The Light We Carry

 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times is Michelle Obama's newest book. Talk about rude comments.  I forgot to mention comments on Facebook posts. Michelle gets a lot, mostly positive.  Lately she posts about empowering girls. 

One guy (I assume it is a guy, could not tell by the name) posted several times asking why not empower boys, boys need to be empowered, and so on. Another said they should be empowered to make him a sammich. I believe he meant sandwich. People like those two, are the reason girls need encouragement. 

Girls are discriminated against in many countries. They are forced to marry older men at young ages. They are not allowed to get an education; if they do go to school, they do not last more than two years. Woman are forced to comply with men's mandated dress code. 

Even in the United States, some religious sects adhere to Old Testament dictates. Female heads need to be covered, they are to be subservient to husbands. It was many, many years after 1776 men declared all men are created equal, that women were given the right to vote.

Silly me; when I first learned about U.S. history in elementary school, I thought "men" meant "human beings." I did not feel inferior to males. That came later. 

When men (and some females) stand outside, and break into the Capitol Building wanting to find and kill an 80-year-old woman; when the Supreme Court decides states have a right to deny liberty to citizens based on gender, you know little girls need to be empowered.

I Am Woman, sang Helen Reddy, watch me grow, see me standing toe to toe, yet, a million did not march in 2022. And way too many women are gaga over Trump and agree with denying women equal rights. It appears the anti women are more powerful than empowered. 

Perhaps Michelle Obama will help more little girls to aspire to be president some day.  There needs to be more strong women in Congress, and less MTGs, Sarah Palins and others like them.