i guess i have a theme going today (unintentional)

it IS different being a woman. the criticism IS different in many cases. we are NOT treated the same. we are NOT thought of the same. by same I mean equally. of course men and women are different. semantics here.
ms schnakenberg makes many good points. she's talking about women that write op-ed. however, what she says applies to far more than just women who write.

and i have noticed from time to time, even the most 'liberal' appearing people tend to treat women from time to time as second class citizens.

i am one of the lucky ones. i never believed i was second class. i never allowed myself to be treated as such. i don't confront everyone though. sometimes i do just walk away. i have one hell of a temper and sometimes it's just for the best that i beat feet.

i have a question for you to think about.
do you know ANY woman in america that is happy with her body?

why do you think that is?


Hating the Hate Mail
By Heidi Schnakenberg, Women's eNewsPosted on May 25, 2006, Printed on May 25, 2006http://www.alternet.org/story/36650/
As a young woman, I stepped out into the treacherous waters of opinion journalism, and was amazed by the lack of civil discourse and the intensity of personal attacks that I received via e-mail, letters to the editor and on Web postings.
Subjects such as women's issues, racism, anti-war politics, environmental matters and virtually any topic deemed "liberal" inspired some vitriolic comments from readers that I will mention here. I was called everything from "bitch" to "whore" and was often addressed as "sweetie" or "honey" before a launch of expletives. Most attackers took the position that I was just a cute, dumb, college student (even though I was in my late 20s) in an effort to discredit me and I was most reliably attacked by a collection of right-wing Web sites and right-wing men who sent me letters............

and this horrid instance:

..........Rekha Basu is the civil liberties voice at the Des Moines Register in Iowa, and she is a woman, liberal and Indian. She's been called a Hindu-worshipping slut, an Arab terrorist, a whore, a lesbian, a cunt, a skanky Muslim. Most insults are via e-mail and on Web sites, where attackers can remain relatively anonymous.
She's been stalked and followed on the highway and told readers can't wait to read her obituary in the newspaper. But nothing hurt like the time a reader said they hoped her husband, who has Lou Gehrig's disease, would hurry up and die so she would leave the country...............Do Men Get the Same?
Do men get the same? I asked David Yepsen, who is white, male, centrist and also a columnist at the Register. He says he is called an asshole from time to time and received a death threat once, but Yepsen felt readers had paid their quarter and were entitled to an opinion. "I've heard Rekha was called a Hindu-worshipping slut and things like that. I've never gotten anything on par with that," he said........................