Why is power a quality bestowed upon males and seen as masculine? Just because women may like flowers and dresses and are nurturing among all other decidedly feminine qualities does not mean that women are weak. Sure, the large majority of men may be physically stronger than most women. And maybe that was used to decide who had power back in the times when humans were less civilized where one exerted authority over another by the use of force and brute strength. But today, in the context of society today, physical strength should not determine power. Because today, there are other forms of power. Like intelligence and education. Forget money. A well-informed mind will get you far. And, women are the majority enrolled in colleges and universities. So more women are educated compared to men. So women have more education and intellectual power. So women are powerful. Or should be acknowledged as such. We need to redefine power in this society and what it means to have power. Because obviously the power structure in place with men at the helm is not working in favor of equality and justice for everyone. If the highly educated women of this country were given more power to make changes to government to change the social and economic conditions of those less fortunate, then maybe we could live in a more just society. And everyone could be happier. What is so threatening about that?
Need to redefine power
I don’t know if you can see this if you’re not logged into Facebook so I’ll copy it here. Just wanted to give her some photo credit.
“If Barbie was an actual woman, she would be 5’9” tall, have a 39” bust, an 18” waist, 33” hips and a size 3 shoe. Her head would be the same circumference as her waist, meaning she’d have room for only half a liver and a few inches of intestines. The result: chronic diarrhea and death. Also, she would not be able to menstruate. If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions, her feet are so disproportionately small, her chest would pull her forward onto her toes.
Barbie calls this a “full figure” and likes her weight at 110 lbs. At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 and fit the weight criteria for anorexia. Because Barbie’s neck is twice as long as the average human’s, it would be impossible for her to hold up her head.
And yet this is the ‘person’ almost every teenage girl longs to look like.”
The Colbert Report – Obama’s Birth Control Mandate
This is disgusting.
How can lawmakers (US Congress is 83% male) make decisions about OUR bodies? WTF?
gtbnagy 
Written
on April 14, 2013