{"id":750,"date":"2018-01-22T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2018-01-22T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:38:51","slug":"the-power-of-women-unleashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/the-power-of-women-unleashed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Women Unleashed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Something powerful is happening.
\nPundits talk about it, observing from a distance.
\nTalking heads dismiss it, claiming it will go the way of Occupy.<\/p>\n

But they are missing something important. They are missing the convergence of awareness.\u00a0The Women’s March, #metoo, #timesup…women are woke. And they are woke across class and racial lines, sexuality and gender lines, and making inroads into all the lines that \u00a0historically divide us.
\nThey miss the point.
\nThe point of #metoo is that almost every woman (and among my many acquaintances the number stands at 100%) have been sexually harassed, assaulted, abused, or raped.
\nThat should take your breath away.
\nThese same women have systematically made less money for doing the same jobs as men. Or have been passed over for deserved promotions. Hence, #timesup.<\/p>\n

With the past election we got woke to the systemic hatred of women. Okay, people still find it difficult to say that women are hated but look at the treatment of Hillary Clinton by men in the media. Even progressive men. Look at the explicit sexism of the Bernie Bros (and we’re supposed to be on the same side). Look at Chris Matthews. Look at her treatment by Trump. For many of us, it confirms our own experiences. For many it is a getting woke moment. For some, it is still difficult to acknowledge a symptom one has studiously ignored.<\/p>\n

We are erasing the imaginary lines between us. Not ignoring our differences, but recognizing how keeping us separate has kept us down. We refuse to acquiesce to the way it’s always been. We are held up by the women who have gone before us from Eve to Ester, Mary to Prisca, Sojourner Truth to Margaret Sanger, Shirley Chisholm to Gloria Steinem. Young women and old women, girls, maidens, matrons, and crones are stepping up and speaking out.<\/p>\n

Yes we have growing pains and we don’t need to be perfect, but we must be authentic. What is<\/em> important is that we refuse to\u00a0\u00a0be numbed to the evils of sexism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, and ableism. We must stay woke to our interconnectedness. \u00a0It is time to \u00a0unleash our power<\/em> and VOTE, and RUN for office, and REPRESENT.<\/p>\n

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