I’m trying a new approach. I don’t go off about something for at least 3 days old, so there is time to allow the hysteria and game commentary cool down. Then I can judge if the story is truly comment worthy. That’s why I’m focusing on International Women’s Day, now.
It wasn’t until after I became an adult with a little world experience before I realized what an unusual family I came from. In my house, my mother had the stronger personality, so everything appeared decided by both mom and dad.
My mother was worker bee that became a small business entrepreneur. It was by watching mom handle her business that I learned what it meant to be responsible. It also showed me that it takes hard work and diligence to succeed.
My mother and I had a rocky relationship, to say the least, but I will always admire her grit and her example of take work seriously.
Our society has come a long way during my lifetime. So much so, that younger generations don’t understand the oppression that was so casually dished out. It seems to me, that the Women’s Movement and 21st century Feminism have reached critical mass to get more and more women involved in government and politics.
I am proud of the younger generations who took our messages from the ’60s and 70s and made them their own and now they are picking up where we left off. I am optimistic that we can save our bacon from Global Warming and Fascist White Nationalists.
It is clear that they have an inherent understand of equality and fairness, more than I did at their age.
I am happy to see women engaging in government. If I remember this right, the Iroquois Confederation was a participatory democracy where they would gather together and hash out problems with men and women equal. In fact, I think that by tradition women were mothers to the tribe and had positions of authority. It was the Iroquois that our founding fathers and the women supporting them, looked to the Confederation for examples of a living democracy. We can thank the Iroquois for our democracy.
We have drifted so far from cooperative problem solving that we need the networking of women to direct us back to a civil society.
IMHO – everyday should celebrate women and their contributions to society and the incredible potential unleashed once, their “brethren take their boots off our [women] necks.”
I can’t believe that I just paraphrased the Notorious RBG. Long may she live and provide her wisdom.