Bra Burning: Yei Women's Day!

Do you have boobies (big or small)?

Do you lack an Adams apple?

Does you’re uterine linning cause you grief once a month?

Do you have a vagina?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions  you’re a woman! Congrats!

Today is the international day of the Woman. I’ve heard many a man say “Oh I would hate to be a woman.” First of all, shut the fuck up, that’s insulting to my gender to think that being a woman is a horrible affliction. Being a woman kicks ass. As a gender, we have seen major advances for us brought to us by the women’s movement. The pill has allowed us to now have a choice as to when we will have kids, therefore opening up our futures to more career advances (See, right wing crazies,  the pill isn’t just about us getting our ‘whoring’ on).

Recently we (us ladies) were having a conversation about the ‘man-demic’ that is going on (i.e. guys not calling back, or being slackers). I had suggested that a women we have seen a lot of doors being open and we are no longer needing to conform to just one role: housewife and mother. We now can choose if this is the path we want.  It seems that men have been stuck in the same role for a long time : breadwinner. Why can’t men choose like we can? Slowly we’re seeing more men be the stay at home dad, and taking less ‘traditional’ roles, which I think is great. No one should question a man’s masculinity for taking non-traditional roles just like a woman should seem less ‘famine’ if she opts for more ‘masculine’ roles.  If as women we can transcend our gender expectations, why can’t men be offered the same  chance. But I digress, this blog is about celebrating women, the man-volution topic although interesting can wait.

As we celebrate the amazingness of women, we need to recognize that 1) we need more than just one day 2) many women in the world are still being oppressed and denied basic rights  3) we, in the U.S. , are seeing a rise in legislation that is keeping women from basic health care access and impeding or our reproductive rights. We must continue to fight for ourselves and our sisters.  

Celebrate women’s international day by donating to charities that support women and children:

Here are some ideas, there are TONS more

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ (Planned Parenthood shouldn’t be synonymous with Abortions. Planned parenthood provides reproductive healthcare for women who sometimes cannot afford or have insurance)

Kiva.org/women (connect you to women who need loans)

http://www.projectsister.org  (helps those who have been sexually assaulted, the majority of which are women)

WOUGNET (Women of Uganda Network)