THE YEAR OF THE YOUNG WOMAN!

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I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a lot of the younger generation of women who are currently fighting for reproductive rights are African-American women and Latinas! That makes me really happy. I also received a petition the other day from another group of young women who want to have a woman moderator for the presidential debates. There hasn't been a woman moderator in over 20 years. This is what they had to say about that:

"It's not just unfair that the Commission on Presidential Debates only picks men. It also sends young women like us a dangerous message -- that there's only so high we can rise, only so much we can achieve before it's time for us to step aside and let the men do the real work. Well, we don't think that's true, and we think it's about time to send a new message: that women can and should achieve all our dreams."

Well said. If you would like to sign their petition to support them you can find it at:

http://www.change.org/petitions/it-s-time-for-a-woman-moderator-equality-in-the-2012-presidential-debates?utm_campaign=share_button_modal&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

The below is a message to all the young girls out there about how powerful you are, and the reason that men are so threatened by you, in this case religious men, is because of your immense amount of power! Just keep that in mind the next time a man makes a misogynistic comment about you or discriminates against you. Know that it is ONLY happening to you, because you have more power than they could ever even begin to imagine!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/message-to-girls-about-re_b_1518849.html?ref=tw#s327348&title=Dr_Ingrid_Mattson