Today was International Women's Day.
But this guy was protesting something else.
WAR.
"War is chaos, War is lawless
War ignores our civil rights
Land it poison and our rivers
War inspires both rape and murder
Death of children go uncounted
War betrays all Women's Rights"
Not sure how he connects this all up with women's rights at the end, but might as well try, right?
For women to have the rights that they should, they need to fight the good fight too.
That type of war does not betray them, but bolsters their cause.
Everyone who has been abused, enslaved, and discriminated against needs to free themselves of the shackles of oppression.
What we do know is that "war is hell!"
And certainly war is an option of last resort.
At the same time, war can restore the peace and right the wrongs of despots and tyranny and violence and persecution.
War is something to be feared and avoided, until it can't.
At which time, hell on earth is released, so hopefully peace can ultimately prevail once again.
In war, everyone loses, but with the hope that at the end, good wins!
For woman, today is also the continuance of that war and fight for equality, respect, and proper treatment in every way they completely deserve.
That's a war worth fighting for. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Women's War
My mother taught me well, every day is women's day!
Little did I know that March 8 is also designated International Women's Day.
Today is the 10th, but I still saw a lady on the Metro carrying a balloon down the escalator celebrating this special time.
Overall, even in the 21st century, it is appalling to say that women are not only still under-appreciated, but highly disrespected, and worse physically and emotionally abused around the world
Just this week, I read about another horrible rape in India of a 16-year old girl who was then set on fire and burned alive over 95% of her body--what crazies out there do this to women?
In Afghanistan, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head for being a girl and wanting to go to school.
In other places in the world, terror groups like ISIS and Boko Haram abduct and make sexual slaves of women.
In Germany, migrants sexually assaulted literally hundreds of women on New Year's Eve.
And in Brooklyn, New York, 4 out of 5 suspects in a rape of an 18-year girl in the park go free without bail.
This doesn't even touch the more mundane matters of pay inequity and equal opportunity issues where women still only earn 84% of what men earn in the workplace.
As if any normal person should even need to be told this, I remember some progressive teacher in yeshiva telling us that women being disrespected or hurt could be your mother, sister, wife, or daughter, so DON'T do it or tolerate it!
While gender stereotypes still prevail about women being solely the homemaker and rearer of children, at least more men are now open to sharing or taking on these roles as well.
I think for women, it's still a grossly sick and inequitable world out there and it's a true mark of shame on anyone who perpetuates these abuses.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Every Day Is Women's Day
