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Originally posted by Mariano
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Yeah, that was stupid thing to say, but he also made a lot of valid points.
Gays arent the only oppressed group of people in this world whose rights are being violated and I find it incredibly offensive when gays in this thread claim that women arent oppressed or have it "better" than them. I dont see you bumping this thread to complain about those tho
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Every oppressed group has it bad, I mean, look at what women are goining through. For example the fact that more than 30% of women were raped or seriously sexually/physically abused, the domestic violence against women statistics being alarmingly high (and majority of those cases stay unreported, may I add) and thats the "western world" Im talking about, without mentioning the work/payment unequality etc. Dont let me start about some other cultures. But I guess thats nothing for all of you here claiming how awesome women have it
Madonna is just saying that the fight for gay rights is pushed forward faster and that not much was done for women in the past decades and she is damn right. We should just keep fighting for our rights and support each other instead of trying to belittle the problems that other oppressed groups experience.