Cuz I'm A Woman, W-O-M-A-N

Sometimes, I regret not having majored in women's studies or taking more feminist oriented classes but I look at the people I graduated with that did and I'm not too impressed with where they ended up.  But there are always a few Madisonians that will forever leave me doubting my own intelligence and determination.  I’m talking about you, Levin.

There isn't a women's issue out that I don't want to champion from the right to choose all the way to equal pay (especially for superior work).  I am a member of the V Day campaign.  Violence against women is a global atrocity that would continue to be detrimental to women everywhere where it not such a public issue these days.

This is one of those broad issues I try not to shove down people’s throats.  My reasoning is that I'm so passionate about it I don't want other people to misinterpret my passion.

I struggle everyday with the idiot currently know as my boyfriend because he still has this old fashioned notion that the woman, namely me, is responsible for doing ALL  of the household chores.  That was in a time before more woman than men were attending and finishing college.  That was in a time when women weren't working jobs, let alone full time jobs.  And more importantly, that was in a time when there was no need for a two family income. 

Let me mention that he is 10 months, pushing 11 behind on all of his bills while I, the college educated Team Leader of the office has no financial woes.  The mess in our apartment has finally gotten to the point where even he is sick of the mess.  Now in good conscious, could I clean this up?  Sure, I could attempt that but that undermines my authority and would never teach him a lesson.  Meh, I dunno. 

I realize V-Day and cleaning my apartment are not all that similar.  The point is that men have a problem respecting woman and often times that stems from their own internal struggles understanding women to be a strong, defiant sex.

I implore you to challenge the status quo in your house or with your friends regarding women’s issues and to help us stop saying something has to change by changing yourself.