When I see posts exclaiming that no women’s march is needed, every part of my body cries out for me to divulge every instance in my life that has shown me where I’m supposed to sit and how I’m supposed to behave. How I wish I had recordings of everytime I heard how I am supposed to behave or what I am supposed to wear, even what my future should hold. I hear often how my rights are the same as a man’s, after all we both get to vote and work, so all things must be equal! WRONG! Just as society tells a man how he should behave, it tells us the same. A multitude of stories in which women around me were not accepted or paid equally in their fields because it is considered “men’s work.” Even our military shows how unequally we are viewed for what positions women are allowed. Our pay doesn’t match, including in the fast food or customer service arena! Even male cosmetologists are paid more! I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked why I don’t have children, as soon as age 25 I was expected to reproduce. When I respond with the desire to adopt instead, I am told the right man will change my mind. I speak of the school of study I seek, biology, and I am told it’s a man’s field and I stand no chance, much like when I sought out a forest ranger position. Over and over in life I am told it isn’t worth my effort to strive beyond a basic secretarial position. Another area where I’m told what to wear based on my gender. In court we are told we will get a more beneficial outcome based on our dresses, as they are more fitting than pants. In the eyes of the law our statements are taken last and with less weight. Time and time again we are told we shouldn’t of worn or drank this and that. If we get paid less it’s because we chose the wrong field or aren’t working hard enough. I know these things are lies, knowing because I see others around me who work harder and longer than those who are deemed more efficient because of their gender. For those who don’t see, may I suggest opening your eyes? Ask your cashier or server what training they have, how many of them have business bachelors but aren’t wanted in management? How many times have you heard the woman in charge just slept her way to get their rank? Society doesn’t assume she has years of training and hardship to go with it, just that she’s easy. We are told at every job that our pay is not discussable. Have you ever talked with a friendly coworker anyway? Have you looked into your state laws? In every state I have glanced a male can be fixed years before the female. In my homes state a generation separates the time between legalized sterilization for each gender. Women are known to change their minds and love making babies, after all. We need a march every day the laws reflect that a man has more logic and wisdom. We need to march for every female mechanic that was laughed out of an interview. We need a march for every rape victim that went without justice because her words mean nothing and his are the only truth….. We deserve equality because society is the only thing that has ever told us we aren’t their equals. I stand with those women that march because I’m tired of being told where my life should be, tired of being silent because I might be deemed a whore, tired of being told what I should wear and how I should speak, TRIED of not having the ability to obtain a career of my choice without knowing a man on the inside. I march because I am exhausted from struggling to be in control of my life and of protecting my body.