Freedom
Writer
As I
sit here and try to decide what to write for the Wild Woman, I realize I have a
thousand ideas and don’t know where to start. I am overwhelmed with the knowledge that I, as a woman, can write
whatever I please. This battle was fought
for me in the past by strong women who sacrificed much of their lives and some,
their lives. There are some who are still fighting and what sort of person
would I be if I didn't help this fight? There were even men in the 19th and 20th centuries that fought for our rights. (1)
We
are in the 21st Century and there are women in some of the farthest
away places who don’t even know that women have rights. I am thinking of women in native villages in
forests so far from the normal realm of understanding, that they are totally
forgotten if ever known about at all by some.
Native
American Indian women had more rights than the European women who came over
with their husbands and fathers to build a new life. How ironic. (2) These women even owned their own teepees
and lodges. (3)
I
personally feel we should take care of this freedom of speech and be honorable
in what we say. We shouldn’t take this
freedom and use it to hurt others. Having
said this, I do feel that we should speak up and also write about those things
which can hurt a human being whether we are woman or man. I also feel we should write about what we
know in order to help others. There are
many who feel they are alone in life struggles who could face those issues
better with moral support by those who have been there and done that and still
are. We all have a story or two in us,
if we absolutely feel we cannot write but want to tell it, find a writer and
tell them your story. I for one will
volunteer for this and I would guard your identity if you so choose.
I
lost all my rights once. These were rights that soldiers died for and those in
the past also fought for and I didn’t go to jail. As a matter of fact, prisoners had more
rights than I did at that time of my life.
My rights were taken from me by a former military man who became my
physical abuser. Forget writing, I
wasn’t even allowed to go the store alone.
I wasn’t allowed to have a friend he didn’t approve of, so therefore I
had no friends outside his family. One
day I walked away from that 6 year ordeal and regained my independence and
self-esteem. I got a job, got back up on
my feet, rented a cute little bungalow in San Diego, California and moved on
with my life.
I will never give up any of my freedoms again,
especially the freedom to write, I will die first!
(2) http://books.google.ca/books?id=uw4qyw_BZrgC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=did+Native+American+women+own+their+lodges&source=bl&ots=Bucaa1lJZF&sig=nMEwgXIjFha2sB4z7Xrs5nJvaq0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9UzTUpLLBum0yAGPg4AY&v
The Myth of the Indian Squaw
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandan
(lodges and villiages) 2nd
paragraph. Indian women owned their
own lodges.
Published on
wildwomancommunity.wordpress.com Jan.
22, 2014
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