
That sounds about right to me. My grandparents told me when they were in high school in the late 50s/early 60s teen pregnancy was huge. So many girls as young as 14 would get pregnant and then give their baby up for adoption. It was really common but still stigmatized. We’re actually pretty sure my father was a baby of a young teenager (he was adopted and never connected with his biological family)
I’m not trying to maintain the status quo. I’m just pointing out things that suck in our current setup and that bringing the whole system down is not progressive, it’s incredibly regressive and will lead to greater oppression of women and marginalized communities than we already see today.
i think 16 is trying to say that society falling apart would actually cause women’s rights to regress rather than improve. we all want to improve women’s rights, she’s just saying we have to move forward and continue to fight for women rights so that our future daughters can live in a progressive world where they receive equal treatment rather than one that has collapsed and is piecing itself back together with the risk of worsening women’s rights even more