Yes we CAN! 💪

https://youtu.be/c6Xgbh2E0NM

WOW! Madonna mek me start bawl! Her words really resonated with me.

Last week Bear Esq, out of the blue, asked me "What's a feminist?" I told him that it was someone who supported women rights and that women had the same rights as men. He then came up with a follow up question: "Can men be feminists too?". I now know I'm raising my son right.

I've identified as being a feminist (back then referred to as Woman's Lib) since kindergarten. I rejected the notion that there were things I should do (or should NOT do) because "you're a girl". I've NEVER sat around waiting on a knight in shining armour to come rescue me. It's an anathema to me. I respect men. I deeply love the one I'm married to. But I am not, nor have I ever been, a helpless woman waiting to be rescued - by a man, woman, or android 😊.

It infuriates me to see women play weak and helpless to get men to do what they want. ESPECIALLY when I know they are NOT weak and helpless. I don't support  manipulation - not in men, not in WOMEN!  Many of our foremothers(?) gave their all to get us the rights we now take for granted - education, equality in the workplace. How many of you have a deed to your home or a driver's licence? Wave them high! That's a hard won right. How many of you have your OWN business with YOUR name on it - not your father's, husband's, brothers? OWN that! It's a hard won right!

Let's support each other and stride purposefully ahead to continue build on these rights. Yes we CAN 💪!