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Cold, fresh, the tiny breeze filling up the classroom, the teacher (trying not to mention her name) yells to the class, “Im a high school teacher. Im not going to repeat it GABRIEL, NAPO, CLAUDIO, YOU!” I noticed she only called guys, and the guy she pointed out as you was Norman. I think it was my first time I actually had a sexist teacher. I never imagined myself sitting in a classroom where the teacher would actually discriminate the guys, or detest saying their names that she had to rely on you. It was funny how she mentioned John Steinbeck with disgust; she actually opened my eyes to a new feminist world. Even when she said the book Woman Warrior, even though I knew it was a good book, when she said it, I just imagined a cheesy ass book with the strongest woman warrior on Earth beating all male creatures upon her.

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Im not that religious kind of guy, but I did go to Lincoln School which is Christian and I have attended some masses, and have read the Bible. Havent you noticed that when we depict God, why is that we picture him on our minds as a man? Why is that? Why is that our holy mother Mary had a son instead of a daughter? Quoting the oldest of the oldest Testament, we see even in the 10 commandments that men and women were created equally with the same divine rights. bla bla bla. Doesnt this sound familiar to you? If Im not wrong, the Bible says you (as a man) have to honor and respect the women. Funny thing, even when we see the first woman on Earth, we see her as tempting, and evil; introducing Adam to the dark side. Isnt there a controversy in the Bible when they introduce Mary? Mary, a perfect example of a holy, virgin mother, we see someone who is untouchable by any human being.

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8th grade, Ms. Frys room, studying the polytheist religion. We read aloud the names of all the gods and goddesses. I dont know if you notice that all the female gods are related to sex, beauty. Is it that when we say woman we mean sex? Are women that delicate? In all history classes, I think I easily have seen like 10 women characters (and thats counting them since 5th grade Social Studies) Now going through literature, walk with me, but how many times have you studied a female playwright? (Shakespeare-ish) How many times have you seen women writers win Nobel Prizes. Now, women have become more popular, and now they finally

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