The Women We Love

I recently read an article in the NYTimes entitled Politics and Misogyny.
It's not so much about politics, actually, but says much about the treatment of
women in our country.

Everyone knows I'm a feminist (meaning I think women are equal to men), but
reading this article made me realize that even I had been lulled into a feeling of
relative safety and equal standing in our society. After reading the article, I
reflected on all the instances where I had witnessed disgusting language,
violence, and degrading practices against women-- how I am not even honest
with myself about the prevalence of these things in my own life. I owe it to our
daughter, and all the women I care about in my life, to urge everyone to read
this article. Hopefully it will make us all think about what misogyny is, and that's
a beginning.

If you do take the time to read the article, thank you.

Posted by jvoris at January 15, 2008 09:23 PM