I have seen a book by a ridiculous male doctor, who does not believe that men and women should be just friends and that people should stick to their own gender, and the same if they're gay, about the fall and rise of women. Now, this same ridiculous doctor also said that women were becoming too much like men and thus unattractive to men. To that, I say, "Preposterous!"

I believe that the reason, in Christianity behind women being viewed as lesser stems from Eve tempting Adam to eat the apples from the Tree Of Knowledge.

This ridiculous doctor also claims that it's about women supporting each other, to which I say, "It's more complicated and more nuanced than that." Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox had it right when they said that "Sisters are doing it for themselves."

I remember having an argument with my mother, as I, an autistic sex abuse survivor, feel more comfortable with a female doctor than a male. She said, of my rare other neurological condition, "Oh, but a male doctor might be doing research into your condition." (Hello, my neurologist is a woman, and guess what, she is also a PROFESSOR and does research, and I'm not overly interested in some of those developments). She also said that female doctors take time off to care for their children. (Get with the 21st Century!) There is one exception: I have a male rheumatologist and I saw a female neurologist, 20 years ago, who was, rude, arrogant, dismissive, and a terrible choice for an autistic person.

I support a woman's right to an abortion because a woman is an equal. I struggle with the fact that when I was 12, my mother knowingly and deliberately forced me to see a doctor I didn't like, so if I felt disempowered and distressed by having to submit to someone I didn't like touching me and conducting an exam I did not want, then what right should I have to tell a woman what she can and can't do with her body? None whatsoever.