Silence Doesn't Speak Volumes: Real Feminists Speak Up For Women's Rights
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Silence Doesn't Speak Volumes: Real Feminists Speak Up For Women's Rights

When will Ivanka Trump start advocating for the women's rights she claims to care about as a feminist?

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Silence Doesn't Speak Volumes: Real Feminists Speak Up For Women's Rights
Michael Vadon

As President Trump is planning cuts that could harm The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), thousands of Planned Parenthoods are shutting down and over 12,000 women recently couldn't seek help in abuse shelters with defunding nationwide. If Trump decides to take away VAWA, this would cause the rising number of domestic violence victims, at a time where intimate partner abuse is currently reported every 20 seconds, to possibly have nowhere to turn for the health and emotional support they likely need to get out for her and her children's lives. Despite the hard-preached "abortion" focus towards Planned Parenthood by the far-right side, in comparison, no funding towards Planned Parenthood goes for abortions. Planned Parenthood's largely provide services so poor women can have access to reproductive services like birth control contraceptives which they need to prevent abortion largely because President Trump is trying to overturn Roe V. Wade. Even though women living in extreme poverty make up the largest percentage of those who receive abortions, Conservatives are not only attempting to take away a woman's right over their body, but the Conservative agenda gives many of these women in extreme poverty little opportunities of having a fortunate pregnancy by cutting away all the programs to support the baby once it's actually born.

I believe a woman who can stand silently at legislation that severely cuts these programs to help women and children has no right to identify as a feminist. In what kind of world is it classy to be proud of only being able to see results for your work behind closed doors and defending men who sexually assault women, like Ivanka or stealing Michelle Obama's words, like Melania? It's clear Ivanka likely supports her father's misogynistic views by teaching other women how to cope with men's objectification of women in sexual harassment rather than teaching women this behavior is appropriate and unacceptable. President Trump has a reoccurring way of bundling together all women's issues like VAWA, reproductive health, and equal pay dismissively over to Ivanka as if he could care less about all of it, which given the recent changes, I believe his views are rather clear. Donald Trump Jr. even says, "If women can’t handle sexual harassment, they should be “kindergarten teachers rather than in the workforce.” I just really don't get the appeal. How do some people find these women to be good role models simply by wearing elegant clothes and looking beautiful? I believe feminists are real leaders in the movement’s goal towards preventing violence against women, equal pay for equal work, and guaranteed reproductive rights.

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