Have You Considered

I got into a somewhat combustible conversation today. It was about the election (surprise, surprise. Seems to be a lot of that going around). Lots of frustrated words flying and lots of perspectives crossing right past each other, no common ground.

Anyway, then I had this thought. Too long to tweet in one entry, and too important to me to risk the separate tweets not being strung together in the correct order or taken out of context.

So ... here it is:

When you see an article or video that relays something that purportedly was done to, or said to, or said about a woman ... by any candidate, or any member of their staff ...

before you speak your opinion, do you consider what if that woman was YOUR mom/wife/sister/daughter/girlfriend?   Do you think: "If it were someone close to me, would I still take the position I am taking? Would I still say the words I am saying?  Would I still say that woman was acting out of line, inapporpriately, overstepping bounds, asked for it, etc."

If you would ... if you would have the same view whether it was your mom or not, then by all means, carry on with whatever you have to say.

But ... if you would not... if you think to yourself: "if that was MY sister, or MY daughter, I would never say what I have been saying (or was about to say)" ... then perhaps you should pause. Rethink your comment. Because that woman ... EVERY woman ... is someone's mom/sister/wife/daughter. She deserves the same treatment you'd give, and want shown, to your own.