She spoke of child-rearing in relation to the government, equality in the workplace, racism, classism, sexism, human trafficking. She spoke of qualities that we often find in people: attention to detail, patience and nurturing. These are simply human characteristics, she offered. She presented the concept of women as natural allies with homosexuals because of the need - the right - to separate sexuality from reproduction.
Her parting words for us were in the form of a challenge. She urged us each to act for social justice in the next 24 hours: discuss our salaries, have the children pick up after themselves. She said that she would guarantee two things - that Thursday, the world would be a better place, and that we would have so much fun with it that we would wake up not saying "whether" we would do something outrageous, but "what" outrageous thing we would do.
What a thought-provoking way to spend an evening.
Her parting words for us were in the form of a challenge. She urged us each to act for social justice in the next 24 hours: discuss our salaries, have the children pick up after themselves. She said that she would guarantee two things - that Thursday, the world would be a better place, and that we would have so much fun with it that we would wake up not saying "whether" we would do something outrageous, but "what" outrageous thing we would do.
What a thought-provoking way to spend an evening.
