Dear Feminists,
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For those of you who operate in a "fact-based" world, I'll lay it out for you.
In Gambia, 78.3 percent of women ages 15-49 have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).
In Afghanistan, a woman giving birth will die every hour.
In Iraq, girls cannot attend school for fear of being raped or kidnapped.
In Nepal, if you are not married by 15, you are sold to a sex trafficker.
In Darfur, Sudan, rape is used by Military officers to "control women."
Now...
My question: who is fighting for these women?
Is not attending work, wearing pink "pussy" hats really the correct response to this?
I'm sorry, but it's embarrassing.
As American women, we are given so much freedom. We can vote, drive cars, run for the Presidency, become doctors, lawyers, school teachers, stay at home mothers and so much more.
Instead of focusing on what very little limitations we have, we need to focus on what we can do, and how far we have walked from the original ideals of feminism.
As women: we are sisters, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, friends, and best friends.
We are strong.
And because we are strong...
Here is what we should be entitled to:
To choose.
Stay at home mother? Great.
Working mother? Awesome.
Don't want kids? That's Okay!
Want 100 kids? Sweet.
Why is it that we judge a woman by her choice?
To never judge another woman.
We are so judgmental to one another.
Please, STOP.
There is nothing I am sicker of than women judging other women.
And lastly,
To love ourselves.
Eat your favorite ice cream. Dance to your favorite song. And love yourself while doing it.
If you've made it this far into this article, listen to me:
I am not saying we don't need feminism. We do. But we need to use our freedoms given to help women who can't be free enough to even have feminism.
Visit the links below and sign up to get involved.
It's time we rise up ladies; women around the world need us.
For women's rights in Afghanistan
For the fight to end FGM
