An angry letter from an angered woman

I am degraded, disrespected and defined as a woman every day of my life. I actually check these three thing s off my mental list every day. One way or another, some man thinks it's alright to do any of the above, need I call him out for it and the automatic response: justification. No apology, but pure guilt. The need to make it "okay". Well, it's not okay, an never will be for me. I am not the typical woman to let things slide. If you do something wrong, I will call you out for it. I do not expect any apology, or justification. All I want is acknowledgment, listen to what I have to say and accept it as it is. You don’t have to like it, you don’t have to follow it. I understand men are raised to treat women a certain way in all societies, doesn't matter if you're in the west or east side of the world. Certain expectations apply to all women everywhere. Now what are women these days to do? If we are not being the victims, we are exercising the victimization men apply to women, and what is worse than having women objectify other women? The meaning of sisterhood no longer exists in my world for some odd reason. Where we see men everywhere standing on the base of brotherhood and respect, women are so far apart from each other, and more importantly, from ourselves.

I am degraded by being considered inferior. Some days it's because of my size, other days from my squeaky voice. But most days it is because of the blessing I posses between my legs. I am disrespected when I see the eyes of lust instead of equality. When a man whistles I do not walk over. I am a woman, not a dog. When a man tells me to come over here I do not walk over, I am the person wanted not the one who wants. I am disrespected as a woman when a man tells me what I am, or becomes my voice. A man tells me what is socially acceptable, how control should be distributed, and what being a woman (or being womanly) is and looks like.

Do I like it? No. will I live to see the day where it all changes? Probably not. There is an important need as women to take some responsibility for the distance we have created amongst ourselves, and within each other. Being a Feminist was one of the best decisions I have made in my life. And not because of the satisfaction it gives me from knowing my history, or the optimistic drastic changes women have been able to create for themselves, but because it enables me to see the truth. There is nothing better than the truth, there is nothing more painful than the truth. My truth is that I live in a man's world, conquered and dictated. A constant struggle to change it and add a little more pink to the black. I give my kind regards to the men in my life who are my support system and strongly believe in human equality for all, but to the rest of you pigs out there: I will not let the hand I hold, hold me down. If you objectify me and say a "woman" is all I am, the squeaky voice will remind you a Woman is what I am :)