Unfair Work Expectations Affecting Human Females

     The point is... many Moms don't have a choice, they have to work outside the home to keep a roof over their kids heads. Unfortunately, women are making only an average of 77 cents to the dollar of what a man makes for the same work. While they are also tasked with raising up the next generation (no small feat). No, women should not be required to be a homemaker rearing children her whole life. She should have the opportunity to have a career and other interests beyond the home. 

     But what women are faced with is a dual role where they want to be the best at both. Often in our country because of the lack of interest (as a society) in supporting the Mothering Role, it can easily become humanly impossible. And who do you suppose is expected to take a backseat to the career pressures? The woman, (her health, her time for herself, her household environment) and her children. This is unacceptable and in no way is it the fault of women. Women are subjected to a hostile misogynist American society that pretends they must behave like men in order to "prove" they are equal. (Which IMHO is insane and ridiculous). 

     Everywhere you look in America there are government funded jobs programs geared specifically for men. The Military is just one. The up coming infrastructure projects to the tune of a Trillion+ is another. When working mothers need help to pay for daycare or food, all we hear is crying from supposed "capitalist men". That people should be able to feed their own children or work even harder to do so. For mothers do they mean work harder at dead end jobs with 'unfriendly-to-family' work schedules? Harder at jobs that undercut workers pay because they happen to not have a penis?

    I mean really, women have been in the work force for how long now? We still have only one real career option that works well with kids school schedules, that's being a teacher. Not every woman wants to be a teacher and besides they haven't been hiring teachers since Obama's been in office. REALITY PEOPLE, WE NEED TO LIVE IN REALITY. 

     Many women want to have children, they shouldn't be required to be married to do so. They shouldn't be penalized economically for not having a husband. With the violent crime and rape statistics in this country 6 of every 10 women will have experienced a rape in her lifetime. Is it really so hard to understand why some women  don't want a husband? That maybe some have been so traumatized they find it hard to want to trust a man? With the number of men into pornography, guns, drugs is it so difficult to understand why some women can't find a man or have given up trying to find a man suitable to have in their home around their children?

     I suggest the government spend some time and money creating jobs for women who want summers off for raising their children and evening and weekends off to do the same. Do we really want to steal summers from our children to work a job that could care less about your well-being? Why are there no great paying jobs that are 5 hours 5 days a week while kids are in school? Again, how long have women been in the work force? How long have women been producing, raising, loving, mothering the next generation of the only intelligent beings we know of in the whole universe? Since men rule the world it makes me wonder if they are jealous of women for some reason. Why else would they make things so unnecessarily difficult for us?

Written by Stephanie J. Gilley

Socialism: OK For Men?

     When we listen to the Main Stream Media we hear an ongoing mantra that has been repeated for more than a decade. Socialism bad, Capitalism good. To see how Americans exist in a fog purposely contrived by the 1%, through their monopolization of the information pathways in this country, one must don their critical thinking cap.
     Looking at data is an idea promoted by the scientific method of problem solving. A time tested way of reaching conclusions in order to determine our location, so that we can chart a path to desired outcomes. In other words, we need to see where we are in order to decide which direction we want to go. If we think we are somewhere when we are actually in a totally different place, we will never be able to logically plan our way to where it is we wish to be. And this is exactly the conundrum the 1% enjoy, a spell if you will which they have cast upon us in order to enable them to reign free.
     Americans have been propagandized to hate anything to do with the mention of Socialism. It conjures up images of the late Soviet Union and the poverty and human misery suffered under that regime. It conjures up images of Cuba and totalitarian government inflicting poverty and militarism on the society there. The Main Stream Media have instilled these images into the mindset of the American populous using high tech visuals and sounds. Combined with scare tactics, negative attitudes and stories of certain doom. This is purposely instigated onto the population with a specific agenda. To promote an economic system of free market capitalism. This economic system is the favorite of archaic patriarchy which is no friend to humanitarianism or equality and in fact promotes racist warmongering, environmental degradation and poverty.
     Proponents of patriarchy do have a soft spot for men at least in as much as being able to control and exploit them for the purpose of making more money for themselves. The 1% of men in control of everything have convinced most of the other 99% of men, that all men are superior and need to rule over the Earth and all the creatures on it including women and children. That everything exists for the pleasure of men to be used as they see fit. Now, even if many open minded men realize this is an archaic and backward view to have towards the world and everything in it, they still need to be aware of it's effects. In fact, life on Earth is dependent on the awakening of male humans to the destructivism and chaos of a widespread mindset promoting  ideas of patriarchy. For in truth, patriarchy is the rule of only 1% of men over all others. Convincing all men that it benefits men in general is a huge propaganda campaign.
     Let's start by determining where we are. Looking at the facts and data is hard to do because they're not pretty. As an intellectual and civilized species we would expect to have, by this day and age, accomplished more. We should have much more to celebrate and be proud of. OK, so that's where we want to go, towards the direction of being a species that has something to offer the universe. Beauty, peace, wisdom and ingenuity more of these is what we all desire. How do we get there?
     Realizing first, that there are in fact many social programs for men. The Military is tax payer funded. A Jobs and "Private Contractor" Corporate Social Program devised to generate livelihoods for mostly men. Wall Street feeds off the Military and is run by a majority of men. Lest we forget Wall St. banks were bailed out by a social program of tax payer funds. Congress, SCOTUS, State and City Governments are all funded by tax payer dollars and are also dominated by men in their employ. Churches are extremely prevalent in the USA. Most of which serve as non-profit money conduits for the men who run them. The NFL is a male centric corporate entity that makes $10 Billion in tax-exempt profit every year. National, State and Local road, highways and bridges (infrastructure) is an ongoing jobs program for again, mostly men. When cities get grants to build anything this is yet another social jobs program for men.

     So, when we hear Republicans and Libertarians bash Socialism we now must immediately call them out. Because men are the biggest benefactors of Socialism in the USA. When we hear the Republican warmongers bash single moms trying to raise kids in a society extremely hostile to women; we need to compare what men get and the insufficient and nonexistent support for women. We need to call them out when they criticize and try to abolish SNAP. Because the reality does not support their anti-social talking points. Shining a light on Male Centric Social Programs is the least we can do to pinpoint our exact location. Allowing men to continue to imagine they are not dependent on social programs would be enabling a lie that perpetuates the archaic mindset of patriarchy.

~ Stephanie J. Gilley

My Email to Elizabeth Warren for Senate All Night Discussion on Climate Change

To Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

We cannot talk about the topic of climate change without addressing the current energy industry. It's a privatized industry basically working as a middle man to manage the public resources used to produce energy for our country. We know this as a carbon-based or sometimes referred to as a fossil fuel based industry. 

Economics ties into our dilemma because so many powerful people subscribe to the cultish beliefs of The Free Market System. And because of this we have all been subjected to the proliferation of archaic means of energy production, not only in our own country but around the world.  Much money is being made by a select few by holding the world hostage to the fossil fuel industry way of meeting our energy needs. 

Now I know some people, the President included, have stated that natural gas is a clean alternative to oil and coal. Let's remind them that methane is a greenhouse gas. Let's also remind them that exploiting and contaminating our fresh water aquifers in order to drill for natural gas is hardly what any sane person would call clean energy.

In 2014 energy technology should be helping to make people more independent and more sufficient in obtaining their energy needs. It should be freeing up the ability for many more people to travel near and far. Our elderly and our children should never have to fear freezing to death in the winter due to an unpaid utility bill. Our families should easily be able to grow a portion of their own organic food all year around if they want to.

Empowering citizens to become more sufficient in providing for their own needs, without depending on a Corporation which is exploiting them for profit, is what we should be aspiring to. This is what advancing energy technology could do, and should do, as our society evolves towards more balance within our ecosystem. Solar power does not require humans to be subjected to a profiteering middleman, in order to keep from freezing to death or to feed themselves, and this is a good thing.

~ Stephanie Gilley

P.S. Good Luck Tonight, Senator Warren and Thank You For Speaking Out. xoxo

The Fracking of Beautiful Ohio

I was able to do some photographic field research in Noble County, Ohio. These photos were taken in October of this year - 2013. They show the fracking wells, the water containments, and pipelines. Huge paths were cut through the woodlands to dig in order to lay the gas pipelines. ~SJGILLEY

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The United States of America: A Corporate Dictatorship

          For a People who are supposedly so attached to their freedom Americans seem to have relinquished quite an enormous amount of it. It seems that some People are freer than others in this, the home of the brave. The People I am referring to are the newest members to Peoplehood and yet their rights already trump the ordinary citizens of this land commonly known as human beings. The legalized illegitimacy of regular folks is something that offends me greatly, since I happen to be included in that group. I have yet to incorporate myself you see.

          The Supreme Court of the United States of America recently took it upon itself to recognize man made conglomerates as People. These People are not like you and me they are special because they are far more powerful than regular American Citizens. Their power comes from their wealth, their connections to industry and their investors. It is the ultimate elitist club. Only the wealthy need apply. The weird thing is that most of the people in the club don’t have very much power either, only the very few at the top do, i.e. owners and CEOs. These are the real players, they are the ones making the decisions and calling the shots. The idea of equal representation under the law or by representatives in Congress is a fantasy for most individual Americans. It simply does not exist anymore if it ever did. Most of us, that is women, children, and minorities of every stripe are still waiting for our chance at real freedom and equality.

          Corporations dictate every aspect of life in America, from the food we eat, the water we drink the air we breathe, our exposure to toxins, to stress, the energy we use and our healthcare choices. Because we seem to have a myriad of offerings from corporations this does not mean we are a free people. It means we are given a set number of choices determined by specific corporations.  For most ordinary people our work schedules, again dictated by corporations, determines the amount of free time we are allowed. This is the measured time we must use to pursue other interests outside of work. In America this time is purposely extremely limited. It is all we are given to cultivate relationships with family and friends, raise our children, and enjoy entertainment and relaxation. It’s just enough to recharge for our real purpose in life which is to serve the Corporations.

          Every time anyone complains about the circumstances of living under a Corporate Dictatorship we get the same slap-down. You must work hard to succeed, you should be grateful you have a job, the 40 hour work week was a hard fought battle we shouldn’t push our luck.

          Women even though disproportionately responsible for raising the next generation of citizen human beings; are expected to embrace the work world as "white men" would and try to accept the resulting dual lifestyle as  hard won “equality”.  No attempt has been made to offer work schedules which coincide with children’s school schedules; even though women have been in the work force for over 50 years. Most employers are guilty of paying women workers 30% less than a man at the same job.  Corporations are responsible for the economic requirement of a two income household in order to maintain a middle class standard of living. We are told this was the price we had to pay for women entering the workforce. As corporations become more powerful the economic injustices continue to grow.

           Instead of a culture of being considerate to others who may be different than us corporations use our differences to induce fear and incite violence; violence toward women and children, death from suicide, and the promotion of a perpetual war economy. We are more afraid of speaking out against corporations for fear of becoming unemployable than openly despising our neighbors.

          Corporations have taken over and Americans are currently experiencing a serious set-back in their quest for freedom, equality and justice for all. Something needs to be done to limit the power, wealth and influence of Corporations if Americans really intend to be free.

~ Stephanie J. Gilley MS