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i have a lot of stuff to say right now but i'm having a hard time trying to organize all my thoughts about this.

i'm really angry right now about the way that i've been treated differently as a girl. for instance, if i'm talking with a group of guys about sex and stuff like that, at least one person in the group calls me a slut for sleeping with the same amount of people that they have. they themselves are viewed as being "so pimp" or totally cool for having sex with people. i am not a floosie! i am a lady with a sexual history. why do girls get called whores and sluts when they're doing basically the same thing that guys are doing?

i'm also angry because i'm the only girl trumpet player at my school and i get excluded sometimes because of it. there's a lot of male bonding that goes on within a trumpet section and i'm not a part of that. it's like because i'm just a little different from them i don't get the respect i deserve as a member of the section. and i'm not a bad trumpeter either, they say that girls have a smaller lung capacity but i can blow just as hard and long as any of the boys! (omg that sounded sooo dirty... ) there's a lot of this sort of sexism within the music industry. we wouldn't need riot grrrls if there wasn't.

and another thing, nationally, women are still recieving an average of 25% less wages than men. it's so obsurd! this is the year 2005!

then there's major issues like abortion. i think that it should be legal. here are my reasons: (1) abortion was originally made legal because women in desperate situations would choose to give themselves an abortion or go to some back alley-way where it would be done using unclean instruments or using an unsafe method. Women will have the choice to abort their child whether it's legal or not, the choice to do it in a safe environment where they lessen the risks of infection, sickness, and sterilization. (2) the laws that the government is proposing right now limit the right to have an abortion after the first trimester even if the baby poses as a threat to the mother's life. if someone's life is in danger it is a doctor's responsibility to help them, even if that means aborting a fetus. (3) taking care of a child is a big responsibility and if someone is not ready to be a parent but they find themselves pregnant they may find themselves in a financially bad situation. it costs money for abortion clinicians, but it costs a lot more for pediactric bills, food, housing, clothing, and other necessary things for raising a kid. you could say that you could put a child up for adoption but that child is still costing someone somewhere a lot of money. plus it's like, you spend these 9 months with a tiny human living inside you and then once it's born you're supposed to give it away to someone better. it seems really sad to me and i don't think i could go through it.

wow.. i didn't realize i had this much to say.

Another thing:

floosie is a cute word! 4laugh

But ******** that s**t. I'm not a slut, I'm a P.I.M.P., dawg! Y'all best reckonizzle...or something.... whee

I have only recently began my campaigns in the areas of Feminism, so my ideals might be unsophistacted. I know that as a male my fellow males see girls as a source of beauty and sex. At least I reconigize this in teenagers. I sympathisize with women on this issue. Also society pumps out an expectation that many women are pressured to feel the need to meet, This expectation that only reinstates the suspected image for woman and their purpose creates stress and self-confidence issues with females. It irritates me to hear my friends regard their previous girlfriends like yeah.. huh huh she had a nice a**, or she was tight. Actually it doesnt irritate me it pisses me off big time. I may be called a man bich but hopefully I can earn the respect of those women that I fight for.

ever since i was young i had a distinct drive to beat boys. what ever i did. i have my dad to thank for that. i was always taught to never give up. try harder. and dont let boys push you around. i wish that there were more girls raised like that. maybe there wouldnt be abuse issuses in relationships. girls would learn to fight for a stronger place in society. my biggest problem with the double standards is motocross, off roading, skating.... ect. i love to ride my dirt bike. and i was raised to ride with the big boys. therefore i will race with the big boys. whether race officials like it or not. my determination has broken a boundry in the local racing community of my home town. and made some what of a ripple for following women who want to steo up to the plate.
all i want to see in society is equality, in things that we have passion for.... domokun xp

go for it! i'd vote for you!

My dad is the same way and I think that did help me alot. I wish some of my friends would have that kind of support. I have a higher sense of my own worth then alot of my friends, I hope that I help some of them in some ways. I think some of them feel that they have to dress a certain way, act a certain way, to be respected. But just cause they get the boys attention doesn't mean they are respected by them. I think I made some of them realize that. But anyhow, my dad is really open to what I have to say about different things and i love him so much for that. I remember I was up in a huff about something having to do with abortion, I can't remeber what exactly.. But anyhow he asked me what was wrong and I told him only to find out he completely agreed with me and encouraged me voice my opinion. I'm really lucky to be raised by someone like that, it's really helped me.