Stella Ramsaroop

It starts with something simple: He thinks her jeans are too tight even though the jeans fit perfectly fine.

When someone tells you how much they care about you, it is always wise to take stock of their actions to decide if those actions actually correspond with the honey-dripping words coming from their mouths.

Do you think you are entitled to women and their time?

I was watching CNN’s Headline News one day a couple weeks ago when they aired a report that claimed that a lot of women are afraid of ending up alone.

In a 1998 Gallup survey, 51% of American women between the ages of 50 and 65 who had reached menopause said they were happiest and most fulfilled at this stage of their lives, as compared to when they were in their 20s (10%), 30s (17%) or 40s (16%).

For centuries in almost all cultures around the world, women had no real choice about when, where and with whom they would have sex.

The medical establishment tells us that nearly 50% of women have Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD).

On January 5, I wrote a column, entitled ‘My Crusade’ detailing the lack of protection and even maltreatment of women in Guyana by law enforcement officers.

No matter if I’ve only been gone from Guyana for a couple weeks, whenever I return and start to go about my business, it is always such a culture shock to see the way men treat women on the streets and about town.

There was an unplanned theme in the words of the women who spoke at the One Billion Rising – Guyana event this past Thursday.

I have already given my own reasons as to why I am rising at the One Billion Rising – Guyana event next Thursday, February 14 from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at the Promenade Gardens.

On February 14, one billion women – and those who love them – in 190 countries will rise up in solidarity to demand an end to violence against women.

The other day I was waiting in a room and a lady looked at me and sneeringly told me about something a person of Asian descent had once done that was improper.

After watching weeks of dialogue in the letter pages about rape, some Sisters (including myself) weighed in on the topic this week to add more female voices to the matter at hand.

How on earth does a man slash his wife’s throat, stab her multiple times and still walk the streets afterward?.

Just 238 words. That was how many words were dedicated to violence against women in Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee’s 6,048-word statement about the new Public Safety and Security Strategy that he proudly released to the media.

‘Her revolutionary spirit and patriotic heart is refreshing in a country where so many have just given up because the deep-seated problems of corruption and poverty are so overwhelming.

Interestingly, Mary, the mother of baby Jesus, appears to be the only woman present during the birth of her first baby.

What happens when – after being hit, punched, kicked, slapped or even raped – a victim of domestic violence decides to defend her life?

So, you’ve been out clubbing to let off some steam from a hard week at school or work.