Women’s History, and Present
If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?
by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
Was it coincidence that on International Women’s Day 2012, Earth was bombarded by one of the most intense solar flares ever? Could it be that the Sun was urging us on, sending us the pulse of a solar storm to motivate us to action?
March is Women’s History Month, and always prompts me to reflect on where we’ve come in the past year, and where we need to go as women, and as a society.
For one thing, I am tired of women being held hostage on the basis of their reproductive capabilities.
Yes, we are the ones who bear the babies after sex.
Sex happens and we love it.
Babies happen, too.
If a woman doesn’t want to bear the baby that takes root after sex, she has every right to decide what to do about it. (more…)