Shannyn, this is an important topic, thank you.  Alaska leads the nation in sexual assaults on women, and girls particularly in rural Alaska.  This evil will not end by staying silent.

Abuse against women takes other forms as well.  Discrimination (and emotional abuse) still happens on a daily basis.  The most outrageous example just happened to an elected official.  The woman, a smart, college educated candidate, handily beat two men in her race.   Unfortunately The seat she was elected to fill will be temporarily filed by a man. A local mayor, a man, decided a man would be a better choice despite the fact the man who has been appointed has made multiple mistakes while the woman who won the election has not made a single error. 

A woman can be twice as good, and twice as smart, but she is going to be discounted. And underpaid.