The day after President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day included the “Women’s March on Washington”, originally called “Million Women March on D.C.”.

Their mission’s intent was supposedly “not a protest against Trump or the legitimacy of the election, but said it is to shed light on women’s issues, including sexual assault and workplace discrimination” said one of the organizers. Fontaine Pearson went on to say “We’re strong, but this has been a very difficult election for a lot of women”.

Needless to say, Pearson is a Hillary supporter but claimed to be hearing from women on “both sides of the political aisle”.

In addition to many, many women making plans months ago to organize and participate in this march, it was broadcasted on Facebook wherein the description was an “inclusive march” for “everyone who supports women’s rights”.

Pearson may have intended one thing, but what the public saw was quite different. There were several contradictions.

All women were not welcome or included; that comment of “both sides of the political aisle” was a mask. Women who choose life over abortion were blatantly excluded.

There were several men marching, most of them white, yet these women claim that their discrimination is from the white males of the world.

There were confusing messages and signs about global warming aka climate change all wrapped up with the “environment”—as if only the feminists and pro-abortion crowd cares about clean water, soils and air.

The most telling of the environment hypocrisy was the mounds of trash, debris, papers and signs dropped and left by these participants for someone else to clean up.

Without doubt, this event was originally planned to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s success and the march was to be an “I am woman, hear me roar” event.

That fell flat so the heat was turned up to remind everyone that Trump was (illicitly and unknowingly) audio taped over 20 years ago being braggadocios about groping women.

Another cry was women earning less than male counterparts. That theme is confusing considering that as a U.S. Senator, Hillary Clinton paid her female staff less (there’s at least one lengthy writing trying to provide cover the salary gaps but in the end, females were paid less).

In October 2012, (Hillary had a major role in the White House then) Politifact reported “According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000)”.

A significant gender pay gap remained in 2016 per a report by The Washington Examiner in July 2016.

Additionally, CNN Money reported “Hillary Clinton says men and women should make equal pay. But the Clinton Foundation’s leadership team had an average $81,000 average gender pay gap, according to the most recent figures available”.

It’s baffling how the majority of these marchers support Hillary Clinton considering the lack of congruency with her practices and their women’s thesis.
The most duplicitous displays were actress Ashley Judd and fading entertainer Madonna.

Ashley Judd was so disappointing. I gravitate toward her past movie roles, but this authentic real-life presentation was degrading and loathsome. Her screams and grievances about women’s bodily functions described in graphic language were repulsive.

Unprintable comes to mind.

Madonna: a woman with the train wreck of a life, giving advice to the more common woman. It wasn’t enough to abhorrently offer oral sex to anyone who would vote for Hillary, as she so boastfully announced in Madison Square Garden in October 2016, she made the conscious decision to promote violence upon the people’s house—the White House. She spoke quite clearly of her oft-thoughts of just blowing it up.

Many of us are trying to figure out what “rights” these women either do not have or that have been taken away. What can they not do or pursue?
Undoubtedly this women’s march positively impressed some, but an honest observance shows it was shameful.

Women cannot demand or command respect for themselves, their daughters or sisters, from the masses, by yelling vulgar words and phrases through a microphone or dress up in costumes representing female genitalia.
The frenzy was sloppily executed and disgraceful.

Betty Arenson

****Betty Arenson is a Valencia resident who believes in the Constitution in its entirety and that laws should be upheld and apply to everyone equally.