Sitting in the garden, watching the plants grow daily in the long-delayed spring, I am wondering whether the problems facing our world--global warming, food insecurity, water depletion, energy needs, political instability, religious ferment, viral infections, toxic chemicals, human trafficking, ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and just plain ignorance--will ever be solved without full participation of everyone.
Maybe the reason why the world is so screwed up is because in many countries, half the population is prevented from participating in any decision-making because they have a vagina.
In other countries, access to education and opportunities are limited by class, or the color of one's skin.
Perhaps we wouldn't be where we are if we were all allowed to speak and everyone knew how to listen.
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