Woman's Equality Day is actually Sunday August 26th, 2012 but we celebrated today the 92nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment at Dallas City Hall with a roomful of women, most dressed entirely in white. I however, wore my traditional black - not meant to be a sign of dissent, just discouragement.
Hard to believe that it was not until 1920 that women were given the right to vote. I remember Mom telling me that the two choices she had for a job were teacher and nurse. It seems hard to believe today.
Equally hard to believe that we are still fighting for control of our own bodies and for the enlightenment of some men. Until men start giving birth to children I really think they need to stay out of women's issues. It is scary to hear what comes out of some congressmen's mouths.
At least one man has some sense. In talking about Rep Akin's outrageous opinion on rape he said 'The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we are talking about doesn't make sense to the American people and certainly doesn't make sense to me. So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women."
Why we put up with it is beyond me. Maybe we just don't know what we need to do. There must be a movement or an organization that I should be joining.
Two more days.... I think I can make it.
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