Men are great,lets just get that out of the way for all of the male ' woman bashers' that deride us for wanting to have equality.
Who call us"feminists", which,BTW, is a good term!
Remember, you have a woman for a mom...and I have a husband and a son and a dad.
There's nothing wrong with women desiring equal respect,equal pay,and equal esteem.
With that said,I watched a reality show called "Celebrity Fit Club" where a marine sergeant barked at the male contestant,after losing 7 lbs of weight,"That takes balls,man...that takes gonads made out of steel!".
Seriously folks, would he have said that to a woman? Would we have heard him yell "that takes OVARIES,woman!...ovaries made out of steel!"?
No."balls" has come to imply, bravery,guts, strength. We even say it to women.
And,losing weight requires bravery?
Discipline, yes, hard-work and will power,sure...but, bravery?
How about child birth?
What does that take? How about strength,... and guts and bravery? How many guys do you know would pass an 8 lb. cannonball through their body,willingly? Destroy their 'youthful figure' and leak milk for months?
Im sure some would say it takes "balls", but that would be silly,wouldnt it?
Cause only ovaries of steel can supply you with the bravery to do what we do ,on a regular basis,with little validation and less respect -supplying the human race with the ability to continue.
and p.s., yes ,of course we need your swimming cells to germinate, but really, its not the same guys.
I'm a firm believer, too, that in our struggle for equal rights, we've given up that which makes us unique and powerful; our divine femininity. I don't want to have to behave like a man to be considered equally. I want to be all the woman that I am, strong, playful, intelligent, wry and wise, and use every weapon in my armory to create the life I want. Using only the ones to which males can relate makes this world a very lopsided place.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I admire your ovaries of steel.