conservatives seek to restrict the choices of nonconservative women, which is a style which patriarcial to attitudes. this is one place where i perceive a much bigger contradiction in conservative thinking than whether or not a woman should wear lipstick. now, one might ask is this merely a squabble, this life long argument, i mean history long argument. is this merely a squabble among women that men can ignore? i don't think so. we're actually talking about how to organization our civilization, who has children and how many, the way the sexes relate, whether or not let ro sexuality should be the only norm, who will get an education, who will get a leader. whether talented people can rise without being disequaled by gender. who will care for the sick and elderly, who will be financially supported, when and how. these are such fundamentalal issues that we are talking about that we get to the core of how we live as americans, and what the american dream really is. so they're not merely womens issues, but matters that touch on really all of our lives. and men can and do care about these is