Happy International Women’s Day! Can Genders Be Equal?!
March 8th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Madame Katarina
Mistress Ravine is extremely delighted to wish everyone a happy Women’s Day! Some say that President Obama is running an administration more focused on women’s issues and equality than any before!
Sometimes it’s easy to lose hope, seeing all of the pain and misery happening regularly to our fellow woman. 1 in 6 women are a victim of either attempted, or completed, rape, according to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN). Read more shocking facts about violence here.
Click here to read an article about Women’s Day and see a heart-moving photo of Indian women rallying. (Frequent horribly violent acts against women in India include: acid throwing, bride burning, eve teasing, female infanticide, and more.) I hope that all of the women pictured are safe!
Peace and stability “can only be achieved with the participation of women as equal partners with men.”, says The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Personally, I feel it would be more accurate to say, “with the worldwide acceptance and treatment of women as an equal part of humanity with men.”
Women should be respected as human beings, not treated as inferior, weak, stupid, or sex objects! It needs to be acknowledged that women have the right over their own bodies, to decide who does not touch it, and who does. And I wish that they can be broken free from idealism of submission, or being treated as only child bearers or house cleaners. I wish that they could break free from society’s stereotypes of bitchiness and nagging. And from the expectancy of a perfect appearance, because it is viewed as the roll of the woman and her body to be beautiful, mysterious, eye candy. (Mistress Ravine strongly believes that if beauty is not treated as a feminine thing, and men take care of their appearance in same way, men and their bodies can be just as beautiful as women.)
Yes, many men are sexually abused too, and their pain should not be discredited because they’re “supposed to be stronger”. Yes, men can be victims of negative stereotypes as well, often relating to stupidity. Yes, some men are treated unfairly because other men make them look bad, and make it difficult for them to be trusted. Yes, some women are rapists, or use men only for sex. We know there are horrible people of both genders. Mistress Ravine is not man-hating (with the exception of the criminals and assholes that deserve it)!
HOWEVER… People everywhere need to recognize that prejudice and violence against women IS more prevalent than with men and has been for AGES.
No, men and women are NOT equal in the sense that they are scientifically made up differently. The they they think and feel is different… but each offers something important to the world! There are many great accomplishments in history form both males and females!
Who ever decided that one should dominate the other? It’s ridiculous! It doesn’t make sense! Yes, I know some would attribute it to God’s will, while others would say it’s ingrained in us because we evolved from animals and that’s how they work. But that just sounds like an excuse to me. Wherever humans came from, we all should take pride in being the only creature in the planet like us. As far as we know (and depending on the person), we have more intelligence and emotions combined than any other species in the world. We should feel a sense of responsibility to be the best we can, because we have the consciousness to want and be able to! We have so much potential!
I wish that the treatment of women would finally change, a complete and permanent shift. It seems almost impossible, I know… but I can’t be complacent, I can’t help but care. I know that one day, Women’s Day, is most likely not going to change the entire world (without something unexpected and phenomenal happening). However, it lights a small fire of hope considering it has seemed as though no one has been paying attention to these issues.
(Thank you @acidcherry for making me aware of Women’s Day!)
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Dominic V. March 10th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
I can only hope for the day when women and men would do no harm to one another and I think this helps that. Many people will see this and other articles like it and talk about it. That will at least make a few people think twice and spread these words of wisdom as I try to do as often as I can, when I can. I hope to one day see the mistreatment of both genders treated seriously and with the punishments they deserve if they are still willing to wrong each other. Such practices will be harder to stop in Africa and India, but it’s women like the ones rallying who will be in the forefront of that battle. I wish them the best and the strength to conquer those who oppose them for no better reason than because their fathers did it, and their fathers father did it or because they are the stronger ones. The definition of strength never was and never will be who can hurt someone easiest. I’m proud to see a day for Women and will look forward to it as a day I can be proud to be a part of and show other men that women are precious, intelligent and strong, and are not to be compared or belittled in any way. As we are all human beings and regardless of race, gender, or nationality, we are the only one of our kind here and we should make that mean something. Rather than using it as an excuse to compete or hurt one another.