fighting has become a way of life
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Fighting has become a way of life
Considered, second-class citizens, the weaker sex. Too emotional. Too fragile. Not smart enough. Too smart for her own good. Too manly. Not pretty enough, too pretty. Too fat, too thin. Too opinionated. Too quiet. Being born a woman is challenging to say the least.
Historically, women have had to fight for basic citizen rights. Adding to the list, cultural and religious beliefs which tangles women’s existence. Choosing the right man, making sure he can support a family. Fixing a mistake, hiding husbands’ indiscretions or bad habits from family and society. Hiding sexuality, sex with a wife is only for procreation. Being submissive, whatever the husband says or does is correct, even marital rape. Household chores, cleaning, dusting, cooking. Being a mother, taking care of kids, children need their mothers more than their father. Women belong in the kitchen, at home with children. Women can’t vote.
The upbringing of an ideal woman mainly serves as a perfect wife and mother explained by Jamaica Kincaid in “Girl.” All the rules that women need to abide by in order to be accepted in a community and earn a husband which in turn provides for her and their children. From the proper cleaning techniques of a home, the savory cooking that needs to be learn, to the proper behavior that needs to be enforced and followed in order to assure not being seen as promiscuous. As time passes from child to adulthood, the mother teaches her daughter how to take care of herself in order to be successful, by society standards and to lookout for her interests. Self-care was rare! The defining characteristics of a woman are her fighting capabilities, evolution, independence and resilience.
Women’s right to vote was a mayor battle. After many struggles Women’s Suffrage was born. The fight started around seventy years before voting rights were given to white women. Between parades, picketing the White House, marches, protests and demonstrations which led to injuries and arrests, The Women’s Suffrage movement started to get national recognition. The fight went on for years while encountering difficulties along the way. The problem wasn’t only coming from men, between women as well. The fight against male dominance, racism, religious beliefs, different upbringing made groups clash while fighting for rights. Racism knocking at their door, realizing that if black women joined the cause, southern women would not participate in the fight. At some point, the warriors changed their approach to get results. Instead of arguing “that women and men were created equal” they focused on the moral differences between women and men. Different groups supported women’s participation on war efforts during World War I, by taking over “men’s” jobs in hope that their involvement would demonstrate their citizenship. After World War I, women’s work during the war, aided their cause by proving themselves patriotic and deserving citizens. After innumerable failures, women won the right to vote on August 18, 1920. The 19th amendment was ratified. On Election Day that same year, more than 8 million women across the U.S. voted for the first time.
Black women started their own movements appointing their own group. The National Association of Colored Women Club which not only stood and fought for women’s right to vote but also to aid the black community with legal protections against violence and oppression. Tenacity drove to more triumphs. In some states, 1960 was the year BLACK women were allowed to vote. That’s only 60 years ago. The battle continues. Currently, U.S. Citizens are still fighting against voter suppression in many states, noticeably in minority communities. “the sheer size of Harris County, where 4.7 million Texans should have more than a single hand delivery location” (McCullough et al.) Women’s devoted will to fight against injustice has proven fruitful. Momentum gained during that time, resulted in more achievements against male dominance.
Women’s evolution from a submissive frame of mind created by societal oppressors took a turn after the breaking of their shell and their need for more. Not having a say on their own body was a trigger for many unhappy, unfulfilled women. Another mayor win was also passed in 1960. Women were able to purchase birth control pills and got one step closer to reproductive freedom. Tired, frail, depressed, anxious women at home without options but with plenty to fight for. “1973, Roe v. Wade, 7-2 majority allowed women to legally and safely get abortions” (Oyez.) Growth and development from the new and improved gender scared many.
Restricting abortion was part of an effort to keep control over women. Immigration took its part as many feared the end of the white race. Rape, marital rape, incest, health issues, forgetting to take the pill, a negative response from the partner, abusive husbands/boyfriends, low-income families, systematic racism and lack of sexual education, so many reasons why women decide to have a safe abortion. Opposing abortion are religious beliefs, conservative politicians, men and their need to keep controlling women. Women are human beings not vessels or incubators. Illegal abortions being performed on hard wooden kitchen tables, bright red blood spilled all over the floor, painful procedures performed without anesthesia and no medications on hand. Sticking sharp objects into their bodies, suffering from pain and infection, Alone! Walking down dark alleys to underground abortion rooms with zero sterile equipment and zero regard for women’s lives, that is how some abortions were performed. Infections that came after an illegal abortion and unstoppable bleeding with excessively high fevers killed many women.
For those who oppose abortion stating that you are killing a human, if a fetus is a human, women should be able to get life insurance on the fetus, so if she has a miscarriage, she should get paid for that insurance policy. Men should start paying child support as soon as she becomes aware of the pregnancy. Women should be able to claim the fetus in their tax return. A man leaving a pregnant woman should have consequences. If women can’t back out of pregnancy, neither should men.
People need to sign and approve donation of organs, blood donation, blood transfusion, intubation and resuscitation, respecting a person’s decision on what can and cannot be done with their own body, but yet when it comes to abortion, it’s all about controlling women and using Roe v Wade as a voting tool. Most are pro-birth, not pro-life. “life begins at conception” is a belief, life begins with brain activity, is a fact. The law permits people to kill an invader, as self-defense or at war without consequences. Forcing women to have a child against her will is appalling. The future of an unwanted child is somber. To this date, the pressure of religious beliefs weighs heavy on conservative politicians still passing laws on what and how women should live their lives. Just recently, during the pandemic, the South Carolina governor signed a major abortion ban into law all while opposing a mask mandate because “you can’t have the government tell us what to do with our bodies.” Hypocrisy at its best! Reproductive freedom is currently at risk with a majority of (men) conservative justices in the Supreme Court, the odds are against women.
Too often, women are defined and disqualified by their gender. A woman in power goes against nature. Authentic, strong, smart independent women are a threat to many men who feel emasculated by their mere presence. Equal employment opportunity started in 1968 when women gained the right to have equal access to job listings. Going through the crisp pages of a newspaper to search for a job listing where separation by sex was inevitable. In 1970 women gained the right to be paid the same as men for the same work. Some employers gave women different titles to avoid paying them what a man earned in the same position. Same work, different title, less pay. Enduring sexual harassment and having a study show that training against sexual harassment is the problem “Start any training by telling a group of people that they’re [men] the problem, and they’ll get defensive” (Dobbin and Kalev.) Men feel attacked. According to men, the message that sexual harassment training gives, is that men are to blame, or men are the problem of sexual harassment. The audacity!
Eventually, women were able to get a credit card without the husband’s signature and allowed to own property which in turn, gave women power over their personal finances.
Being called a “Nasty Woman” by a misogynistic fascist trying to oppress when feeling threatened by the power of a woman still rings loud to this date. With money comes power, with power comes women’s voices loud and clear that can’t be silent at the sight of discrimination and oppression. The remarkable resilience that women have demonstrated can only be repaid by moving forward the same way they did but stronger and smarter.
Marriage is an economic proposition. A dress is not an invitation. Women’s jobs don’t include making man feel “manly.” Who does what in the household isn’t decided by gender. Survivors, warriors, inspirational, powerful women like Jovita Idar who said “The hour of their degradation is past. Women are no longer servants but rather the equals of men, companions to them” (Fitzpatrick).
Fighting has become a way of life and worth the outcome. All the challenges encountered have led to freer generations, capable women carrying the torch to lead and conquer the past. 2021, Kamala Harris swore in as the first colored woman Vice President. Moving forward with hope, strength and tenacity, we shall overcome. The Future is Female.
Works Cited
Dobbin, Frank, and Alexandra Kalev. “Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire.” Harvard Business Review, Hbr Magazine, 9 Nov. 2020, hbr.org/2020/05/why-sexual-harassment-programs-backfire.
Fitzpatrick, Marlena. “Jovita Idar: Journalism Pioneer #WomenHistoryMonth.” Latino Rebels, 8 Mar. 2016, www.latinorebels.com/2016/03/04/latinahistorymonth-jovita-idar-journalism-pioneer/.
McCullough, Jolie, et al. “Texas Counties Temporarily Blocked from Offering Multiple Mail-in Ballot Drop-off Locations.” The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020, www.texastribune.org/2020/10/11/texas-ballot-drop-off-locations/.
Roe v. Wade. “Oyez, www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18. Accessed 24 Feb. 2021.
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