Gender Equality

Men and women are equal.  Period.

Apart from a difference in specific chromosomes, and a difference of reproductive organs, men and women are equal.  End of story.

And yet, even with all the knowledge we have, all the resources available for our education today, there is a movement to deny that equality.  There are laws being passed all across the country (not to mention the rest of the world) that deny women the equality they not only deserve, but are absolutely entitled to.

This is not simply a “war against women”.  It is a terrible, reactionary, unacceptable movement to lessen one gender.  It is a movement to disempower, disenfranchise, and frankly de-humanize an entire group of people.  And for what?  Power?  Money?  Religion?  A false sense of superiority on the part of those taking these actions?

In the interest of full disclosure – I am a man.  And I believe, without a single doubt, that women are equal to me in every way.  I don’t care if you want to argue that they lack the same physical strength of men – that’s an untrue stereotype.  Women are capable of the same things men are, capable of making their own decisions, and deserving of being paid the same as men for the same work.  Period.

As a man, I have NO RIGHT AT ALL to tell any woman what she can or cannot do with her body.  If she wants to get pregnant, have an abortion, get a nose job, to weigh a half a ton, to work or stay at home, or roam the countryside or do ANYTHING at all – it is HER decision, not mine.  Period.

Who do these people think they are, the ones making these laws that interfere with a woman’s right to choose, a woman’s right to be paid the same as a man, a woman’s given right to have equality?  Where does the arrogant superiority being displayed come from?

If I am asked to provide counsel or advice, I may do so.  But I defy you to tell me what gives any man any right to inform a woman as to what she can or cannot do.

I count amongst my friends many men and women – and I treat them all the same, no matter their gender.

I am making this statement to support my female friends, to let the world know that as a man, I believe that WOMEN ARE MY EQUAL.  Period.