tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817954183580932728.post2427588296265106068..comments2023-05-06T00:41:40.669-07:00Comments on Being the Change Since 2007: Screw the night, let's take back everything!Feminist Catalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05912666027953721874noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817954183580932728.post-11228880476954799242007-09-21T04:27:00.000-07:002007-09-21T04:27:00.000-07:00Good lord! What paper are you reading?!Yeah, Ottaw...Good lord! What paper are <I>you</I> reading?!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Ottawa doesn't feel very safe anymore, does it? <B>Take Back the Night</B> was possibly one of the most fufilling things I've ever done, so thank you for inspiring me to go.<BR/>I was asked what marching would acomplish.<BR/>I responded with "it's designed to raise awareness." the person I was talking with said that women in North America have it lucky in comparision to other countries.<BR/>I couldn't have agreed more.<BR/><BR/>But how fair is it that in this day in age, in the year 2007, in a First World, Western Nation, that women have to be "aware" of the dangers associated with going out by yourself at night. We genuinely have to be concerned with possibly getting heckled by a homeless man, or from frat boys, or men in their cars. We have to be concerned with possibly getting assaulted, raped or worse, killed.<BR/>Not to mention that we have to fear for our children as well! I can't count how many stories I've read where women, <B>In North America</B> have been raped infront of their children, or their children have been abducted and used in kiddie porn, or consequently raped and left for dead. And it's <I><B>men</I></B> that do these things, not the other way around. It's such a rare thing to hear of a woman doing these things. And we are living in democratic, Western nations! These things are NOT supposed to be happening to us here, let alone anywhere in the world!<BR/>What these men are seemingly forgetting is that a woman gave birth to them, and consequently raised them.<BR/>I learnt so much from getting involved with Miss G and getting exposed to some of the injustices in the world. I would have never called myself a "femenist" before, but after having really come to understand the term, I'm proud to say that I am.Renhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948222996370752332noreply@blogger.com