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Once again International Women’s Day snuck up on me. If it wasn't for tweeter I’d have missed it. I’ve been pondering all day what I means to me, truth be known I was only made aware of the day last year. One year later I’m now a mother of two, my newborn is a girl. I feel even more than ever inspired to be the best mother and woman I can be. I subscribe to the views of womanism more than feminism. I celebrate my femininity; I have much love for my fellow-woman whatever her creed, class or race and I love my man.
Women have come a long way in terms of gaining certain ‘rights’
and ‘freedoms’. However we do have some way to go again, as these ‘privileges’
are not freely given all over the world to EVERY woman. When:
- girls are prevented from meeting their full potential
- woman are fighting for the right to vote
- girls and young women can be attacked on public transport just to satisfy some level of perversion
- wives can be bullied, beaten and raped by their husbands
- the cries of a mother in need of support and respite go on heard,
(and the list goes on) we have some way to go, STILL. However, for today let us raise
a glass or say a quiet prayer for those who went before and paved the way to
give us the freedoms we enjoy and sometimes take for granted.
Thank You!
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As a woman I can't help but think about these things but I can imagine that being a mum of a girl must really make this even more important. I hope I can raise my boys to respect girls/women as much as mums of girls can teach their daughters to respect themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Workingberlinmum...western society too has a long way to go in gaining equality for women (as 1 of only 7 percent of female filmmakers in a predominantly male industry, I realise this particularly) and I'm one of the lucky ones when you look at women in the rest of the world. Here's to greater equality and respect for women the world over.
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