color me perplexed

September 19, 2008 by Betmo

i haven’t been writing much because i am having difficulty wrapping my mind around america. especially my fellow ‘vagina americans’- and yes, i think that that term is a hoot. thanks to samantha bee of the daily show. i am increasingly perplexed at the sheer amount of women who think and believe conservatively. ‘traditionalists’ i guess you would call them. this post isn’t going to be a big ramble because i just don’t understand how you can be a woman and be against women’s rights. not just about abortion- that is a small part- but on bigger issues. as american women, we haven’t fought for much of anything. yeah! we got the right to vote. big deal. i guess it stopped there. we gave up the fight for equal pay, equal healthcare and research, equality in the home, equality in the justice system, equality in the military, we have largely given up the fight for contraceptives- we are abdicating our rights back to the male dominated patriarchy- and for what?

it’s true that we can hold jobs in most sectors of the work force- but it is still true that we get passed over for promotions and whatnot. if anything, this election process has highlighted and brought back into the open the facts that misogyny and racism are as alive as ever and not as underground as one might think. millions of women live below the poverty line and attempt to raise families in that environment. and they are called ‘welfare moms’ by the ’soccer and hocky moms’ set. millions of women are abused daily by spouses, family members, strangers- and they are called ‘weak’ by the women who have led sheltered lives.

at this time in our history, american women have the right to go places and do things unchaperoned. we can eat what we want and drive where we want and screw who we want- for the most party without impunity. with ‘role models’ like sarah palin, lynn cheney, and the rest of the right wing ilk coupled with the christian ilk- how long is that going to last? with the rise of the police state, how long before women lose their freedoms in the name of ‘protection’ and security? it smacks of the southern plantation days- or the victorian era- when women were not supposed to be educated or think for themselves. where women were supposed to be eye candy and live for the will of the husband.

we have come a long way baby- and now we’re headed back.

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