Brunswick Beacon, 10.17.24
The authors of the Constitution did not deem women worthy of full rights. It took 72 years from the first suffragette meeting for women to be granted the right to vote. Women, who usually bear the brunt of child-rearing in this country, did not have legal access to birth control until 1965. The Equal Rights Amendment, which reads simply, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state account of sex,” has failed to become law. Women still earn 84 cents, while men earn one dollar for the same work.
Today, Mark Robinson, a Trumpprotégé, tells us to just“keep our skirts down” with no responsibility for men. Donald Trump says he couldn’t have abused E. Jean Carroll because she’s “not his type,” not that he was incapable of abusing her. Project 25, written by associates of Trump, will remove a woman’s right to decide with her doctor what is best for her health and put that decision in the hands of the government. Vance has made it clear that a woman without children has nothing to offer our country.
Now we hear Trump offering to “protect” women. He will be our best friend. Everything will be rainbows and unicorns if he’s elected. Shall we believe the man who has cheated on every woman he’s been married to? Joked he could grab a woman’s intimate areas with no regard to the actual human being he’s groping.
Seems like Trump and his ilk are the ones women need protecting from, and I think it’s high time that we women band together and declare that we are smart enough, responsible enough, and worthy enough to make our own decisions about our own selves.
Linda Gallo
Leland