Regardless of where one stands on the topic of American corporation’s role in distributing health care birth control, we can agree that it is a crucial issue….however as a woman, I don’t want to be defined by it either. Though I can’t speak on behalf of every woman, many of us care about more than contraception accessibility. Among all of the varied issues in which we share with men’s passions, we also care quite a bit about the economy ourselves.
Before we decide to debate as a nation in regard to birth
control distribution, perhaps we should make sure there are actually more jobs
that offer health care in the first place.
For many millennials, scoring a job with health benefits has become the ultimate
American Dream.
Before we complain about the (lack of) accessibility of
birth control, shouldn’t we tirelessly fight for equal pay? It is ridiculous that this is still an issue
in 2014. I feel wary when I hear politicians
make promises to assure equal pay. At
the end of the day, it is evident that this is surely a scheme to win women’s
votes.
I pray that politicians don’t view us as second-class voters.
We prove to vote more often than our male counterparts. In the 2012 presidential election, female
citizens contributed to 63.7% of the voter turnout.
We are your daughters, sisters, mothers, wives, co-workers,
and in many cases even your bosses. Even though there is a small percentage of
women employed in upper management, women make up the majority in middle
management. In addition, more women now
have advanced degrees than men. Clearly
“women’s issues” are also men’s issues too.
Dear politicians, in order to win this wary voter’s heart,
you are going to have to do more than presenting your strategic speeches
directed towards women. We prove to
stand tall as a complex, passionate, diverse and ambitious crowd. Don’t define us (solely) by fertility or
fertility prevention, but consider us in nearly any and every political issue and
you might just win our vote.
