Women today are a
pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth… and hardly anything else.
At least if you look
at the faces covered by makeup and retouched on magazine covers so common today
and of everybody attempting to emulate that.
We are supposed to
be pleasing and willing and present a smiling surface. From birth through
adolescence, school and advertising that’s the message we are told and sold.
In a society where
even some professed feminists refuse to acknowledge the damaging effect of
wearing high heels, it’s easy to see we still have a long way to go until true
equality is ours to enjoy.
Oppression of women
has never stopped. It has taken on a few new aspects and also kept the old. The
rights to free abortion are constantly questioned and attacked. The rape
culture is running rampant. The war on women is ongoing. Many women, unable to
liberate themselves from their upbringing are even actively participating in
the subjugation of both themselves and others.
The last case going
public was that of Jada, a sixteen year old girl being drugged and violated,
and then «shamed» (the rapist and supporters shamed themselves) when the image
of her drugged and still body was put on the Internet and went viral. Many
people didn't support her, but sided with the violator and enjoyed a good
laughter at Jada’s expense.
In Steubenville a major part of the local
community supported the football player rapists and not the rape victim.
In Maryville , Missouri
These are cases in
the United States , classic, typical cases, excellent illustrations, but this is a world-wide «phenomenon».
The sympathy is
often given to the perpetrator, not the victim. People complain that a given
football player’s career is ruined and so on. Their lack of true empathy is
staggering.
These are just a few
cases illustrating what keeps happening, and it’s all due to lack of true
respect for women. Part of that is we are seen as frail creatures, hardly
deserving of proper treatment. My take on that is this:
We are not made of
china. We don’t need special protection, only equal to that of everybody else.
Another is religion.
Religion, among other things is also an attempt at control, also men’s control
of women.
In a culture, segmented over centuries, where
males are seen as superior it is evidently easier to excuse brutality against
women. That is just more twisted logic, of course, but that’s clearly how many
people see it. Some men actually feel entitled
to sex, both in a given situation and in general. To them and their apologists
it matters little whether or not the girl consents. They have other concerns
than the well being of a given girl or woman.
If you begin
researching this subject further, like I did, you will find lots of surprising
and shocking facts. The end conclusion becomes inevitable.
