Gender.

In general, I feel talking about gender should be a dead issue. There are real problems in the word, problems with out answers, like AIDS and war and the need for clean water.
However, I just watched a video on Youtube that showed all these men (mostly from fox news) talking about Hillary Clinton and how she isn't fit for the Oval Office. They give many reasons, PMS, she's ugly, she's a nag, she has cleavage...It really upset me but, that's what it is supposed to do.
Now, this is where I stray from the Boobie Brigade...what's better, making a video that contains a constant berating of women, even if it for the greater good of "the cause" or, should we be making videos that promote women? I say, the only way to battle the negative is with a positive, remain in the center.
The clip made me feel powerless, hopeless, proud, angry...the kind of emotions that send me to bed to hide from the world. I don't need to hear negative remarks, I don't need to know what I can't do. I need to know what I can do.
In a way, this situation can be seen in the same way we viewed the attacks of 9/11...O.K., I get it, it might sound dramatic but, everyone kept saying, if we give in to the fear, then "the terrorists have won". I would feel comfortable saying that the men from FoxNews are gender terrorists, if we give in to them, they have won.
It's sad to think that these are men that were raised by women, taught by women, loved by women and given life's privileges by women. Do they have no recollection? If they believe that their own mothers could not be capable of making the correct choices, then what do they believe about themselves? If they were raised by women, from what they say, they were raised by a person that is unfit to make decisions...Hmmm, self hate anyone? Now the Numbers:
Number of Violent acts committed in a year By women: 1 in 77,000.
Committed by men: 1 in 8,700
Men commit 13 million violent acts a year while women commit 2.1 million violent acts a year.
Other things: Men lead the pack when it comes to rape, genocide mass and serial murders.

So, if the question is: Are women fit to run for office? and the Answer is: "no, because their hormones make them prone to rash decision."
Then are we to blame the holocaust, Jonestown and Rwanda on testosterone?

We would never do that, it would be an insult to lives lost.
Gender makes no difference in our ability to choose between right and wrong.

I will finish up by saying, I love men. I love most of the men I know...They are all different, from violent to gentle, crude to refined...In fact, I do not like women that hate men. I feel like guys are more honest and open with how they feel, while they typically may not express their feelings as often as the ladies, they don't seem to hide as much from the world.

Oh, MLK...where are you when we need you?