Dear Senator Stabenow,
I appreciate your service to the state of Michigan in the US Senate. I was reading Nicholas Kristof’s latest column in the NY Times and felt myself getting very angry about the situations he described. Obviously the fair treatment of women, roughly half of the population of US and every other country on the planet, should be a priority. As an American man, it’s easy for me not to think about very much until I come across something like this. And then, in my anger and frustration, I look to my state and national leaders to see what they’re doing about it, if the issue is a priority for them. I know you have a lot on your plate, and I don’t want to dictate your priorities. To me, when women are oppressed, traded into slavery, and abused without a second thought, this is a fundamental problem, and we must drag ourselves and other countries, especially our partners and allies, that would like to be considered mature and modern, into the light and chart a path to gender equality and protection of the abused. As a man, women are our mothers and our sisters, our aunts and cousins. This is a no-brainer. The stories in his column are truly astounding, infuriating, and heart-breaking.
Thank you for listening.
Peace, sincerely,
Colin Spitler
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