Sunsara Taylor- A New Beginning

Sunsara Taylor, a writer for the Revolution newspaper is truly trying to make a difference in this world. My dad & I were passing by Union Square today & we stumbled upon 2 women & 1 man spreading the word to attend Sunsara Taylor's lecture tomorrow at New York University. The lecture is going to be about the demeaning of women & how we as women can change this. Here is what she has to say:

"IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, YOUR BODY IS A BATTLEGROUND."

Anywhere you look, women are being slammed backward. In Bangkok & Bangalore & Moldova young women are stripped naked & sold across borders as sex slaves. In Indonesia & Afghanistan & Saudi Arabia women are shrouded in veils, kept as the property, & even killed if they somehow “dishonor” their family.

Meanwhile, in the U.S. we are told women are no longer oppressed. Yet, how many will learn to starve themselves, cut themselves, hate themselves --- internalizing the images that saturate society of women as objects of sexual conquest, the butt of a joke, or baby-making machines? How many will be taught that their value is reducible to being sexually desired by men, but called “sluts” if they actually have sex? How many will be beaten, raped, or told that nothing they accomplish is more important than motherhood? & all women still have to look over their shoulders walking home at night.

To be born female on any part of this planet is to be born into a lifetime of danger, disrespect, discrimination, & denigration. What happens to a woman --- whether toiling her life away in sweatshops from China to Haiti, being raped by soldiers in the Congo or being denied an abortion in the U.S. --- is NOT her individual problem. What happens to 3½ billion human beings is not individual, it is systemic & global. It happens to all of us.

It doesn't have to be this way! There is no longer the need for women's role in society to be dictated by their biological role in childbearing. There is no longer the need for humanity to be hemmed in by patriarchal traditions & oppressive religious morality. Today, this is as insane, as it is cruel, as it is utterly unnecessary,

But, the oppression of women is woven so deeply into the fabric of society here & all over the world, that it will take total revolution – communist revolution – to liberate women."

I do not understand how women are so mistreated physically & mentally but they make up 49.7% of the world's population according to www.INED.fr. Are women okay with this abuse? Why are women so against sisterhood & sticking up for one another? It is always a battlefield between women but we should stay united & change the way we all think of women. It is time for the put-downs & violent behavior caused by men to stop.

Please visit Sunsara Taylor's blog. The blog has Ms. Taylor's YouTube videos so check it out. It was definitely worth my while. Additionally, add Ms. Taylor on Facebook to be up to date with upcoming events.

Until next time... ciao 💗

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