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This is pathetic and immoral.

Where is the woman’s “right to life”? It’s tremendously ironic that a group of people so worried about “property rights” and “the sanctity of life” fail to acknowledge that a woman’s body is fundamentally her property, and are willing without compunction to further destroy a 10 year-old girl’s life and let a woman die (and likely the fetus with her) rather than give her an abortion and provide cancer treatment. Adult women are not just incubators, they have a right to life too. In defending that right, they are not criminal monsters an unborn cluster of cells must be protected from. They are exercising their fundamental right to do what is right for them, for their health and for the health and welfare of their future offspring.

To be perfectly clear: I’m not arguing for late-term abortion (except in cases where the mother’s life might be in danger), nor that it be used as a form of birth control. We should all be encouraged to take responsibility for our choices and if you don’t want to be pregnant, you can surely figure it out prior to that point. But, I genuinely believe that no woman wants to be put into the position of considering abortion. And, obstructing a young woman in getting access to a legal post-coitus drug after she has been raped and laws such as those that threaten not just women’s but parent’s rights to know if their baby is physically deformed or otherwise compromised so that they can make an informed decision are barbaric, immoral, and unconscionable. Enacting legislation that attempts to guilt women into changing their minds by requiring invasive procedures and dragging things out when they have already struggled with the decision is similarly so… and any law that could be misconstrued to suggest that a woman is a criminal for falling down the stairs is completely, utterly unacceptable.

Even if it doesn’t concern us, we should be concerned. I’ve never had an abortion. I’ll soon be beyond the age when it will matter for me. But, I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. My body is my property to do with as I please. GET OFF MY LAND!

The phrases “run away like a little girl”, “cry like a little girl”, “scream like a little girl” make me nuts. My gaming group knows this. I am sure they think I am nuts.

Excuses abound… but the reality is, we never say “runs away like a little boy” or “cries like a little boy”. In fact, none of the typical “emotes” we have to express cowardice, pain, or fear relate to men. Why is that? Someone today said something to the effect that they were tried and true cliches… My response was, well, they’re offensive, so stop using them. I don’t think many get why they’re offensive any more than they get why saying “amg that’s gay” is offensive. The problem with people is that they have these huge brains and they utterly refuse to use them. I am not sure what’s more infuriating: the fact that they refuse to actually think about what they say, or the fact that they don’t care that it hurts others. (Probably the latter, though the former really pisses me off too.) The fact is, we fall back on sorry cliches that hurt others all too much, and most of it is because we are just too lazy to be creative about our insults.

I really don’t care for people who have causes… mostly they’re just annoying, whiney, and misguided… but this one is mine. My gender doesn’t make me a whiney, screechy, annoying, coward. Sorry guys, but really.

I was a tomboy. I was the dodgeball team captain and you’d better believe I didn’t “throw like a girl”. Fine, a lot of girls did/do fit this sterotype… but for those of us who don’t, never have, and who’d like to be effective in life, having to account for it every day of their lives is just downright annoying. Some of us will kick your butts boys. My guess is you damn well know it, and that’s why you keep falling back to these weak attempts at disempowerment. We all know when we’re outgunned. Smart, capable women are scary. Maybe if we don’t admit they exist, they’ll just go away!

But, there’s a catch-22. You like women. Heck, some of you even like the smart, capable kind. Now, we women know you don’t think much. It makes us sad, but you’re kind of cute anyhow. However, you would be so much hotter if you revelled in our brilliance, our courage, and our strength… if you saw us not just as individuals, but as a gender, for exactly what we are.

We shoot guns and hoops as well as you do. We play video games as well as you do. We don’t run from challenges and in all honesty when something awful happens, we will probably be the first ones there to provide comfort- not “crying like little girls” but supportive and never asking anything for it.

You all had mothers. Would you speak such of them? I highly doubt it.

So, think about what you are implying before you speak. Being of the female persuasion is not inferior (“ladies”). Being homosexual doesn’t mean you’re stupid (“that’s so gay!”). Stop being a thoughtless, mindless, cruel idiot. We have plenty of them around. (And yes ladies, that applies to you too.) Challenge yourselves. There is great satisfaction in insulting someone and having them thank you for it… try The Superior Person’s Book of Words if you need inspiration.

And, if you’re skeptical, take heart guys… Women like smart, thoughtful men. They make more money. :p