by the other commentators. Great pnotis, all of them. Very, very true.Here's an additional thought from an historical perspective. Women in the U.S. have had the right to vote only since 1920. That's less than 100 years. That's a significantly shorter period of time than black men--former slaves, freed after a horrific Civil War and the adoption of crucial Constitutional amendments--have had the right to vote. My point is that women won the vote only after decades of relentless activism, public ridicule, making themselves extremely unpopular with the status quo, and insisting on their rights as adult citizens of the Republic.For this reason, maybe it's a good idea to cut women voters some slack. If their approach to the voting booth lacks a certain gravitas, perhaps it's because they were long treated like immature children, and (under the law) were considered legal appendages of their husbands, fathers, brothers,or sons. Please, I'm not whining. I do have the vote, and I enjoy every opportunity that my talents and drive can bring me. But, even till my mother's generation, it wasn't always so.

by Guffy 03:06:30 PM 2013.06.28