On January 21, 2017 millions of women in hundreds of major cities in every continent (I see you, Antarctica), marched in support of bringing peace, love, friendship, compassion and understanding to a time where many are afraid and feel unsupported, unloved, unwelcome, and misunderstood by the American government.
While Trump supporters were quick to clap back at the feminist movement, it would be unfair to the men, women and children who passionately participated in the march to say that the root of the event was anti-Trump. No, the root of the event was supporting one another even if they look different than you, sound different than you, or think differently than you.
The differences that U.S. citizens share are what "Make America Great." The inspiration for the march was to remind the government and, more importantly, each other that no one wants to feel ignored. It is a basic human instinct to have the desire to feel loved and welcomed.
Women are constantly being stereotyped as cruel to one another, and sometimes there can be some truth to that as many have experienced at one point in their life. However, the women's march proved that women will support and stand by each other when it is most important.
For those who were against the march, who believed that 3.1 million people (in the U.S. alone) wasted a perfectly good Saturday, who believe that President Trump is not racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, you name it, and who believe that the values in which the march was based on were wrong or immoral-- take peace in knowing that the true fire that ignited the passion in the hearts of millions was derived from a desire of peace and unity among all people.
Those who marched were demanding respect and compassion, not conflict or judgement. Those who marched understand and wanted to preach if you are born onto this Earth then you are worthy of the same rights and respect as everyone else, no matter what your gender, race, sexuality, religion, nationality, income, or history may be. Those who marched want society to move forward and beyond wasting our days sitting on the couch eating an entire family sized bag of potato chips by ourselves while judging someone on TV for how they look, dress, talk, act or just live our their daily lives because it is a little bit different than ours. Those who marched were not there to say "we oppose you" but "we support you." Those who marched did not 100% agree with everything the people surrounding them believed in, but they did respect their beliefs and saw them as valid. Those who marched wanted to fill the world with justice, equality, peace and most importantly RESPECT. Those who marched did not want to make America great again, they wanted to make America greater than it already is.
