Enough.
Enough images of a woman's body being batted around like a trophy.
Enough of being told that biology is destiny, and my destiny is to serve. Stop claiming that serving is really ruling.
Enough equating my sexuality with my personhood. I'm sick of women's rights being trotted out only when talking about sex.
This diary is intended as a haven from the onslaught of images and media reports that deny women's potential.
Warning! There are no reports of which male will be chosen to tell half a billion Catholic women how to live. There are also no advertisements for liposuction.
It took the last couple of weeks for it to sink in how much ground we have lost. The Schaivo circus was amazingly transparent in how it equated a woman only with a body. The changing of the guard at the Vatican will be an all male media-fest for weeks to come. We have women being raped in the military, with no justice. We can't even get our prescriptions filled. This is more than "Biology is Destiny"- it is an atmosphere that biology is the sum total of a woman.
So let's regroup. Let us treat the media like Japanese women are treating traditional marriages- by realizing our lives are richer without it.
Where should we go from here? Which issues should we press and how?
And what gives you hope?