Just so everyone knows this blog post was inspired after reading a fair amount of feminist literature as well as a little bit of LGBT literature, however this post is going to focus more on feminism and women's rights than lesbian and gay culture as I feel I do not yet have enough knowledge to adequately write on LGBT culture. I just want to say before anyone gets all crazy on me that I am entitled to my opinions. If yours are different great but don't shove them in my face unless you want to discuss them like a human being. I am a Christian and I have morals accordingly however I believe I am entitled to live my life one way and someone else has just as much of a right to live theirs the complete opposite and it doesn't mean I have to agree with it.
And so it begins...
Just the other day I was watching TV with my friend and his family it was the season premiere of Expedition Impossible and my friend kept commenting negatively on the different people in the show. One guy was blind and I heard how retarded it was for him to be participating in this show. Then I heard about how stupid it was for a grandpa to try to do the show. There was a group of women from the Bronx, NY on the show called Latino Persuasion I think and he just ranted about how they needed to stop bitching and it wasn't practical for them to wear skirts and he just went on an on. He finally hit my last straw when one of the members of the group called Country Boys was having a very hard time in the sun and the sand trekking across the Sahara Dessert. This member just decided to sit down for about 10 minutes, and he also happened to be African American. Well my friend found it appropriate to comment on and on and even had the audacity to say he should be used to the heat. I played dumb and said why? He replied well you know. Again playing dumb I said no what could you possibly mean? He responds cotton fields. I was horrified. Simply horrified.
When did it become ok to judge someone based on skin color, race, religion, age, and sex? I will be the first to admit I am guilty of doing it but today I am making a conscious decision to watch the things I say, do, and think. I am challenging you to do it as well. How many in your life have you been hurt by someone who made a comment that offended you. I know for me it has been countless. Whether it's cat calls that cross lines or even hearing from my younger siblings in the 5th grade that they bullies at their school that harass them on a daily basis. It is RIDICULOUS. 5TH GRADE PEOPLE!!
I spent probably an hour last night on a website called microaggressions.com. I highly recommend reading through it. Like seriously it just makes you think about how your words can make people feel.
Now to address the whole feminist spirit that has completely caught hold of me. My passion regarding women and how they deserve to be treated has increased tenfold. There is a tendency for our culture to blame rape on a woman rather than the man who raped her. Because you know ladies if you are looking good and showing off cleavage or leg and wearing high heels you're just asking for it. Heaven forbid that is crap. Also I understand men are visual creatures and that is fine it's how God made them but for some of them to expect women to look beautiful in their standards at all times by making them lose weight or wear makeup or wear certain clothes or act a certain way. LADIES hear me here be yourself no matter what you do.
If you don't want to get married DON'T GET MARRIED.
If you want to be Catholic BE CATHOLIC.
If you want to dress risque DO IT.
If you want a boob job GET ONE.
If you are a lesbian OWN IT.
If you don't like makeup DON'T WEAR IT.
If you want to shave your head bald DO IT! (and I'll be jealous I've always wanted to try it)
If you want to join a nudist colony GO FOR IT.
If you want to drop out of college and follow your heart by all means DO IT.
If your man doesn't meet most of your requirements DUMP HIS ASS.
*sigh* What I'm saying here is don't look for the world to affirm your decisions in life. Look inside of you and do what matters to you. I believe this will be a step to true happiness.
And ladies never ever ever ever let someone talk down to you because you have breasts and a vagina. I know I have mine but I also know I was blessed with a brain and just because my breasts are pushed up to perfection there is no reason for my intelligence to be negated. I hope my female readers feel the same way.
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