• SweetBilliam
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    8 months ago

    Changing it is very difficult. It takes 2/3rds of our legislative branch agreeing. We don’t see that much.

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        8 months ago

        It was a huge womens rights movement issue at the time. They weren’t all prudes, they just thought it would be a more effective way to cut back on domestic violence than going at it directly (more enforceable and politically viable), iirc. Then everyone hated it.