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[rrneck]

88. The issue that most dramatically

affects women is the unfair distribution of resources. Women don't get paid enough. They don't get healthcare. They don't get child care. They don't get equal opportunities in the workplace. They simply don't get a fair shake in this economy.

Do you really think a bunch of kids camping out in the rain is going to make those fuckers pay up? This is just the beginning. There's a fight coming. A big one. The biggest since the thirties. And its going to take all of us, men and women, to prevail. If we don't stand together, we will fall one by one.

You can have all the conferences, seminars, fellowships and university chairs you want but I'm here to tell you the only place you're going to get respect is in the streets. Amorphous perceptions and linguistic permutations just don't offer people anything of substance to rally around. And if you do manage to latch onto something somebody on Madison Avenue will just cook up something else. These culture wars only serve to bleed off support and divide us against a foe that can produce outrages faster than we can respond to them. And all the while there will always be the purveyors of umbrage to tell us how somebody is insulting us in a new way. Disaster capitalism is everywhere.

Truth to tell I'm not trying to be respectful. I'm being honest. If all you want is the semblance of respect and nice words then enjoy your gilded cage. But if you want people to treat you with genuine respect you're going to have to take it. That's how you deal with the men who are the cause of women's troubles beyond perceptions and terminology.

And the tragedy is that the real world problems that plague women plague men too. All we have to do is pull together instead of fighting culture wars among each other.