random babble…

this isn’t exactly about violence against women, but i like that it is something positive.

while i always had mixed feelings about the girl scouts, never wanting to be one myself b/c i thought all they did was sell cookies and practice cooking and sewing, while the boy scouts got to go camping, my heart warmed a little when i read this.

“When you say you are a girl scout, they say, ‘Oh, my daughter is a girl scout, too,’ and then they don’t think of you as a person from another planet,” said Asma, a slight, serious girl with a bright smile. “They are more comfortable about sitting next to me on the train.”  

while i think it’s sad the lengths some people feel they have to go to make other jerks feel better, i like that the girl scouts are giving these young girls some confidence.

“I don’t want them to see themselves as Muslim girls doing this ‘Look at us, we are trying to be American,’ ” she said. “No, no, no, they are American. It is not an issue of trying.”

bingo.

so, in a possibly feeble attempt to tie this into ending VAW, building confidence in young girls, especially young WOC living in a muslimphobic society, you encourage them to push for their potential.  pushing for potential means they may try their damnedest to achieve more than being cardboard boxes, hopefully keeping them from situations where they might find themselves victims.  not all victims of violence are minority women in poverty, but a damned large number of them are.  and i would have to run stats, but i am willing to bet my pussy that there is a disproportionate number of muslim women who are victims of violence.