OUR VIEW: Thank heaven for little girls

Women are awesome. It doesn’t matter their age, ethnicity, socio-economic standing or taste in clothes – women are just plain cool. March is Women’s History Month and we say YES. According the the National Women’s History Project website, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women was the first to initiate a day to celebrate women’s history in 1978. Since then, we’ve seen women hold positions in government, religion and business that hadn’t been seen before. Case in point: The 2008 presidential election. We didn’t have just one woman vying for the White House, we had two. Though neither was successful, it shows that every woman has great potential. When it comes to abilities, we feel women are just as capable and intelligent and eager as the men. Let’s take a moment to appreciate what women can do.

    First, and probably most impressive, women can give life. Women are vessels for babies. Wow. The sheer physical demand of carrying a living thing inside yourself is incredible, and women have to do it for nine months. Men complain when they get a tapeworm. Babies are like nine-month tape worms. Power to the women.

    Second, women always smell good. Guys have some funk on them usually, but girls have the lotions and the perfumes and the body sprays. Females add goodness to the air.

    Third, women are much better multi-taskers. How many times did you see your mom in the kitchen, cooking dinner, putting away dishes, talking on the phone, cleaning, feeding some child, giving affection to the family pet all whilst keeping a generally good attitude?

    Fourth, women live longer on average. That’s like when you go to get ice cream and you are served more than the person in front or behind you, just because of your hair color. That is just nature loving women.

    And finally fifth, women can do anything a man can and more. Women CAN perform well in the work place. Women CAN make decisions logically. Women CAN fight for our country. Women CAN be proud to be women and still wear pretty clothes. Women CAN drive well. Women CAN major in math or science or engineering. Women CAN get their hands dirty. Women CAN work hard. Women CAN make important decisions. Women CAN be powerful. Women CAN contribute. Women CAN compete with the men. Women CAN’T be underestimated. Women, you rock.