Never in my life have I doubted that women were equally as smart - if not smarter - than men. It's not that I had scientific proof because I didn't. It's not that I was raised by a strong, smart woman's-libber. My momma is a strong, smart woman, but she certainly wasn't all about breaking through the glass ceiling. It's just always been my gut feeling - woman's intuition, if you will - that women are smart, strong creatures.
Now, thanks to the near-genius women (nearly 300 total) of Barbacoas, Columbia, I have all the proof I need. After years of begging for a solid, safe road from their little village to anywhere else, they decided on the fateful night of June 22, that until the men of their country decided to provide them with suitable travel leading from their village, they would NOT be having sexual relations with the pigs - um, I mean their partners.
Initially, the men laughed - only as men would. These men figured their freeze out wouldn't last longer than a night and then the women would come to their senses and again give their bodies willingly to their husbands.
The women, however, stuck to their guns, asking time and again that they be given a safe road to travel to and from their village. And really? Is that too much to ask? I think not.
So, after three months and 19 days (but who’s counting, right? I mean who without a penis is counting!), the men – in conjunction with the transportation minister pledged $21 million to have the first 27 kilometers paved with a promise to secure funding for the remaining 30 kilometers. When this plan was announced, the women cheered and the men dropped their pants and wept tears of joy.
OK, maybe not. But it could have happened that way!
But the women wanted more… They wanted to see the progress as promised before they gave into the passions of the flesh.
So, Sunday evening, the construction vehicles came into view and began work. On a Sunday, if you can imagine… well, of course you can! The men were in charge, right??
It was only after the big wheels were turning that the women uncrossed their legs and gave it up.
Many feminists might take exception to their methods; I, however, applaud them! They knew their opponents, targeted their weakness and passively (yet aggressively) withheld that which was most important. It couldn’t have worked out better if they’d have dangled solid gold carrots in front of the men’s noses. And I have no doubt in my mind that the road will be finished in record time. Three months and 19 days is a long time to go without, my friends!
My guess is that the women of Barbacoas, Columbia are now a force to be reckoned with and will – without fail – get anything they ask for from this point forward. Including that live-in nanny to help with the influx of newborns that are sure to arrive in say… 40 weeks or so!
