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I Know You Are Angry
Most women are angry. We women have been angry since time began. The causes of our anger are many, greed, power, control, lies, manipulation, shame, violence. It is a feeling that at times we cannot even name. But we feel it. And it burns with a fury that fills us with rage. Only recently have we begun to understand the reasons for all this rage we females share.
We are the givers of life yet we are treated as if the very core of our being is dirty, something shameful that we need to hide. We are punished for sins that we did not commit and that do not belong to us. When we demand our rightful place, we are treated like criminals. Our foremothers have been stoned, tortured, jailed, burned at the stake and murdered for wanting what men take for granted. We have been and we are still being raped, kidnapped, held as sex slaves, impoverished, brutalized and shamed. We are treated as property, as eye candy for the gratification of the male’s ego.
Freedom, choices, respect, self determination, equality, security, opportunities. It is the year 2008, and we are still struggling to attain our rightful place in this world, to stop being treated as second class citizens. It is time to stop believing the lies that we are bombarded with on a daily basis. We are good enough, smart enough, skinny enough, pretty enough. We Are ENOUGH.. We don’t have to change, just to please or to be accepted by those around us. Find your inner strength. Be proud of who you are.
Start trusting yourself. Believe you are enough.