Won't Somebody Tell Me What the Women's March Was All About?!

A week has passed since the Women's March and I still see people saying they didn't know what it was about. I also see those seeking to misrepresent what it was, cherry picking photos and video clips seeking to define the protest in their own, less flattering, terms.


This is what the March wasn't. It was not about Hillary Clinton. Or the election. It wasn't about man bashing. It wasn't specifically about Donald Trump's misogyny or even necessarily about just women. Sure, with a million plus people around the world marching, chanting, giving speeches, & holding signs, one could find examples of each of those things. There is a lot of emotion out there. But none of those were the point and none of those themes were the specific reason I went. 

To me, the Women's March was about moving forward. 

Like I said, it wasn't just about women. It is an undisputed fact that historically in the United States, and in the world, that women, minorities, and non-heterosexuals have gotten the short end of the civil rights stick. There have been or are laws that legalize discrimination based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. Sometimes it isn't law, but just some good down home double standards that'll do. I find this to be unacceptable here in the 21st Century. 




I marched because Congress' majority party and the new president have in their actions and/or words, shown that they are at worst, hostile toward the rights of women, minorities, and the LGBT community, or at best apathetic toward them.

I marched because we cannot stagnate and we cannot move backward. There are those who will try to take us back and we will not just accept it. We will not give it a chance. Morally, we cannot just go along. We will unapologetically protest, march, yell, and post annoying political rants on Facebook to fight it every step of the way. 


Because until everyone is afforded the same rights and until every citizen gets to live the dream of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness that Thomas Jefferson put forth in the Declaration of Independence, then America isn't living up to its promise and we won't be the ideal nation that we've set out to be.

That's what the Women's March was about, Charlie Brown.