Women’s March, impactful on society

On Jan. 21 over 5 million people around the world and 1 million in Washington D.C. alone marched for women’s rights. The march included men, women, dads, moms, children, families and friends all coming together to march, speak and protest for the rights of women. It all began with the first protest in Washington D.C., called the Women’s March. It was organized to send a bold message to our new president, Donald Trump on his first day in office and the whole world that “Women rights are human rights.” Many of them had signs, some saying, “Keep your  hands and laws off my body” and “My Body, My Choice.” Protesting is fine, but this particular march was not necessary.

Women and men aimed this march toward President Donald Trump after his inauguration because of some of the actions he has taken, such as the “locker room talk” episode, making fun of a special needs person, and women coming out saying he has grabbed them in sexual ways without their permission.

President Trump has made some inappropriate actions, but judging on political powers, many others have made inappropriate actions as well. Some former presidents with scandal in their presidency include: Clinton, Nixon and Kennedy. People make mistakes but being in the public eye makes it much more obvious.

As the President and leader of the free world, President Trump needs to consider what is best for all the people, and of course not all are going to agree and they have the opportunity to voice their opinions just like many did at the Women’s March.

However in this situation, voicing their opinion may be premature because Trump had only been President for 24 hours and yet to hinder women’s rights in any way. Nor was there any indication that he was planning to before this march was organized.

Some famous people were involved within The Women’s March, such as Michael Moore, Alicia Keys, Scarlett Johansson and many more. Being famous and popular these people try to influence the average citizen. They all gave speeches and spoke their opinions.

However, being a celebrity does not make them an expert on the subject matter.  It does give them an ability to be heard because of their popularity but people should do their own research and reflect on what is important to them and what they believe for themselves.

Curtis Montague Schilling is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox’s. He believed the March was not necessary because nothing has changed with women’s rights since Trump has become president.

“I want to hear one, just one woman from that march give one legitimate ‘right’ she’s afraid of ‘losing.; So insanely stupid,” Schilling tweeted.

Agreeing with what Schilling said that all women in America still have the rights they did six months and six years ago. Ever since Trump has become President, no women have had their rights taken away.

The Women’s March has caused a wide array of reactions from causing people to create fake news, speak what they believe and shows how an election for a new President can get a little crazy. The Women’s March has not really had an impact yet, as they are just trying to get a message across and make President Elect Trump understand that they are paying attention.