Today I stumbled upon this post on imgur (a website I practically live on).
I...can't express how sad I was looking at the pictures of these beautiful women who have experienced nothing less than absolute tragedy in their country, mostly based on the simple fact that they are women. 
One thing is for sure, I completely feel for every single woman. 
I cannot imagine having acid erode and burn through my flesh for any reason, but especially when it's a reason as trivial as me denying you marriage or me being BORN a woman. 
Us women have been dealing with the idea that we are inferior to men for thousands of years.
I truly wonder where it all began.
What is so bad about being a woman? Why are there so many countries where women are still so oppressed and neglected? Why are we almost always the second class citizens?
I will always love being a woman. 
I feel blessed that God put me in this body that is pretty extraordinary. The fact that our bodies are constructed so that they can give life... THAT is amazing. 
Without our bodies, there would be no men. There would be no birth.
We are created so that our body can hold an nurture another human being for nine months.
The idea that the same human being that you nurtured and birthed can come back and deem you invaluable is...astonishing.
It just doesn't make any sense.
I really need to figure out what I can do to change this because my heart breaks when I see pictures like the ones posted on imgur.
It breaks when I read about female genital mutilation.
It breaks when I hear about rape statistics and when I watch absolutely heart-wrenching and upsetting documentaries like "The Invisible War."
It breaks when I hear about countries who do honor killings or who kill their precious daughters, simply because they are not boys.
I just don't get it.