Women Must Remain Aware

When Imus verbally assaulted a very young group of black women athletes, there was enough
of an uproar to make him rethink audience shares.
That may have been a warning to us all, because it apparently didn't stop talk radio from upping
the ante by verbally assaulting another young woman, who was very much a private citizen, speaking to her public representatives.
Make no mistake about it.
An attack is an attack. Women cannot afford to raise daughters, or have daughters who will be
legislated against.
One reason for gaurding against these attacks is that they will surely escalate. The nature of
unanswered attacks is that they escalate.
Another reason to gaurd against the tendency to legislate against a woman's will over her own
body: young men's lives, will in great measure, be inevitably, inextircably tied to the lives and fortunes of these young women.
It may be better for everyone involved if women were as free as possible of reproductive and
health baggage. No?
For women too: choice is a good thing. Available choices can make a person feel safe in her body.
Whereas rich women may always have more choices than poor women, what about poor women
who later become rich from the wealth of a man? Should a poor girl automatically have less
choice over her adult body than a rich girl?
Apparently in Republican politics the answer is: "of course".