Who Makes the Decision for YOU?

The other night I placed a phone call to invite some constituents of the district to a house meeting to meet a candidate running for Congress. I asked the person if she was available to attend. She answered in the negative. I asked her if she supported the candidate. She paused, hesitated and responded with “I have to talk to my husband. He makes those decisions.”

To say the least, I was aghast at this response. The woman was in her 40’s according to the call sheet that from which I was making the calls to invite people to this house meeting. How is it that a woman in this new century has to ask her husband to tell her how to vote? What ever happened to equality and Women’s Rights? Did this end when the calendar reset to double zeros? As a man, I must protest that some people still think in this manner. I do not believe that anyone should ask someone else how they should vote. It is one thing to be informed. It is completely another matter to base one’s decision on another’s. Who makes the decision for YOU?