I often contemplate how I treat others, and how people treat the world around them. I think that my educational process is a gamut of events in my life, like being raised as a street wise kid, independent, being a cop for roughly 15 years, and my upper level education. I think about how the education I have received and continue to pursue has opened my eyes so much to how others feel and live. How society's social norms and constraints open the door for others to be oppressed enough to feel they don't belong, can't cope, and even kill themselves. This past week, we had 2 youths in the United States kill themselves due to Bullying.... one was 11, and one was 14 and both knew they were gay or bi-sexual already. Now for me, between all the science, Biology, Anatomy, and Psychology culminated with a BIG DOSE of Gender studies I have taken lately, I can see how diverse the existence is of the human body, and human mind can be. Not only can I see the diversity in its existence, but also in how evolution, genetics,and conditioning has made variances in every aspect of the human body, emotions, desires and the mind. What we think is "normal" is in fact a masked perception caused by social constraints and vocalized norms. The fact is, many variances are never aloud to flourish, be discussed, or even acknowledged. These social constraints are peremptorily and preemptively conveyed by Christianity and the American Medical Association standards of human treatment and human behavior. I am NOT knocking religion, as it is a fundamental part of my life and my family history in ways unimaginable to most people- and that in itself is another blog. BUT what I do find frustrating is that in the interpretation of religion and the Bible, we have lost sight of what it stands for, and in its place allowed the humanistic, ego, male voice, and twisted presentation to basically exercise control of the human population and maintain a Anglo- Saxon dominated world. So variances, are not allowed to be "NORMAL". Things like LGBTQ and Inter-Sexed are not even discussed in most realms of society. Did you know that 17% of all babies are born with an unidentifiable gender because of their genitalia? They are surgically altered and determined to be ONE sex by the physician at birth and sometimes doctors do not not even tell the mother of the surgery and sex determination EVER. THEY (the doctors choose it) think that it is easier for the baby and the mother to not be "faced" with this "abnormal" situation... the only reason it is abnormal, is because it is hidden!! The amount of incidence is high, and it is now believed that many Transgendered individuals were actually born intersexed. WHY? Because as transgender surgeries are now occurring more frequently, it is often found that a man who wants to be a woman, actually has partial ovaries internally when they go to remove male genitalia... and that women who want to be a man, often have internal testies. There are also chromosomal differences too. We have treated these men and women in our culture as if they are freaks, and that this is a mental disorder- imagine, can you? to be trapped in the wrong body? To be treated horribly by society, and all along, this is not your fault, but is GODS making if you in fact believe the religious aspect, and if not, a human DNA mutation,and here society treats them awfully and as if it was their "CHOICE" to live in turmoil! or how about this: Do you know that home births with midwives have a lower mortality rate for both mother and child then traditional hospital births? Did you know that 29% of hospital births end up becoming C-sections because in that pretty little IV the mom has, Patossin is given to "force" the labor along so you do not occupy a birthing suite for more then 12 hours, so the hospital has a high turn over rate and makes more money? Why? Because WOMEN are viewed as weak, incapable, and at risk- needing medical intervention to do a process we have done for thousands of years sans intervention! The USA has the highest rate of C-sections of any where else in the world, with the highest rate of maternal, and infant mortality in medically assisted child births out of ANYWHERE else in the world! I would call that some discrimination against women to view them as "fragile" and having incapable bodies to perform ONE of the exact tasks our bodies are made SUCCESSFULLY to do! Do you know that about 46% of war vettes suffer from PTSD and never get treated? This is because the government will not invest funds in that treatment of later onset illnesses because they want to pay only for immediate onset health and injuries (like amputees). Did you know that 38% of youths say they have been bullied enough at some point in school that they considered stopping/ dropping out of school and/ or even committing suicide?
Think about these statements- mull them over in your mind! I know they are varied, and maybe don't seem to connect- or maybe do not seem that important to you- maybe some offend you... and that is NOT my intention! What is my intention is to point out the lack of kindness- the lack of human emotion, and the lack of caring for others. Shunning others because they are different, or because of their gender, or because they have a debilitating mental health issue, or because you are stronger then them, or don't believe in what they do, and this is NOT ok!!! PLEASE consider your words, your thoughts, your actions towards others and be a better person from this point out! Teach your children to be kinder too! Know and realize, that others differences are not a threat to who you are, or your family- and that ignorance towards acceptance of these differences, no matter what they are, only leads to an ugly world!
I have placed a link to a beautiful and moving video that I think summarizes the whole point of this Blog. Please first, consider how this man is treated in the FIRST place,and then consider how is treated after his sign is changed! He should have had the kindness with out the change- But this also demonstrates the IMPACT of WORDS!!!
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If this does not make you think a bit, I am beyond words as to what else to say! Blessings to all and enjoy!
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