A War On Women?

Presidential Debate: To begin with: David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News were excellent! 5 Stars to both of them! Then, there was nothing new, because if you had watched a Trump, or a Harris Rally you would have already heard what they stated at the debate. Those who support Trump and the fawning by the usual suspects on Fox News said that he won, those who support Harris and the fawning on MSNBC, said she did, those who follow CNN came back with a Meh, and for those undecideds it remains a tossup! In either case, and whether Trump wins the election, or Harris does I do not think that the coming four years will be easy for this nation, or the Planet, because it should be obvious by now that the Authoritarianism of our Insatiable Warmongering and the Arrogant Greed of our Corporations whether they are applied with Braggadocio, or a Feminist Twist, will not change!

Moving On: In one of my posts a long time ago (and I can’t remember exactly when) I wrote about a book that I had in which the author talked about the Power Of Women and how the Male Species were Awed by them! She said that in the long, long ago Women were Revered, they were the Priestesses ruling over the Temples, they Initiated young men into Sex and they Gave Birth! How much more Amazing could Females be? Ah! However, it seems that Fate interjected and one morning Males realized that it wasn’t through any Magical, or Spiritual Powers that Females gave birth, but that it was They, the Males, who caused them to get pregnant! An Aha moment for Men, and the ensuing Downfall of Women!

And here we are Twenty One Centuries later still reeling from that bloody Aha Moment when we became second class citizens whereby Equality has eluded us and has been – for most of us, at least – since those days of yore! This was especially brought home to me these past few months and remained at the back of my mind as I was too engrossed with the Politics of the World to dwell on that shocking subject. However, I was appalled around the middle of August when a thirty-one year old female doctor in Kolkata, India had gone to an exhausted sleep after a hard days’ work and never woke up because she was assaulted, abused, raped and killed! A suspect was caught on CCTV. This was not the first rape incident in India. It is a tragic occurrence that happens quite frequently, but it did invite a very strong backlash as protestors took to the streets. Will this incident, and the numerous like it in hospitals and on the streets of India change anything? With our Ally, Authoritarian Modi in power, I sadly doubt it!

Then on September first, Rebecca Cheptegei, a thirty-three year old marathon runner from Uganda who had just returned from competing in the Paris Olympics was doused with petrol, set on fire by her boyfriend, and then transported to a hospital where she eventually died tragically and painfully! Her boyfriend who had been in jail died there. Was he offed? I believe so. Apparently though, and according to a recent study 40% of women in Kenya experience gender-based murder and sexual/other abuse! Again, these are not the only incidents of violence against women neither amongst Ugandans, Kenyans, Sudanese, Haitians, Indians or in our entire screwed up world! We all remember the young, beautiful US female athletes who testified in Congress – after their complaints were initially ignored – on how their coaches, one of whom was Larry Nassar, a gymnastics doctor and a despicable serial molester, abused them and hundreds of others sexually and otherwise.

Then, of course, we cannot forget the thousands of incidents of Clerical abuse and rape, as well as Politicians and Men of Power in so many Professions! Adding to this depressing list are all the War Engendered Crimes and Rapes occurring in so many places on this Miserable Planet!

I know that you who are reading this are probably aware of all this monstrous behavior, Nevertheless, we need to be reminded, especially these days when, as another sordid example, the married Italian Cultural Minister resigned over a love affair after he had hired his mistress as an assistant. On one of the television programs a journalist was asked why there are such numerous sex scandals in Italy? Her candid answer: “due to the culture.” This culture dominates Men all over the Planet as we can see from the numbers of murdered-by-their-partners Women in the US, in the UK, in France and Everywhere!

Most shocking of all Is Gisele Pelicot of France who testified against her Husband – her Husband! – whom she accused of Raping, Drugging her and inviting Other Men to Rape her while she was comatose! Please do look up the details of this Atrocity and get as Shocked as the French People and myself upon being made aware of this Indescribable Crime! Her husband, Dominique, and all the Males who participated in this Crime should be Castrated! Just Lop It Off and have them suffer for the rest of their miserable lives! How is it acceptable that we, females are designated as Fair Game for Violence, Abuse and Rape, while the Violence that Men have – and still are – perpetrating from Domestic and Gender Abuse to Warmongering is completely glossed over?! Isn’t it time we recognize that the Male Species is the Culprit here?

This brings me back to the Presidential Debate: Yes, you’d better believe that there is definitely an ongoing War On Women permeating the World when here in our own US of A we have a Presidential Candidate who boasts about “grabbing women by their pussies” and (paraphrasing): you can do anything you want with them when you are famous! Seriously? Moreover, a recent poll indicated that many young men are opting to vote for this Convicted Rapist as they identify with his version of Macho, Authoritarianism and Talibanizing of Women, while young women are choosing to vote for Kamala and for preserving whatever is possible of our Agency Over Our Own Lives!!!???!!! However, as long as Wars and Greed continue to be a tool for Domination, it will invariably be that the War On Women will continue! Neither Trump nor Harris will shamefully do Anything about this!