MS. MAG. REPLY

"Women's Lives in the Balance" By Beth Baker.

What this article of the Fall 2012 Ms. Magazine focuses on is the power the women have and how our votes are so important to the future of our rights. Beth Baker explores the ways that extremists are taking advantage of women's rights such as abortion, birth control, how much me make compared to men, where we are "labeled" in the work for and so on. Even though statistics show that more woman have voted than men in the past few years, we are still not equal of them.

The point of this article is to catch the attention of woman everywhere to make them aware that we need the votes to support woman. We must vote to keep our rights and to change rights to better women's lives. Nursing homes are becoming increasingly expensive and are also being shut down because of lack of funding. This means that women in the future are going to need to pay more out of their pocket. Also by closing these homes, home-care helper jobs are being cut which are mostly woman.

The minimum wage still ranges from $7.25-$8.25 with woman still only making a portion of each of those dollars. This is not fair and we must step up to demand equal rights and an increased minimum wage. How are we as women supposed to support or even build families with no money. That is what men want us to do, yet we don't have the support from them or the money to do it because we do not make as much as them.

This years election is critical to woman. The 2012 votes are needed by the feminist and activists to ensure the safety of the woman in the United States as well as else where. We must stand together and support one another to keep our rights. Please vote in 2012 and help support women's rights. 

"Its A Woman's World"