Leslie Carol Botha: This is an excellent article with a great message for women of all ages. Thanks to Soray Chemaly for reminding women that we do have power - and we are powerful. Our contributions have been immense and our history rich. Chemaly states: “Girls, these things happen because there are men with power who fear you and want to control you. ” These are important words and - the reason why H.Sandra Chevalier-Batik and I have dedicated our lives to making women aware of their health…. Understanding our mind, moods, and hormone cycle is crucial to understanding our innate power. Birth control, after all has been the largest uncontrolled medical experiment on women’s bodies and the greatest example of being controlled because of our ability to create and bring life into the world.
A Message to Girls About Religious Men Who Fear You
The Huffington Post
Soraya Chemaly
May 21, 2012
You are powerful beyond words, because you threaten to unravel the control of corrupt men who abuse their authority.
In the United States last week there were people who wouldn’t let boys play a baseball championship final because a girl was on the opposing team. She’d already had to sit out two games because of their demands. Why? Did she, a competitive athlete and a member of her team, choose to? Was she being good and respectful when she acceded to their demands? Why were they not asked to forfeit their games? What messages were sent to her and her teammates? This is not complicated. It sent the wrong messages. Confusing messages. Incoherent messages. You need to know that she should have been allowed to play and not have had to sit out two games. These people, and others like them, all over the world, led exclusively by religious men, are scared of you and will not let you be. You worry them constantly.
If you were not powerful, they would not take you so seriously and they take you very, very seriously. You should, too. You can set the world on fire.
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