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Hey Republicans! I Wouldn’t Need Your Protection If You Would Mind Your Own Damn Business

Let me make this clear: I don’t need your protection. I need you to stop meddling in my life and the lives of millions of women across this country.

Libby Winkler
5 min readOct 16, 2024
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Hey Republicans! I Wouldn’t Need Your Protection If You Would Mind Your Own Damn Business

It’s 2024, and somehow, I still need to explain that women’s rights aren’t something for Republicans to regulate, restrict, or manipulate for political gain.

The GOP has long positioned itself as the party of “family values” and “protecting women,” yet their policies consistently undermine the very autonomy that ensures women’s safety, health, and equality.

Ironically, the danger they claim to protect us from is often the one they create themselves. So let me make this clear: I don’t need your protection. I need you to stop meddling in my life and the lives of millions of women across this country.

The Myth of “Protection”

Let’s start with one of the biggest lies: that Republicans are somehow the moral saviors of women, protecting us from the “evils” of modern…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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