The New Slavery

Not too long ago, slave owners had a terrible problem -- and that problem was runaways.

The solution was to chop off the end of one of the slave's feet, which pretty much guaranteed he wasn't going to run ever again.

Problem solved. And it was legal, perfectly legal.

Their plantation. Their slave. Their choice.

But the problem wasn't the runaway slave, the problem was with society, with slavery. Stopping the slave from running just meant that we didn't, as a society, have to instead deal with what caused the slave to run. And what caused the slave to run is simple humanity, but then I forgot, slaves were just animals, a sub-human race -- or at least that was the story that kept everyone comfortable with what was being done in the name of progress.

And today we face a similar situation. We have a terrible problem, and that problem is unwanted babies.

The solution is to cut off their lives, which pretty much guarantees that they aren't going to be an inconvenience anymore.

Problem solved. And it is legal, perfectly legal.

Their body. Their baby. Their choice.

Again, the relative enslavement of one type of person by another type of person.

But the problem isn't the baby. The problem is, again, society. Eliminating the babies means we do not have to deal, as a society, with the reasons that often drive a woman to the place where she is willing to perform an act that is distinctly male, the elimination of life.

And we have been diverted, so shamefully diverted. Instead of making remedy to the injustices a pregnant, unmarried woman faces, we instead picket and pour all of our energy into Roe vs Wade.

Well Roe vs Wade isn't the problem.

One of the problems is that feminism has been hijacked by women who are now pushing for equality ON MEN'S TERMS.

Feminism began hundreds of years ago upon the premise of non-violence, that all are equal, and that the lives of women and children must be improved. It began with women like Susan B Anthony and Abigail Adams, who believed that a woman had a right to be equal AND STILL BE A WOMAN.

But we have a problem -- in order to be equal we have abdicated those things which are, by nature, feminine. Compassion, love, non-violence. We are the life-givers, but we have, to our shame, become the life-takers. We do it in order to get ahead, to avoid poverty, to avoid societal stigmas, to be unburdened. We do it because we are scared, or threatened, or just because we no longer see abortion as the violent antithesis of our very nature.

We see our femininity as weak, but there is nothing on earth more powerful than bringing forth life, except for the power of love -- in which women naturally excel.

Women are better than abortion. We deserve better than abortion.

We need to have injustices dealt with, NOW.

It is wrong for a man to father a child and then walk scott-free. Let's deal with that.

It is wrong for a woman to have to drop out of college because she does not have support while the male co-ed that got her pregnant continues with his education. Let's deal with that.

It is wrong that a woman has to choose between success and the life of her child. Let's deal with that.

IT IS WRONG THAT WE MUST BECOME MORE MALE IN ORDER TO REALIZE EQUALITY.

I want equality on my terms, AS A WOMAN.

If I am forced to become that which I am not, then I am not equal at all, but a pathetic construct. And I am angry at the women who have sold me a bill of goods in the name of violent feminism. Because violent feminism is a betrayal of everything that separates us from being male.

Put down your picket signs, all of you, and let's deal with the reasons for abortion, not the laws. Laws do not work. The last eight years prove that beyond any shadow of a doubt.

Not all choices are equal. Choices that say some people are valuable and some are not are a slap in the face of the women who were beaten and jailed and sometimes even killed in order that we would have the right to even raise our voices.

Let's address the problem, and stop the mutilation.

LET US BE WOMEN AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS AS WOMEN.

But if we fight as males do, we will simply repeat the sins of the past in hopes of gaining those privileges that historically been male -- thus admitting that women are indeed unworthy.

WE NEED A REVOLUTION, ON OUR TERMS.

Fight as women, fight as mothers. Fight as the givers, instead of takers of life. Hold the moral high ground and do not budge. Demand better, demand love, demand compassion, demand equality. On our terms and in our way. But our terms MUST recognise that all are in need of equality, regardless of age, color, disability, income, or gender. Because anything else is hypocrisy. Women are better than hypocrisy. We have seen it, endured it, and now perpetrate it, but enough is enough. We cannot say that equality begins and ends with us, but we must insist on it for all human beings. We have to change the way we look at ourselves and others.

Or is it just easier to hold up a picket sign?

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