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DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

DO NOT ENGAGE THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS

THEY ARE MOST LIKELY NOT THERE FOR THEIR OWN CAUSE, BUT RATHER TO UNDERMINE, CRITICIZE AND SPIT VITRIOL AT YOURS. THEY’RE THERE TO PROVE YOU ARE DEMONS, LIBERAL CRYBABIES, FEMINIST HELLSPAWN. BY ENGAGING THEM, YOU’RE HELPING THEM ‘PROVE’ THEIR POINT. 

LET THEM WASTE THEIR TIME YELLING AT PEOPLE WHO DON’T GIVE A SHIT. 

THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THINGS TO PISS YOU OFF. THEY ARE GOING TO BE BIGOTED AND SEXIST AND ANNOYING. THEY’RE TRYING TO BE. 

DON’T LET THEM GET TO YOU. JUST SHOUT LOUDER ABOUT WHAT YOUR SIGNS SAY, WHAT THE CAUSE IS. BUT DON’T TALK TO THEM. 

DON’T EVEN LOOK AT THEM. 

THERE ARE GOING TO BE MOTORCYCLISTS AT THE WOMEN’S MARCH TO COUNTER-PROTEST. THEY ARE TRYING TO INTIMIDATE YOU. THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY YOUR ISSUES DON’T MATTER. 

MAKE THEM WASTE THEIR TIME AND THEIR GAS. 

DO NOT ENGAGE WITH THEM. 

DO NOT ENGAGE WITH ANY OF THE COUNTER-PROTESTORS. 

The United States ranks at 45 for women’s equality. Behind Rwanda, Cuba, Philippines, Jamaica.

You are not equal. Even if you feel like you are. You still make less than a man for doing the same work. You make less as a CEO, as an athlete, as an actress, as a doctor. You make less in government, in the tech industry, in healthcare.

You still don’t have full rights over your own body. Men are still debating over your uterus. Over your prenatal care. Over your choices.

You still have to pay taxes for your basic sanitary needs.

You still have to carry mace when walking alone at night. You still have to prove to the court why you were drunk on the night you were raped. You still have to justify your behavior when a man forces himself on you.

You still don’t have paid (or even unpaid) maternity leave. You still have to go back to work while your body is broken. While you silently suffer from postpartum depression.

You still have to fight to breastfeed in public. You still have to prove to other women it’s your right to do so. You still offend others with your breasts.

You are still objectified. You are still catcalled. You are still sexualized. You are still told you’re too skinny or you’re too fat. You’re still told you’re too old or too young. You’re applauded when you “age gracefully.” You’re still told men age “better.” You’re still told to dress like a lady. You are still judged on your outfit instead of what’s in your head. What brand bag you have still matters more than your college degree.

You are still being abused by your husband, by your boyfriend. You’re still being murdered by your partners. Being beaten by your soulmate.

You are still worse off if you are a woman of color, a gay woman, a transgender woman. You are still harassed, belittled, dehumanized.