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“The “wives, sisters, daughters” line of argument comes up all the fucking time. President Obama even used it in his State of the Union address this year, saying,

“We know our economy is stronger when our wives, mothers, and daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace, and free from the fear of domestic violence.”

This device, which Obama has used on more than one occasion, is reductive as hell. It defines women by their relationships to other people, rather than as people themselves. It says that women are only important when they are married to, have given birth to, or have been fathered by other people. It says that women are only important because of who they belong to.

Women are not possessions.

Women are people.

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The Believer Logger: I am not your wife, sister or daughter Things can feel so unequal sometimes in our lives here int he US, but sometimes they don't. When people make profound statements because they aren't afraid to say this, it really helps me feel stronger as a person, a female, and a part of this society. (Found via Tumblr.)