{"id":14949,"date":"2017-09-01T01:10:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=15483"},"modified":"2017-12-31T20:24:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T01:24:31","slug":"a-womans-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/09\/01\/a-womans-place\/","title":{"rendered":"A Woman’s Place…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Menstrual Night. Original art by Emily Balivet<\/a>, may be found on her etsy <\/a>site EmilyBalivet<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n


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Welcome to “A Woman’s Place……”<\/strong>, Pagan Pages’ new feminist column.<\/p>\n

As some may have noticed, with the election to the US presidency of a man who is a racist, misogynist, homophobic, narcissistic bully, incidents of racism, anti-semitism, homophopia and misogyny are rising at a massive rate, all of which are distressing and disturbing. This column will address each of these issues, as feminism, for many of us, goes beyond just equal rights for women, but equal rights and social justice for all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I came upon this article – America 2017: Georgia Woman Fired for Menstruating on the Job<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With this, we harken back to biblical times, when women were unclean and had to be kept separate from the rest of their tribe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With this, we harken back to the days when women would hide their moon-time supplies in a closet so that the children, and yes, their husbands would not see them and remind them that our bodies do something *dirty* every month.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With this, we, each of us, remember that day when we were still young (or older, it doesn’t matter) that we were caught unprepared and were laughed at, or worse yet, called disgusting names such as “pig” and hear “ugh, what the hell is that?” What woman has not been there at some point in her life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is a simple fact that all women get their periods, and that most of us, at one time or another, will have an accident.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This does not mean, as this article states that, (she failed to)…..”practice high standards of personal hygiene and maintain a clean, neat appearance while on duty”. This comment by her employer intimates that because this woman had her period, she was not clean (read: unclean).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The slippery slope that women have been on these past few years has just gotten more slippery. We are close to losing bodily autonomy. We can now lose our jobs for healthy bodily functions. There is at least one state out there that has voted for us to not have jobs or homes if we take birth control or have had an abortion. See: Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Women need to fight back, just as this GA woman who was fired from her job is fighting back. She is not fighting back just for herself, she is fighting back for all of us. We should all stand with her because if we do not, who will stand up for us when the time comes? It will come, this is the direction we are being led by the patriarchal culture that we live in.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I know, there are women who see this and say, “well, she is dirty if she cannot keep that from happening”. I have seen the comments. Many feminists think of women such as this as traitors, and male-identified. This may be so, maybe not, I have no idea. What I do know is that as women, we need to stand together and support and encourage each other, not judge each other and drag each other down.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As women, have you heard of The Red Tent Movement? It is for reasons such as this, that this movement exists. Women need to connect to other women. We need to remember that our bodies, our blood is sacred. <\/span><\/span>It is powerful; it is magickal<\/b><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Our blood is keyed to the phases of the moon <\/b><\/span><\/span>– how cool is that? Women need to educate themselves, start to see and believe in the sacredness of who they are, find the Goddess within and without. See: Red Tent Temple Movement<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So, please be aware, look around and wake up to the things that are happening around you, especially now while we are in the power of a man and the majority of a political party that would seem to hate women, and want them to be put back in the place they once occupied.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you watched or read The Handmaid’s Tale? Our bodies are being policed more and more, and this is no longer fiction.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, the name of this column, “A Woman’s Place……”? In case you didn’t know where that place was, I will give you a hint — it’s everywhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Disclaimer: The opinions reflected here belong to the author and in no way reflect the opinion of Pagan Pages or any of their other columnists.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Susan Morgaine<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Teacher<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Healer,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Yogini<\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0She is a monthly columnist with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>PaganPages.org<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>Whatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jesus, Mohammed and the Goddess<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>, as well as Mago Publications\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>She Rises, Volume 2, and “Celebrating Seasons of the Goddess”. She has also been published in\u00a0Jareeda<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SageWoman<\/a>\u00a0magazines. She is a Certified Women<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span>s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through Imagine A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/\u00a0<\/a>and her email is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>MysticalShores@gmail.com<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For Amazon Information Click on Image<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Menstrual Night. Original art by Emily Balivet, may be found on her etsy site EmilyBalivet.) Welcome to “A Woman’s Place……”, Pagan Pages’ new feminist column. As some may have noticed, with the election to the US presidency of a man who is a racist, misogynist, homophobic, narcissistic bully, incidents of racism, anti-semitism, homophopia and misogyny are rising at a massive rate, all of which are distressing and disturbing. This column will address each of these issues, as feminism, for many of us, goes beyond just equal rights for women, but equal rights and social justice for all. Recently, while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I came upon this article – America 2017: Georgia Woman Fired for Menstruating on the Job.\u00a0 With this, we harken back to biblical times, when women were unclean and had to be kept separate from the rest of their tribe. With this, we harken back to the days when women would hide their moon-time supplies in a closet so that the children, and yes, their husbands would not see them and remind them that our bodies do something *dirty* every month. With this, we, each of us, remember that day when we were still young (or older, it doesn’t matter) that we were caught unprepared and were laughed at, or worse yet, called disgusting names such as “pig” and hear “ugh, what the hell is that?” What woman has not been there at some point in her life. It is a simple fact that all women get their periods, and that most of us, at one time or another, will have an accident. This does not mean, as this article states that, (she failed to)…..”practice high standards of personal hygiene and maintain a clean, neat appearance while on duty”. This comment by her employer intimates that because this woman had her period, she was not clean (read: unclean). The slippery slope that women have been on these past few years has just gotten more slippery. We are close to losing bodily autonomy. We can now lose our jobs for healthy bodily functions. There is at least one state out there that has voted for us to not have jobs or homes if we take birth control or have had an abortion. See: Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control.\u00a0 Women need to fight back, just as this GA woman who was fired from her job is fighting back. She is not fighting back just for herself, she is fighting back for all of us. We should all stand with her because if we do not, who will stand up for us when the time comes? It will come, this is the direction we are being led by the patriarchal culture that we live in. Yes, I know, there are women who see this and say, “well, she is dirty if she cannot keep that from happening”. I have seen the comments. Many feminists think of women such as this as traitors, and male-identified. This may be so, maybe not, I have no idea. What I do know is that as women, we need to stand together and support and encourage each other, not judge each other and drag each other down. As women, have you heard of The Red Tent Movement? It is for reasons such as this, that this movement exists. Women need to connect to other women. We need to remember that our bodies, our blood is sacred. It is powerful; it is magickal. Our blood is keyed to the phases of the moon – how cool is that? Women need to educate themselves, start to see and believe in the sacredness of who they are, find the Goddess within and without. See: Red Tent Temple Movement\u00a0 So, please be aware, look around and wake up to the things that are happening around you, especially now while we are in the power of a man and the majority of a political party that would seem to hate women, and want them to be put back in the place they once occupied. Have you watched or read The Handmaid’s Tale? Our bodies are being policed more and more, and this is no longer fiction. Oh, the name of this column, “A Woman’s Place……”? In case you didn’t know where that place was, I will give you a hint — it’s everywhere. *Disclaimer: The opinions reflected here belong to the author and in no way reflect the opinion of Pagan Pages or any of their other columnists. *** About the Author: Susan Morgaine\u00a0is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer,\u00a0Teacher, Healer,\u00a0and\u00a0Yogini.\u00a0She is a monthly columnist with\u00a0PaganPages.org\u00a0Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies,\u00a0\u201cWhatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cJesus, Mohammed and the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications\u00a0\u201cShe Rises, Volume 2, and “Celebrating Seasons of the Goddess”. She has also been published in\u00a0Jareeda\u00a0and\u00a0SageWoman\u00a0magazines. She is a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through Imagine A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/\u00a0and her email is\u00a0MysticalShores@gmail.com For Amazon Information Click on Image      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}