The supreme courts decision to overturn roe v. wade, is genuinely so heart wrenching,\. Overturning roe v wade, will not end abortions, but it will end safe abortions. I fear for the millions of women a year Who will have to undergo dangerous methods to end their pregnancies, this isn’t only going to affect women, but the millions of unwanted children that will end up in fostercare etc, experts believe the overturning of roe v wade will also increase Suicide rights by 20%, this isn’t just a woman’s issue but an issue that will effect all aspects of America. I have always believed that abortion rights, are human right. Being a woman is hard enough and the fact that we will no longer have the right to decide what to do with our bodies if repealed is something I fear. Myself and many. other women have the same stance, we do not want to bring children into this world when everyday it is shown how little women truly matter in society .

The art piece that im showing is one that truly unnerved me and one I felt is fitting for a gender woman’s class, “The unequal marriage” by Vasily pukirev. Shows a young bride, being married off to an older man. The sheer distress and defeat on her face as everyone watches her getting married, Vasily actually attended the wedding and you can also see the discomfort on his face. He painted this to protest the overwhelming of child brides in Russia at the time. In an unequal marriage, the young bride’s happiness, or wants didn’t matter at all because the man had status and money. To know that this is still such a prevalent and ongoing epidemic, statistically speaking two million child brides are being wed off every single year, or once every two seconds. This painting just exposes the pain one felt in that present movement. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/575616396102037027/

 The experience of Alechia Williams is a story that is echoed throughout many black latinas/latinos, growing up in NYC or any other area with mostly minorities is different than anywhere else. Its minority led and ran, i can’t speak for everyone but myself and others around me have always felt a sense of unity here. So I can only imagine the culture shock she went through moving to a Predominantly white area. This is a conversation I feel is rarely spoken on yet so many deal with the issue of not being “latina enough not being black enough”. Boxing people into what ethnicity they are due to their skin color is something I’ve never been able to understand. I can only imagine the identity crisis some must go through hearing that. “The power  of identity politics” Garza spoke on the encounters they’ve had with white people saying racially insensitive things and bringing up unrelated racial topics simply because they know a black person is in the room. It reminds me of the uncomfortableness Williams felt and how simply because of your skin color people feel a need to alienate you and make you feel small 

Moving beyond the gender binary means not conforming to societal views on how your gender should act. Not fitting into the box of masculinity or femininity, pertaining to clothes, personality, etc. Allowing yourself to express without the conformity of either gender in my opinion is moving beyond the gender binary means. I wouldn’t say that my gender identity goes against the binary norm in too many ways but growing up I always preferred to dress comfier or “tomboyish” than wearing dresses, and skirts. I liked playing in the dirt, things that have normally have been associated with men. I do still have days where I chose comfort over fashion and showcased my masculine side, however. But I also fit the binary norm, lately, I’ve been painting my nails dressing up a bit girlier, i’ve started to wear earrings and rings again. Although it isn’t my everyday style and I do switch up to being a tomboy I do enjoy both styles and having that option. There are days when I’m also in between kinda, a purse and earrings with a men’s sweatshirt and sweatpants.

What I gathered from pat Mainardi a Liberated woman is a woman who doesn’t live by societal restraints, a woman who is open with her sexuality, one who isn’t the typical all-American housewife. They do as they please. Regardless of the male opinion. They’ll work male-dominated jobs. Liberated women are important for women’s liberation because they are showing other women who may not have the confidence in themselves to live that way, that it’s okay. They change what’s expected of women, they allow men to see us as more than what we are perceived stereotypically. Although i saw both political takes in both readings, I personally found more in The Myth of Vaginal orgasm, Anne explains how many men don’t know how to please a woman, which goes into women-only really being there for a man’s pleasure, as they aren’t given much thought to. The political view in Mainardis is how the woman’s place is seen to be in the house, doing chores, the woman being lowered to just a maid.

Labor rights, suffrage and the equal rights amendment are all related because they go hand in hand. It’s all fighting for the same thing in a way, suffrage is the right to vote, having the right to vote shows that we’re more then second class citizens and that we have a voice, that we can chose who runs our country and the changes we’d like to made. Equal rights amendment is to guarantee legal rights for all citizens regardless of gender. Labor rights is issues of gender justice because All genders can and are exploited, working in harsh conditions in sweatshops factories etc, hours a day with no breaks, extremely dangerous work conditions and the wage is low. Although it was abolished in the US In 1930’s it’s far from the end of unfair labor. Ive see historical issues enacted in todays society many times, women still being treated as second class citizens in work place, being paid less then their male coworkers. A few months ago there was a strike in Haiti of sweatshop workers that worked around the clock for a measly $5 dollars a day. Their goal? To be paid $15 a day. Although we have changed many laws in the US there’s lots of work to still be done.