Carried Away

It happens to the best of us. I cant help but be filled with rage and a sense of powerlessness sometimes. A moment of clarity as it were, came upon me today, the 35th birthday of my (tentative) legal right to make my own reproductive decisions. Blanket statements are typically prejudiced and fallacious, albeit cognitively convenient. Every single person on this planet with testicles doesn't hate women. Hugo Schwyzer seems to empathize and raise up the feminist movements. After reading several of his blog entries Ive deduced he has a firm grasp on reality- he understands the patriarchal rape culture, his role and privilege in it and how to address these issues. Men Can Stop Rape is another brilliant organization founded and run by members of the patriarchy that works in the community to raise awareness and address their role in the degradation of women. Women and men must work together and tackle the inequalities that we all suffer from in a gender biased society.

In any event, here we are, 35 years later, and my right to a safe abortion still up for debate. Legislation passes dangerously close to law that restricts our rights, and people came out is droves today in support of the "Anti Abortion" movement. Oh the horror- most of these people are women. Not only do we have to fight the sex hierarchy, we have to fight each other.

Imagine if those people protested the war instead of rallying together to oppress themselves. Epiphany.