In my lifetime, I have had many roles — daughter, collegian, wife, mother, farmer, author, educator, entrepreneur, volunteer, director. Now, I unexpectedly — but proudly — add to the list “Women’s Rights Advocate.” I am appalled that women must now defend our sex yet again, and I will not be silent as women are asked to give away the very essence of our being.
Like every other mammal on the planet, humans enter this world as either a female with XX chromosomes or male as XY chromosomes. There are endless personalities that can inhabit these two sex-chromosome sequences, but at the foundation, we are all either a man or a woman. These distinctions have consequences. And while there are many advantages to being born female, there are also disadvantages: Men are typically physically faster and stronger, which leaves women more physically vulnerable. Women need and deserve protection and privacy.
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