For women everywhere, we do get close to this thing called equality.

For women everywhere, we do get close to this thing called equality. We can see it in the eyes of the oppressors, they are not smug anymore, they are not anxious, but they are not smug. And for those women who bow down to a God that tells them that they are inferior to a man, stay away from my daughter! I don’t want her tainted with your poison.

To all my sisters in the fight for freedom, I tell you that we come close and closer. We are no longer easily tormented as we once were.

We have redress, though it often fails, yes, we still have redress. Living yesterday, there was no redress, there was only punishment.

Men believed they were entitled to women. They grabbed, beat, raped and sold and gave away women as they desired. Because men are bigger and stronger, they used their muscle to reinforce their opinion, wishes and desires onto others. They beat on all of those who disagreed or otherwise made it difficult for the man to find comfort. He ruled supreme in his home, in his community and in his country.

We make slow progress; we often have to argue with our own to make our progress. When we work hard to go forward it is often a woman who tells us to back off, or perhaps that we are in the wrong for not being gentle. Women will often be the ones to tell us the appropriate role of a woman. Because women often take on the opinion of the oppressors, women will join in the fight against…