And the founding fathers were miffed at taxation without representation

Women are routinely subjected to violence at the hands of men merely for being women. We are underrepresented in our government because our sexist society makes it so much harder for women to run in the first place, and because voters are products of that sexist society. Everywhere we see women's bodies presented for male pleasure and consumption. We are reminded daily that men would like us to be more compliant to their wishes, that they often wish we had no independant desires of our own. Often enough we see claims that we actually do not have any independant desire of our own. Taking a step back to look at the big picture, to see all those little things fall into a pattern, to connect them to systematic rapes of women as a strategy of war, to the legally enforced reduction of women's lives to little more than a tool to serve men and produce more of them, is something too terrifying and horrifying to face up to.

When we see that Obama's cabinet (if all are approved) is made up of 15 men and 5 women (ETA: oops, 16 men and 5 women. Thanks for the correction!), it is a small piece of the reality few are willing to make an effort to comprehend. To some of us, it is almost triggering in a way. A reminder that as a woman, I am viewed as less of a person than men.

The again, maybe I'm just "miffed." At least, I am according to the headline at CNN.com: "Why some women's groups are miffed at Obama."

I have a proposal. From now on, women only pay 20% of the taxes men pay, since women aren't even a fifth of the members of the two houses of congress. I propose further reducing women's tax burden by taking the pay gap into consideration.