consider her : because women matter

http://www.thebolditalic.com/blog_posts/3411-first-woman-in-30-years-wins-national-beer-contest

What the movement for reproductive rights needs is for the faces of freedom to emerge from the captivity of shame.

Academic philosophy is an outlier within the humanities, with fewer than 20 percent of full-time faculty positions occupied by women. Commentator Tania Lombrozo discusses some recent findings that might help us understand why.

For good measure, and to more accurately and appropriately describe how prevalent these issues are............ here's this. I failed at naming 5. I had about 3...

http://freethoughtblogs.com/nirmukta/2013/06/14/why-your-daughters-marriage-shouldnt-be-your-biggest-dream-for-her/

Sometimes it’s tough being an ambitious or financially successful woman. It’s even more difficult when you have grown up in poverty, and have therefore had less opportunity and exposure on how to work systems to your advantage. And then add on the additional difficulty of being a woman of color who has to battle discrimination and stereotypes right along with sexism. It’s a jungle out there, and many of us have to kick, scratch and claw our way to the top.

source: http://latinafatale.com/2012/01/19/its-tough-being-an-ambitious-woman/

I appreciate these stories and the women who share them. It's so important for us to stay strong and share our experiences so that we never feel alone. Not every experience is identical, nor should anyone claim they are. But parallels can be drawn and lessons can be learned. Sharing our stories is one of the simplest ways we can draw power from one another's negative experiences and morph them into more positive ones. 

Thanks, Latina Fatale for your stories.

Crystal Nguyen, a former inmate at Valley State Prison seen with son Neiko Nguyen, said she worked in the prison infirmary. She said she often heard the medical staff ask repeat offenders to agree to be sterilized. "I was like, 'Oh my God, that's not right,' " Nguyen recalls.

The Center for Investigative Reporting has uncovered that nearly 150 inmates from 2006-2010 were illegally sterilized without obtaining required state approval. Prison doctors and medical staff coerced incarcerated women into undergoing a tubal ligation surgery: a (more) permanent sterilization procedure. 

I am passionate about women's issues. I spend so much of my day reading about what women go through, and I want a place to be able to collect and share these articles, ideas and musings with the world.

consider her : because women matter will be this place, for me and for you.