Suddenly, I’m glad I’m a woman.

It takes a lot for me to break down. I’m not a fragile person, yet this has left me shaking and crying uncontrollably. <br><br>My husband (my rock) called me in to watch CNN. My guess is he figured he’d spare me by not saying what was going on, knowing that I’m already a very sensitive person politically.<br><br>I don’t know if I can explain what I’m feeling. It’s just everything. What am I going to tell my daughters? How are we going to explain this to them? “I know he hates women and is kind of racist, but he’s what the country chose.” I mean, I know some women voted for him. I just can’t understand why.<br><br>What about women in the military? What about the moms who are fighting for their children’s rights yet he has mocked them. How are we going to look our children in the eyes and try and teach them that we’re all equal? What about our daughters? How are we going to tell them to be proud of who they are yet the future President went on record saying that women are objects, property, and that he can just grab them by their p***y. I just can’t see how we can tell them to be proud of who they are when the very man who will soon be running our country obviously does not respect women. I can’t imagine having a daughter who wants to join the military. How would I know that she will be respected when the future President running this country doesn’t respect women. <br><br>How are we going to look our children in the eyes and say everyone is “equal”? The man is a racist, sexist man. He’s running our country now. That just doesn’t say everyone is equal. I mean, I know some people will try and argue his points, but that just makes me feel sicker than anything. That people will stand behind him and try and justify everything he says and does is just sick.<br><br>I don’t know, maybe I’m overreacting. Maybe I’m just trying to make something out of nothing. But he doesn’t make me feel like an equal. He doesn’t make me feel safe. He doesn’t make me feel like he cares about me or my family or anyone except himself. How can I trust the government now? How can I trust that I’m safe on US soil? I just can’t. I’m scared.<br><br>I’m not a huge Hillary supporter, but I’m a female. I’m a mother. I just assumed that she would win, and she didn’t. I feel like I lost something tonight, and I just don’t know what.