Should the 19th Amendment Be Repealed?

[Fantine]

I am somewhat shocked that this would even be an issue, but it has surfaced on this site.

Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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The history of American voting rights, which is shown in the above timeline, shows that until the 21st century, when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, our country has steadily moved in favor of voting rights. Initially only male landowners could vote. After the Civil War blacks gained voting rights. In 1920, the nineteenth amendment granted the right to vote to women. Shockingly, Native Americans did not become "citizens" or gain the right to vote until 1924--although they are the only Americans who are not descendants of immigrants.
I am in favor of all citizens having the right to vote when they reach the age of 18. I oppose all efforts to target certain groups--young people, students, black or Hispanics--to make voting less available.
In some countries voting is mandatory--and I think that would encourage citizen participation. We should certainly strongly encourage voting.
Women are a positive force in the electorate. I think that the past few elections have shown us that women are much better discerners of whether a candidate has the necessary integrity, work ethic, and motivation to be the kind of "servant leader" America needs. What do you think?

 

[Chesterton]

Here's my standard answer: Before we passed that 19th Amendment, all we did was ride around on bicycles built for two and sip cherry phosphates. Now we've got monkeypox, mass shootings and Nicki Minaj. I rest my case.

 

[Fantine]

Almost all mass shooters are male.
Only 25% of females own guns.
By a margin of 11% (62% to 51%) women favor gun control more strongly.
Three good reasons why women, the nurturers and consciences of America, should vote.

 

[Bradskii]

Almost all mass shooters are male.
Only 25% of females own guns.
By a margin of 11% (62% to 51%) women favor gun control more strongly.
Three good reasons why women, the nurturers and consciences of America, should vote.

I think it was satire.

 

[Chesterton]

Almost all mass shooters are male.

Because of women.

Only 25% of females own guns.

That's stupid. It's irresponsible.

By a margin of 11% (62% to 51%) women favor gun control more strongly.

I didn't know that. An even better reason to repeal the 19th Amendment.

 

[Chesterton]

I think it was satire.

(Shhh. Let her continue.)

 

[Hammster]

I am somewhat shocked that this would even be an issue, but it has surfaced on this site.

Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The history of American voting rights, which is shown in the above timeline, shows that until the 21st century, when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, our country has steadily moved in favor of voting rights. Initially only male landowners could vote. After the Civil War blacks gained voting rights. In 1920, the nineteenth amendment granted the right to vote to women. Shockingly, Native Americans did not become "citizens" or gain the right to vote until 1924--although they are the only Americans who are not descendants of immigrants.
I am in favor of all citizens having the right to vote when they reach the age of 18. I oppose all efforts to target certain groups--young people, students, black or Hispanics--to make voting less available.
In some countries voting is mandatory--and I think that would encourage citizen participation. We should certainly strongly encourage voting.
Women are a positive force in the electorate. I think that the past few elections have shown us that women are much better discerners of whether a candidate has the necessary integrity, work ethic, and motivation to be the kind of "servant leader" America needs. What do you think?

The feminist movement has done much damage to this country. They took us from a country of families to a country of individuals. That’s not even close to biblical, and it worked. We have legalized abortion because of the women’s suffrage movement, a movement that a large percentage of women were against.

So yes, this needs to go.

 

[MotoToTheMax]

I think it was satire.

(Shhh. Let her continue.)

 

[Fantine]

I think we can see what happens in male-dominated societies when we look at Saudi Arabia, or even worse, Afghanistan, where women wear chadors, robed from head to toe, and are forbidden to read or gain an education.
And when you look at these countries, they are far behind western countries, where 100% of our brain power is actively in use to develop new technologies, co-lead our democracy, serve in every career from doctor to firefighter to soldier to attorney to minister...
Last month our septic tank cover got dislodged. A cheerful young woman in a gigantic truck came, drained the septic tank, inspected it and said it was in tip top shape except for the struts that held the cover in place, ordered the covers which were installed in a week.
I praised her to the skies to her employers, on FB, and to everyone I knew. She was so capable in a job that is definitely male-dominated, and had great people skills as well.
Why aren't more people getting married? Articles and studies have said that marriage is a "middle-class" institution, and that most young people feel they have to have a foot into the middle class--a starter home, adequate jobs, education completed--before marrying. So maybe things like stronger labor unions and student loan forgiveness would result in more marriages.

 

[rjs330]

think we can see what happens in male-dominated societies when we look at Saudi Arabia, or even worse, Afghanistan, where women wear chadors, robed from head to toe, and are forbidden to read or gain an education.

Sounds good to me.

Why aren't more people getting married? Articles and studies have said that marriage is a "middle-class" institution, and that most young people feel they have to have a foot into the middle class--a starter home, adequate jobs, education completed--before marrying. So maybe things like stronger labor unions and student loan forgiveness would result in more marriages.

This is backward. Getting married is what helps you get to the middle class quicker.

We need to quit belittling marriage and family and start encouraging and celebrating it.

 

[Bradskii]

So yes, this needs to go.

I'm not sure yet. Let me ask my wife.

 

[Hammster]

I'm not sure yet. Let me ask my wife.

I’m not surprised.

 

[Bradskii]

I’m not surprised.

I'm glad. I'd have been disappointed if you were. And I'd be disappointed in my wife if she thought I could make a decision to exclude her from the democratic process.

 

[Zaha Torte]

I am somewhat shocked that this would even be an issue, but it has surfaced on this site.

Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The history of American voting rights, which is shown in the above timeline, shows that until the 21st century, when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, our country has steadily moved in favor of voting rights. Initially only male landowners could vote. After the Civil War blacks gained voting rights. In 1920, the nineteenth amendment granted the right to vote to women. Shockingly, Native Americans did not become "citizens" or gain the right to vote until 1924--although they are the only Americans who are not descendants of immigrants.
I am in favor of all citizens having the right to vote when they reach the age of 18. I oppose all efforts to target certain groups--young people, students, black or Hispanics--to make voting less available.
In some countries voting is mandatory--and I think that would encourage citizen participation. We should certainly strongly encourage voting.
Women are a positive force in the electorate. I think that the past few elections have shown us that women are much better discerners of whether a candidate has the necessary integrity, work ethic, and motivation to be the kind of "servant leader" America needs. What do you think?

Feminism was penned by Satan. The Man is the head of the Woman for a reason.

 

[Bradskii]

Feminism was penned by Satan. The Man is the head of the Woman for a reason.

Satan seems to have colluded with some to have women placed into positions of responsibility in the new administration. What dastardly deeds is the devil determined to do? You should demand their immediate removal. Or do you tell Susie Wiles and the rest of them that they can help run the country...but they just can't vote for who runs it.

What's your personal choice?

 

[Zaha Torte]

Satan seems to have colluded with some to have women placed into positions of responsibility in the new administration. What dastardly deeds is the devil determined to do? You should demand their immediate removal. Or do you tell Susie Wiles and the rest of them that they can help run the country...but they just can't vote for who runs it.

What's your personal choice?

If it were up to me, they wouldn't be there. No sir. That is not their place.

 

[durangodawood]

Around here there's no valid presumption of satire.

 

[Bradskii]

If it were up to me, they wouldn't be there. No sir. That is not their place.

Should we include anyone else while we're at it? Should we look at ethnicity or religious beliefs as well as gender?

 

[Bradskii]

Around here there's no valid presumption of satire.

There's now nothing I can say, however monstrous, that would immediately be construed as satire. If you can't ridicule something because it's already ridiculous then you're dangerously close to running out of options.

 

[Hammster]

Should we include anyone else while we're at it? Should we look at ethnicity or religious beliefs as well as gender?

You are grasping at straws. Or straw men.