[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
July 31, 2024
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
The Case for Making Government Work for Single Cat Ladies [[link removed]]
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In 2021, 52 percent of American women were unmarried or separated—a record-breaking number. (Rawlstock / Getty Images)
BY ERIKA FELIX | JD Vance’s incendiary comments about the Democratic Party being run by “miserable” single “childless cat ladies” has struck a major nerve. Political contests incentivize wild claims by people like Vance who are desperate for attention and power. In response, defenses in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris point out that she is a parent because of her stepchildren, which puts her in the same class as George Washington, a founding stepfather.
There’s less attention defending those of us who truly are single cat ladies. Nearly 20 years ago, social scientists Bella DePaulo and Wendy Morris aptly described singlism: the prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination toward singles. Since their article, the number of single households has only been growing. Instead of ignoring or making fun of us single people, listen to us.
Singlism is not partisan. The stereotypes singlism engenders make many policies and practices across parties unjust. I saw this during the pandemic when many public health guidances and policies failed to reflect the reality of the 27.6 percent of single-person households.
Living alone during the pandemic was neither better nor worse than living with others, but the degree of isolation was exponentially different. We had to contend with what to do in case of illness and were frustrated by an exclusionary public narrative. Still, there were also benefits, such as not having to engage in caregiving, reduced risk of infection or transmission, and not having to adapt to others.
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The Paranoid and Unhinged Rhetoric of Project 2025 [[link removed]] Biden’s Pitch to America: Reform the Supreme Court and ‘Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy’ [[link removed]]
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Despite Recent Legal Wins, Abortion Access Is Still at Risk [[link removed]] DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Allow Most of the New Sex Discrimination Rule to Go Into Effect [[link removed]]
What we're reading:
Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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In this episode, we’re joined by two co-hosts of the Webby Award-winning #SistersInLaw podcast to discuss where our nation stands as we approach the 2024 elections—from the ongoing trials faced by former president Donald Trump, to Nikki Haley, to the Supreme Court’s recent opinions and so much more.
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