#Rally4Equality: If we care about equality, we should care about democracy
Some friends of mine are helping to put together the #Rally4Equality next week in Washington, D.C.
They asked me if I’d ever written anything about equality. I’ve written about economic equality, I said.
To be quite honest, the idea scared the crap out of me.
Why? I typically write about economics and framing. What could I say about women’s rights that hasn’t been said by several generations of women activists and suffragist leaders?
Of course I was also intrigued. What could I say?
So I told them I’d think about it.
One question that kept coming up: How would I explain women’s rights and equality to my conservative friends? Could I even talk about this issue with conservatives? Could I convince conservatives that equality was an issue worth fighting for?
Below are my early attempts and what I learned.
