Great article highlighting the disparities of rights between men and women in the great United States of America. Thank you for naming the injustices and inequality.
Thank you for this article. It really means a lot when men step up for women's rights. Thank you, thank you for this. Women's fight for equality has taken far too long, and there is still so much pushback. And as a white woman I am also trying to be very mindful that voices of women of color are often left behind and must be more front and center, now than ever before. I really care to see that ALL women are treated with equality, equity and respect and I think white women have to be more intentional and committed to help carve out space, to listen to, and give respect to voices of women of color.
And with the SAVE act, Congress is hoping to take away the votes of the roughly 80% of women who changed their names when we married, so our birth certificates will not prove our citizenship for voting purposes.
Raised by my single mother in the 1950’s, my father having been killed during the Korean War, I truly appreciate this post. She worked as a secretary, providing my sister and I with everything we needed, as well as buying a house for her parents when they lost their farm. This was all during times when women had few rights, and virtually no opportunities for advancement.
It is high time we elected a woman as President of the US! That will hopefully bring forward the further advances in women’s’ rights that, as you have clearly stated, are long overdue (say, from the very beginning of time)! I am sure the world would have been a much better place than what it has become under the predominant rule of men.
Yet just any woman will not do. One like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is not afraid to speak the whole truth. Kamala Harris could have been that woman but she did not speak the whole truth about numerous important issues, such as Israel’s apartheid in Gaza, and Biden’s cognitive deterioration.
Thank you! Reading your list of when we hit these particular milestones makes me mad all over again— and you didn’t even mention our omission from much health research, despite the considerable health challenges that come with being born in a female body.
Yeah it’s just a snapshot. So much I left out for the sake of practicality. Books have been and continue to be written about these injustices. I’m hopeful this at least provided more context than most men are used to seeing.
When any person is refused the opportunity to reach their potential, we all lose what might have been. Anti-abortionists use this argument in defence of their cause, but make no effort to support or care for people after they are born and show no regard for the girls and women whose lives are derailed or lost by uninformed interference in their medical condition. When we fight against discrimination, we are not granting a favour, we are fighting for a better world for all of us. Thank you for the work you do.
As a lifelong feminist - I really appreciate your message and your heartfelt support of women! We have incalculable value to offer the world when allowed the opportunity! This world NEEDS women's voices and leadership now perhaps more than ever before. Thank you!!
Thank you for a very thoughtful and informative article! I wasn’t aware of some of the information you shared. Yes, please men, support the equality of women!
Thank you. Thank you also on behalf my sisters, daughters, nieces, and granddaughters. In our paternalistic world, the words of men on this topic will certainly have more impact than anything a woman could say. We need men like you to speak up and I’m sincerely appreciative that you did.
*1776: That founding statement included in the document the 2nd Continental Congress charged the Committee of Five to produce and which committee member John Adams (of the tone-deaf reply to his wife Abigail’s “Remember the Ladies” letter, rejecting her appeal out of hand) led the committee to assign Thomas Jefferson to draft…
It’s not just the positions we hold, but what we’re allowed to wear also. When religions and men-or anyone, for that matter-dictate these choices, they are wrong.
I’m shocked . I always assumed that America was ‘above other countries in being fair and equal ‘? We were taught that America was the most progressive country on earth - with the fairest laws and complete equality for women . How deeply sad to learn otherwise . And trump certainly propagates this by his hideous treatment of women …
Oh God - really ? That’s horrific and really terribly heartbreaking. America - of all countries . Not a third world country - but the proclaimed leader of the ‘free world’.
Great article highlighting the disparities of rights between men and women in the great United States of America. Thank you for naming the injustices and inequality.
Thank you for this article. It really means a lot when men step up for women's rights. Thank you, thank you for this. Women's fight for equality has taken far too long, and there is still so much pushback. And as a white woman I am also trying to be very mindful that voices of women of color are often left behind and must be more front and center, now than ever before. I really care to see that ALL women are treated with equality, equity and respect and I think white women have to be more intentional and committed to help carve out space, to listen to, and give respect to voices of women of color.
Thank you, Jennifer, for your kind words, and for your efforts to uphold gender AND racial equity. ❤️✊🏽
And with the SAVE act, Congress is hoping to take away the votes of the roughly 80% of women who changed their names when we married, so our birth certificates will not prove our citizenship for voting purposes.
Raised by my single mother in the 1950’s, my father having been killed during the Korean War, I truly appreciate this post. She worked as a secretary, providing my sister and I with everything we needed, as well as buying a house for her parents when they lost their farm. This was all during times when women had few rights, and virtually no opportunities for advancement.
It is high time we elected a woman as President of the US! That will hopefully bring forward the further advances in women’s’ rights that, as you have clearly stated, are long overdue (say, from the very beginning of time)! I am sure the world would have been a much better place than what it has become under the predominant rule of men.
Yet just any woman will not do. One like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is not afraid to speak the whole truth. Kamala Harris could have been that woman but she did not speak the whole truth about numerous important issues, such as Israel’s apartheid in Gaza, and Biden’s cognitive deterioration.
Thank you! Reading your list of when we hit these particular milestones makes me mad all over again— and you didn’t even mention our omission from much health research, despite the considerable health challenges that come with being born in a female body.
Yeah it’s just a snapshot. So much I left out for the sake of practicality. Books have been and continue to be written about these injustices. I’m hopeful this at least provided more context than most men are used to seeing.
Keep going! And thank you.
When any person is refused the opportunity to reach their potential, we all lose what might have been. Anti-abortionists use this argument in defence of their cause, but make no effort to support or care for people after they are born and show no regard for the girls and women whose lives are derailed or lost by uninformed interference in their medical condition. When we fight against discrimination, we are not granting a favour, we are fighting for a better world for all of us. Thank you for the work you do.
Yes well said Rosalind. Thank you.
As a lifelong feminist - I really appreciate your message and your heartfelt support of women! We have incalculable value to offer the world when allowed the opportunity! This world NEEDS women's voices and leadership now perhaps more than ever before. Thank you!!
Very well said Melea. Thank you.
much appreciated 🍸
Thank you from this mother of 2 daughters.
Thank you for a very thoughtful and informative article! I wasn’t aware of some of the information you shared. Yes, please men, support the equality of women!
Thank you. Thank you also on behalf my sisters, daughters, nieces, and granddaughters. In our paternalistic world, the words of men on this topic will certainly have more impact than anything a woman could say. We need men like you to speak up and I’m sincerely appreciative that you did.
*1776: That founding statement included in the document the 2nd Continental Congress charged the Committee of Five to produce and which committee member John Adams (of the tone-deaf reply to his wife Abigail’s “Remember the Ladies” letter, rejecting her appeal out of hand) led the committee to assign Thomas Jefferson to draft…
It’s not just the positions we hold, but what we’re allowed to wear also. When religions and men-or anyone, for that matter-dictate these choices, they are wrong.
It’s why we absolutely need separation of religion and state. Fused together it’s a recipe for fascism and autocracy.
Agreed. For me, it’s one step further: teach all children secularism, common sense, analytical thinking.
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I’m shocked . I always assumed that America was ‘above other countries in being fair and equal ‘? We were taught that America was the most progressive country on earth - with the fairest laws and complete equality for women . How deeply sad to learn otherwise . And trump certainly propagates this by his hideous treatment of women …
I did not include it, but maybe I should have, but the United States is also ranked in the top 10 most dangerous nations on earth for women.
Oh God - really ? That’s horrific and really terribly heartbreaking. America - of all countries . Not a third world country - but the proclaimed leader of the ‘free world’.