If a woman can do it…
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008My co-worker Alix has a weblog devoted to peace. She is now traveling around America, on back roads, stopping everywhere and interviewing people, asking them what their personal definition of peace is. She did this last summer as well, 11,000 miles on a scooter (but with a 120cc engine, so legally it is a motorcycle), engaging people in conversation and encouraging them to go to her website and leave a thought about peace. She plans to take a route that will ultimately be (when viewed on a map) in the shape of a peace sign. On her weblog she usually writes about her travel, and the people she meets. Today, however, she shares her frustration over a comment she keeps getting from men, and about how the biology of her sex effects her travel:
I hear this comment a lot, “Well, I was thinking, if she can do it, so can I.” 100% of said comments come from men. And so I think, yes, yes, YOU CAN. You always could. But could you do it in a woman’s body? Perhaps I don’t offer a lot of my personal impressions ( which from this moment on, is going to change) because I don’t want anyone to minimize my personal experiences because of my sex. Perhaps this custom comes from one specific thing we don’t talk about. And once in a blue moon, it affects most of my day. Fellas, could you do a ride like this in my body?