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Summary

The web content discusses the evolution of women's rights and LGBTQ+ struggles, reflecting on the past and advocating for continued progress and equality.

Abstract

The article delves into the historical treatment of women, highlighting discriminatory laws from the 1970s and the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights. It contrasts the challenges faced by women in the past with current issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice movements like Black Lives Matter. The author, a transwoman, shares her personal journey with gender dysphoria and the importance of addressing women's rights globally, questioning why societal attitudes towards gender remain rooted in archaic beliefs. The piece is a response to a writing prompt about roaring with fierce joy, emphasizing the need for collective action to improve the lives of women and marginalized communities.

Opinions

  • The author suggests that despite progress, women's rights were a significant issue in the 1970s and continue to be a global concern.
  • There is a call to action against the oppression of women and the LGBTQ+ community, with a focus on ending violence against women worldwide.
  • The article expresses frustration with the persistence of outdated gender roles and the slow pace of societal change.
  • The author reflects on their own experience with gender identity, emphasizing the importance of visibility and advocacy for transgender individuals.
  • The piece criticizes the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms, indicating that these issues should have been resolved by now.
  • There is an appeal to recognize the equal value of all individuals, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, and to challenge religious and cultural beliefs that perpetuate inequality.

Humanity Story

Sharing Moments in Time From a Distance

Roar with fierce joy-unknown

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When I was debating how to write this article, my partner casually walks into the room to ask me a question.” Did I know how women were treated back in the caveman era?”

Good question, assuming she had done some research. “Please tell me what your findings revealed.”

  1. In the 1970s there was a law that stated” The husband is the Master of the community. He shall choose where the family will live and the women are obliged to follow Him”.
  2. “Employers in most states can legally fire a woman for being pregnant”.
  3. “Banks can require a woman, applying for credit to have her husband co-sign”.
  4. “Marital rape is generally not prosecuted”

Being an LGBTQ advocate, Transwomen, Can this be in The 1970s? In America?

I was born in the fifties and I knew that being Gay and having feelings that were impure, according to the Church, could get me in a lot of trouble. I loved being a girl inside a man and would have become a whole woman in an instant if I could talk to anyone about my feelings. Who was I trying to kid?

Back then you did not even think about such things, well, you did but you kept your mouth shut in church, and everywhere else for that matter.

I came out as trans just before I knew I was going crazy when I was diagnosed as having Gender dysphoria, around my 68th birthday.

Back to my story, wait I did say that I wanted to write an article about women in the caveman-era? Not the 1970's?

We are going through a tough time with this pandemic and many people are suffering, without food or shelter. Unemployment and the Presidential elections are beating down our throats.

Enough, enough I say with a roar to myself. Don’t we have enough problems to deal with? LBGTQ rights and freedoms, Black Lives Matter rights, and so on!

It’s the beginning of 2021 and we have so much to do. What I am doing talking about women's rights, how dare I?

Women's rights were not only a real problem in the 1970s, they have been the most terrible problem on earth for generations. When are we going to face up to them?

I am a Transwomen, I have been inside looking out in fear for many years. Enough is enough. Let us all share the stage with all women in the world. The ones being raped and killed every day, in many countries of the world.

When are countries going to stand up and fight religious beliefs that women are in any way shaped and form different than men? I am gay and I love men terribly, but I love my mother more than any other spirit in the Universe, don’t you? Why are we still in the caveman era?

Roaring Food For Thought!

This story is a response to Prism & Pen’s writing prompt Roar With Fierce Joy

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