No one was wailing or weeping.....

The protest in DC was just one of hundreds of planned marches both in the US and worldwide. How strange to think that that particular march was any different from all the others.

I was thrilled as well! Loved the solidarity with women around the world!

White male privilege is a played out tired old slogan.

No one can say that women in this country have not made incredible progress in the last few decades and in fact they will continue to do so.

You talk about equality in Europe yet with all the non-European ethnics who have lived in Europe for years and years and a couple of generations there isn't one leader of any European country whose ancestors came from a non European country

I feel more sympathy for the people in this country who have seen their jobs move away and live in depressed towns and the rural poor in States such as Miss and Alabama.

Eight years of Obama didn't do much for them. The Democrat Party failed them miserably

I didn't have a placard, but I dragged the whole family to the march in Seattle and you're absolutely right - it was a very happy and empowering experience. My 14-year-old daughter, who is extremely vocal about women's rights, was thrilled to be part of something that is so much bigger than we are.

we were at the Seattle one as well!

Sorry, but this is total bollocks.

I'm a socialist, have been all my life, but if people's jobs fade away (remember buggy whips?) they have to get up off their small town arses and retrain, move on, get a job in a different sector or a different town. Obama's administration delivered near full employment for gods sake!!

Even sorry-ass trumpites have to take responsibility for themselves and their families.

So we'll get around to dealing with misogyny once employment is better? Why not both?
They weren't in a position of power to do anything during most of that time, it's the other party that failed them more.

And if they dont have the funds to retrain and move?

Or not smart enough to go to college?

I am first to admit I have no skills but I am also not smart enough for college or trades programs nor have the funds to retrain or access to funds.

Lots of other hurdles that block people from retraining and as the workfoce becomes more skilled requiring more education it leaves more and more out since we are not all equal in learning ability.

completely untrue and baseless statement

I'm not going to dispute your lack of access to adequate funds to retrain or move but I think you're selling yourself short to say you're not smart enough to do so.

I agree with you, but even if it were true, so what? The right to assemble is protected under the First Amendment, so they are free to protest under the Bill of Rights. Shutting people down from speaking out against their government, or how they perceive their rights to be handled by their country of residence isn't patriotism, it's fascism.