Well, one thing's for sure: women who die for a cause or as heroes sure don't get as much attention

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. no thanks given. Rosa Parks was actually risking her life by refusing to give up her seat.

Given the atmosphere in the South at that time.

My point was a comparison. If you can list as many women who are lionized for their contributions and activism, particularly in terms of women's rights, who are given this much attention, I will appreciate you for it. Or, conversely, if you can list men who have used their sexuality to protest and been glorified for it.

Rosa Parks' action was then amplified and given gravitas by the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, which came to national and worldwide attention through Martin Luther King.

If not for him and other Civil Rights activists spearheading a movement whose time had come, I wonder if Rosa's courageous action would have gotten attention.

We still don't have Rosa Parks day, nor do we have Harriet Tubman day. We don't have Susan B. Anthony day, and most people don't even know about Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

(As an interesting aside, allow me to compare examples of how we socialize the two issues--Civil Rights and Women's Rights: Black History month is a very big deal, but Women's History month is still largely ignored. At the college where I work, Black History month is celebrated with multiple events, high level speakers, awareness campaigns about Black people who have made great contributions to society in various fields.........Women's History month, in contrast, was celebrated this year with a table in the Student Union giving away small bunches of tulips to women.)