Friday, April 16, 2021

ME but no TOO

   Long ago, before there was a name to such movement, I took a solitary stand against what I perceived as what would later be termed "sexism," though of course that was all yet to be a thing.

   A senior girl member of our class proposed that the girls in our class carry a rose in our procession to the stage where graduation would be held. That would have been a first at our school. I thought not. After all those high school years  together, males  and females held to the same academic standards, why now should the girls have to go all romantic-era  when the boys would be free to walk in as themselves. 

   The teacher in charge of our ceremony asked me if I rejected the idea because of the cost of the roses, about $3-$5 each. I said no and he said he hadn't thought  that was the reason.

    I'm pretty sure the rose project did not come about that year. Later on, it appears to have happened. Maybe if more women had given some thought...

    

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