As I sit here and write about the upcoming few months, I am reminded of the importance behind wanting a change. It’s easy to want a specific change, but it’s harder to make it happen. 

I use journalism as a way to introduce a change. I obviously cannot do it by myself, but I believe that if more people used their voices, change would be much more possible. 

Women’s voices have been placed at a much lower volume than they should have been for a very long time.

The best interest of women’s lives have been continuously ignored, thus being a factor in why their voices have not been heard by the American population. 

The upcoming election is a very important one. The Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, could be elected as our first female president. Each chance to elect a woman as president is equally as important and exciting. Having a woman as president would be very beneficial to America.   

Women have been through struggles since the beginning of time, and they have not had a safe space to share those struggles. Regardless of who the female candidate may be, within reason, that safe space would finally be available with their potential presidency. Women have similar experiences across the United States, and that can be a difficult reality to bear alone. 

Our country was founded by men. Men are a great addition to the society that we live in today, of course. However, women did not receive any sort of federal power until the early 1900s. Our Constitution was written in 1787. That amount of time with no particular female voice is very difficult to believe. 

Due to this lack of female voice, women’s issues have been ignored and disregarded by a society who believes women’s rights are synonymous with radical feminism.

Any form of feminism makes a change, firstly, and it is positive. But
most importantly, feminism would have never been as extreme if those voices were heard from the beginning. 

There are more issues to be considered in regard to women’s rights than what is popularly discussed, such as Roe v. Wade.

Though these issues are substantially important, the primary importance is that women finally have the opportunity to make the changes that I, and so many others, care so deeply about. 

Imagine a world where everybody — regardless of gender identification, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, social class, physical ability — was considered without question. A female president could make this positive change, and I think that leap of faith is more than necessary. 

Women have been raised to learn to cook, to provide for their families, to be a caretaker, to perfect their homes and clean the messes made by others.

Those were the foundational characteristics assigned to women from the start. In what world would women, who are expected to do all of these things, not be suited to run a country? Women are the polishers of society. This was not a chosen attribute of womanhood; it was created for them by others. 

Kamala Harris happens to be a female candidate in the upcoming election. Your opinion of Harris is, of course, up for you to decide. I am not telling you who you should vote for. Do whatever feels most comfortable for you, but I do have one piece of advice: Take the rights of others into heavy consideration. That is not political; that is ethical.

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