cannot conceive of even trying to leave. Passive acceptance to crime becomes normal

Show threadFirehorsemiaMar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid @kcarruthers It did take my Mum decades to leave with my support. She has been psychologically damaged by it all
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@firehorsemia @QasimRashid @kcarruthers

https://historycollection.com/10-undisclosed-facts-of-joseph-kennedy/7/

10 Undisclosed Facts of Joseph Kennedy

7 – He Claimed That Democracy Was Dead If you are a proud American, one of the last things you should believe is that democracy is dead. Someone forgot to mention this to Kennedy because when he was serving as ambassador in the United Kingdom, he said: “Democracy is finished in England. It may be ...

History Collection
Show threadFirehorsemiaMar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid @kcarruthers I live on the other side of the world, so not sure how Kennedy père applies to my experience 🤷🏻‍♀️
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@firehorsemia @QasimRashid @kcarruthers

Joseph Kennedy was a typical man of his time.

Used his faith to hide his dark soul.
Fascist sympathizer.
Cruel.
Made wealthy through law breaking.

He's the epitome of your typical Republican or Tory billionaire donor.

Show threadFirehorsemiaMar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid @kcarruthers Yes, okay. Thought we were discussing the state of women as housewives etc? You do realise there are women who live in other parts of the world where Kennedy is not a touchstone?
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@firehorsemia @QasimRashid @kcarruthers

I was reading about Joseph Kennedy & his role as UK ambassador in WW2.

Susan Ronald has a new one coming on March 15th "Hitler's Aristocrats"

Rich men like Kennedy & Henry Ford throughout history have undermined women's rights to maintain their wealth, power, & prestige.

Modern GOP billionaire donors are emulating the 1930's fascist movements.

Trying to force women to give up their gains since the 1950's to launch a global anti-democracy movement

Show threadUnprecedented 2023Mar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid Oh God!
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@Mallulady @QasimRashid

https://sunstone.org/how-warren-jeffs-maintains-his-hold-over-the-flds/

https://readfrom.net/musser-rebecca/page,28,417363-the_witness_wore_red_the_19th_wife_who_brought_polygamous_cult_leaders_to_justice.html

How Warren Jeffs Maintains His Hold Over the FLDS

By Ken Driggs Ken Driggs is an attorney living in Atlanta, Georgia. He specializes in criminal defense and has a graduate degree in legal history. He has visited and written about Fundamentalist Mo…

Sunstone Magazine
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 2, 2023

@Mallulady @QasimRashid

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/10/95193/rosemary-kennedy-lobotomy-sexuality

The Kennedy's Darkest Secret Comes To Light

The true story of Rosemary Kennedy comes to light.

Show threadUnprecedented 2023Mar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid Aware of this sad story.
Show threadUnprecedented 2023Mar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid Yep.
Show threadLumpySpaceEllie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 2, 2023
@Npars01 @QasimRashid I worked in elderly mental health and I cared for an elderly woman with dementia. One night I was tucking her in and she told me her uncle raped her and she told her dad and mum and they didn't believe her. It was like a window into how abuse was treated back then and it was so so sad. Broke my heart hearing her story so clear in her mind even 80 years later
Show threadElizabeth BurgessMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid The 50's were great for some people: white males. They weren't so good for the rest of us.
Show threadInvestorswanMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Why may be? It was their only goal. If they cannot enslave people of color, why no use marriage/ religion to enslave women?
Show threadDeb4+ aka Deborah DT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

They're looking for "the good old days" as defined by old-fashioned selfish racist misogynistic white men

Show threadCatherine is not complacentMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid hate to tell you but that was about the time when women could get credit cards and mortgages.
No offense .
Show threadSteve HolcombeMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Wondering if we might see a similar drop in suicides for males if they came to be divorced from their guns (?).
Show threadouinneMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid I have always wanted to go back through the death statistics and see if the incidence of unexpected early deaths for men dropped after the legalization of divorce, too. If you can’t get out one way, you’ll try another. 🤔
Show threadNed WilcoxMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Black women couldn't freely vote until 1965 in the US. In Switzerland all women were denied the vote until 1971!
Show threadSledge MgGeeMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Where is the data?
Show threadElledeeayMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid All I will add is yes that is what the #gop want.
Show threadDFHobbs @universeodon.comMar 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

The GOP is happiest when women are dying. So this makes sense.

Show threadFrankMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Their entire platform is founded on denying reality, so its not that surprising.
Show threadTheJenMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid To them, we're all still witches.
Show threadBadExampleMan 🟣Mar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid splodey-head, indeed.
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid facists are antifeminists and love forcing people to obey their demands under the threat of socioeconomic destruction.
Show thread§ Jason 🥄Mar 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

That’s their shot-term goal. Long term it’s taking us back to 1860.

Show threadSlavery is violenceMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid Interesting statistic. What is your source?
Show threadSarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.Mar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid @aral I’m not so sure it ignores at least two out of three of those…
Show threadBlackBoxMar 2, 2023
@QasimRashid do a little more digging. Political figures in general. Look at the rates for GOP and the then Dems, then as a whole. Nasty, the lot of them.