I'm a 22 year old woman and I'm so angry.

Hi everyone, I'm a woman from the UK and I'm a single mother to my 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son. <br><br>I don't understand how the world can be like this. We literally can't even leave a bar without being spiked and potentially raped. Women are being murdered left and right it feels like and their deaths barely even make the news, there are so many that not even all of them do. <br><br>I'm so angry that I even have to worry about this for my daughter but I'm also terrified about bringing a man into my life because of the risk that he could end up being abusive to either or both of us. <br><br>Women can't even go for a walk at night now without being scared of being attacked. The amount of times I've been followed and/or attacked by men at night is scary to think about, I'm just glad to have gotten away each time. I'm also glad that my children have a father who has always been respectful and doesn't see them at the moment because he's dangerous but at least he's not violent. <br><br>I just don't understand how anyone can try to justify women's bodies being used as a political playground. It makes me so angry and I don't know what to do with myself. I'm angry for the women and babies that can't get terminations, I'm angry that women are dying as a result of not being able to get the correct medical care, I'm angry that there are so many babies and children being neglected, abused and killed because their parents either don't want them or weren't ready/capable of having them. I'm angry that so many children are growing up without a father figure because the mother was forced to have them. I'm angry that the government and law enforcement are more concerned about women's reproductive systems than they are with people KILLING children and the fact that they don't give a shit about the mothers and babies that are literally dying because of this. <br><br>I'm so fucking angry at the patriarchy for ruining the world for everyone. I'm angry with religions too for dictating what a woman can and can't do with her own body. <br><br>I've literally fled my own home because of how bad things are and now I'm sitting here, thousands of miles away, getting ready to not only fight for myself but for my two young children as well. I'm angry that some men (and women) think it's okay for a man to get a woman pregnant and then just disappear from their children's lives, leaving them to grow up without a father figure. I'm angry that so many children are being either kicked out or neglected by their families because of who they decide to have sex with. <br><br>I'm angry that mental health care is practically non existent and that people are just expected to "get over it" when in reality, they might not even be able to. I'm angry that not only are mental health services almost useless, they're also ridiculously expensive. When you already struggle financially as a single parent, the last thing you need to be doing is being refered to a private therapist that you can't afford to go to. <br><br>I'm angry about the cost of living, it's so high and everything is. As a single parent, I'm literally having to struggle to feed myself and my young kids because I can't afford to feed all of us. I'm angry that society thinks it's okay to punish someone for having children outside of marriage or having them too early. I'm angry that people think it's okay to look down on a single parent but nobody gives a shit about the circumstances they're in or why they're a single parent. <br><br>I'm angry that there's so many shitty parents or non existent parents in the world and that there are so many children having to grow up with shitty parents. I'm angry that there's so many unwanted pregnancies and that there's so many abortions taking place because of how shitty the world is. <br><br>I'm angry that men seem to think it's okay to do as they please and that if you speak out against them, you're "playing the victim" or a "snowflake". I'm angry at the patriarchy for making women feel small and weak and that they're just objects for men to use. I'm angry that it's so normal for men to either abuse their power or have no power at all and just abandon their own flesh and blood. <br><br>I just want to scream at the top of my lungs and never stop.<br><br>Edit: wow, this blew up thank you all so much for your support and the awards, it really means a lot to me. Thank you.