General

It happens to be the theme for International Women’s Day 2023. The idea is to not just stop at equality. The images will clarify the idea.

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Women aren’t equal to men in life

They are superior to them in many aspects

But when you look at the rights given to them

In this society of ours, they are lagging behind

So now we women don’t just want equality we demand equity too!

Now we demand to be treated fairly and given equal opportunities

Just like any other member of the society

We shouldn’t be handicapped from the start of the race

By tying weight of our womanhood around our ankles

By loading the dice against us because of our XX- chromosomes

We do more but receive less both in acknowledgment and money

Always remember, without women the society cannot exist

For we are the mothers that birth the sons…

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #271 – Embrace Equity &
Moonwashed Weekly Prompt #133 – Conversant

all women are conversant
with the inequality befallen their sex
millennia of injustice
every generation fighting

all human beings
if they’d only embrace equity
acting as a collective
what a glorious world we’d be living in

Reena’s inspiration this week is https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/reenas-xploration-challenge-271/

#EmbraceEquity a theme for National Women’s Day, which was yesterday.

Equality

Embrace being female, equality, battle for equity

equal pay, rights, is all we are asking. The same as

men, not better. We strive to make a better life for all.

I am disabled

And I am a woman

I deserve equality

And equity

Most disabled people

And even most women

Don’t get this

But we should!

I strive

To inform

The world

That

Women are strong

Its not the end of the world

To be disabled

Disabled people are strong, too!

Please treat all women

And all disabled people

With respect

With equity

And as equals

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #271 – Reena Saxena (wordpress.com)

Does making things equal for everyone go against the law of survival of the fittest?  If everything were equal in this world, what would happen to competition?  Motivation is a driving force of human life and without it, nothing would ever be accomplished.  In Animal Farm, George Orwell said that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”  Power is always abused and there is no such a thing as an honest politician.  Most people are destined to be followers because they lack ambition and the determination to be in charge.  It has been said that “Equality is giving everyone a shoe.  Equity is giving everyone a shoe that fits.  Justice is when we don’t need to give everyone a shoe because they can get their own shoe and that shoe will fit.”  Equity is the quality of being fair and impartial and that is more…

In her eyes I see
flashes of uncertainty
of what she could be

Days splash gold at dawn
clouds bathe her in smoky grey
as red blood pounds on

Flakes of orange sun
scatter hope like confetti
till the rain pours down

Colours wash away
leaving pristine white pages
for her each new day

For Reena’s Exploration Challenge

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #270

TOUCH-UP

Life is like a painting
even if you make a masterpiece 
you can't sit idle
you can't take it for granted
you always have to be vigilant
to touch-up
wherever the color fades 

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VISION

Life was like
A never-ending trail in the desert
Colorless
You came up with a palette full of vibrant colors
To fill my world 
With colors of
Love and friendship
Dreams and hopes
I'm overwhelmed but
I fear
Your hope of evoking a sense of colors in me is futile
I wonder 
Whether
Just painting light into my eyes
Will give me the vision