So, Who Centers Female Issues?

So if there are women who don't believe that: female health, female reproductive systems, female genital mutilation, menstruation, menstruation

So if there are women who don’t believe that:

female health,

female reproductive systems,

female genital mutilation,

menstruation,

menstruation huts

period poverty,

endometriosis, PCOS, adenomyosis, fibroids

childbirth,

pregnancy,

maternity leave,

healthcare coverage of female specific issues,

time off for breast exams, sudden female-specific issues, pelvic exams, birth control,…..

childcare

child brides

rape kit cost and investigation (still billed to victims in some areas)

changes to rape & domestic violence laws that are specific to females

should be centered in feminism, what other “movement” do they think has been created to do this?

What did they think feminism was doing before now?

If women do not advocate on behalf of females, who do people think will do it?

Who do people think has done it consistently & passionately?

Can anyone name one male organization that has ever prioritized these needs consistently?

Can anyone name one male organization that will prioritize these needs consistently in the future?

Can anyone name one male organization that continues to ask why sexual enhancement pills for men are paid for by insurance companies but birth control pills may not be?

What rights and freedoms have males EVER given females that we didn’t work hard to gain?

As a female, if you don’t advocate for females, who will?

Quotes for Women

“I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth

“If the first woman… was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again.” –Sojourner Truth

Your silence will not protect you.-Audre Lorde

“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” — Zora Neale Hurston

“Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names. … It was woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it.”

Janelle Monáe

“No woman should be told she can’t make decisions about her own body. When women’s rights are under attack, we fight back.”

Kamala Harris

“When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.” – Solange Knowles

“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.” – Marva Collins

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.” ― Shirley Chisholm

“By propagating women’s nature as non-violent they are discouraging women from becoming fighters in the struggle for their own liberation and that of society.”

Anuradha Ghandy

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.- Maya Angelou

“You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.'”

Erin McKean

I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

Malala Yousafzai

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

G.D. Anderson

“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.” ― Oprah Winfrey

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells