by JAVSimson | Nov 9, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 4 Comments
This is the final installment of a set of meditations that began here/. There was a time, when I was much younger, that I resented my mother a bit for not teaching me the rules about how to be a girl. I had to learn all that stuff all by myself—from books and... read more
by JAVSimson | Oct 22, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 4 Comments
This series of blog posts began here/: So what are some of the consequences of the images and roles that women learn to appropriate, and what kinds of conflicts and losses are thereby created for a woman herself, for her family, and for society as a whole? For the... read more
by JAVSimson | Jun 8, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 6 Comments
[The following is a transcription of a lay sermon delivered at the Unitarian Church in Charleston, SC on February 22, 1976. This was during the height of state efforts to ratify the ERA, and I was actively in support of it. (... read more
by JAVSimson | May 1, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 1 Comment
Here’s a blurb about a book just submitted to the publisher. It should be out in another two or three months. You might not think a modern woman scientist and a Victorian travel writer would have much in common. Yet in this travel memoir, I find myself... read more
by JAVSimson | Mar 14, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 1 Comment
Congress finally passed (or should I say, reaffirmed) the Violence Against Women Act. Apparently, what was holding up the legislation was the issue of Native American women. Do the federal government and its law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction on autonomous... read more
by JAVSimson | Jan 26, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 4 Comments
This is the continuation and final installment of the previous blog on human development and who should determine whether or not that process is interrupted. Below is an image of the developmental stages to date from https://embryo.soad.umich.edu/ After about three... read more
by JAVSimson | Jan 21, 2013 | On Being a Woman | 4 Comments
Yesterday, I responded to a blog post on “Why Men Can Speak on Abortion.” with: “This article is simply a rehashing of age-old arguments about why males should control women and their bodies. The fetus is part of a woman’s body until it’s born.” I received a couple of... read more
by JAVSimson | Nov 20, 2012 | On Being a Woman | 6 Comments
This is the second (concluding) segment of the blog on women’s value. The first segment can be read here. But is it just monetary value that women are lacking? Maybe it’s also personal value – not being taken seriously for their immense contributions to human... read more
by JAVSimson | Nov 3, 2012 | On Being a Woman | 4 Comments
As so often happens, when I start to write on a topic, it goes over the 300 word “limit” on blogs (reader attention limit), so I’m splitting this one up into two parts. Here’s Part 1. ______________________ One of the most frustrating aspects... read more
by JAVSimson | Oct 8, 2012 | On Being a Woman | 9 Comments
This is the final segment of a piece, written about three decades ago, that surfaced as I was sorting through previous, unpublished writing. The first two segments can be seen here and here. _________________________ Then it was time to graduate and get a job. I had... read more
