We spend our time teaching women how not to get raped, how to protect yourself at night, and what to do when you need to get away. If you’d teach your daughter about safety, why wouldn’t you teach your son about consent? Why is it that the words, “yes” and “no” are only confused when it comes to consent? Why are the lines suddenly blurred? Why are excuses made for the rapist, and why are they able to make excuses for themselves? “She changed her mind last minute so it wasn’t truly raped.”
The senate recently approved a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Of the people that voted on this bill, only one was a woman. Many women are only able to afford doctors appointments, contraceptives, STD screenings, and other such services through Planned Parenthood. If you take away these options for a woman, they no longer have the choice of protecting themselves. The same people voting against abortion, are the same people voting against a woman’s right to birth control. I believe that a woman should never feel guilty for her choices, she should never feel bad for owning her