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WI Lawmaker to victims of domestic violence: Just remember what you love about your husband
I just can't anymore. I can't. Between this, all the other crap being spit out by lawmakers and the Trayvon Martin case, I want to curl up into a ball and weep. It's seriously depressing.
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
If you need any further proof that we are in the midst of a full-on patriarchal biblical-religious war on women, a Wisconsin lawmaker is happy to provide it.
According to Yahoo News, Wisconsin Rep. Don Pridemore helpfully suggests that, rather than divorcing an abusive spouse, you should try to remember the things you love about the guy while he is beating you up.
In Wisconsin -- yes, the same state where lawmakers have introduced a bill penalizing single mothers for being unmarried -- a Republican state representative has come out against divorce for any reason -- even domestic abuse.
Instead of leaving an abusive situation, women should try to remember the things they love about their husbands, Representative Don Pridemore said. "If they can re-find those reasons and get back to why they got married in the first place it might help," he told a local news station.
Yahoo continues:
Pridemore -- who, coincidentally, is a co-sponsor of Republican state Senator Glenn Grothman's "being single causes child abuse" bill as well as a controversial voter ID bill that was ruled unconstitutional earlier this week.
Grothman now asserts that not only is single parenthood a factor in child abuse, women in particular are to blame for it.
Basically, if you are female, Mr. Grothman and Mr. Pridemore feel you are worthless once you leave the delivery room. According to Yahoo, "while [Pridemore] thinks women are capable of caring for a family "in certain situations," fathers are the only ones who provide structure and discipline. If they don't grow up with married biological parents, Pridemore says, "kids tend to go astray."
Uh-huh.
And what's his excuse?
Re: WI Lawmaker to victims of domestic violence: Just remember what you love about your husband
Grr, nest cut off clicky link. Let me try again:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/03/23/wisconsin-lawmaker-you-are-being-beaten-just-remember-things-you-love-about-your
Yeah, and if only these wives would bake more pies, maybe their husbands wouldn't be so angry.
Yeah.
Shut the front door.
I mean, I know there are people who believe this shiit. But dude. It still blows my effin mind.
I agree. I don't approve of the abortion efforts, but knowing the standpoint of the people working toward them (i.e., that they'd prefer abortion was straight out illegal), I can at least see the motivation even if I don't agree with it or what they are doing. This...it's priotizing a victimless "sin" (divorce) over a living, breathing human being. WTflyingF.
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Here's the original local article it links to: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/142161793.html
LOL!