• She her disappear
• to man made stereotypes
• Identity gone

There is an ad for an insurance company, here in Canada. I see it almost everyday, if I have the TV on. The ad shows a cartoon drawing of a family: man, something and child. There is no definite woman. But the man is certainly a male. The child is certainly a child. What could have been the woman, possibly the Mother, is ambiguous in order to be either gender, gender neutral, faceless, token, either/or.

The child is just a child, smaller but more boy looking than anything to make it seem like a girl. The man is not neutral - it/he is taller, muscular, physically a male for sure with facial hair to make it clear. The other is less tall, short hair, sexless clothing, no facial hair, no breasts, no figure, no gender.

Every time I see that ad I feel women are being lost, replaced, forgotten, pushed aside. I am sad but too weary of the fight to feel angry - most of the time. What will the world do when there are no human women/ females? Will they go after female animals next? Does that seem so far fetched?

This whole thing seems like something out of science fiction to me. After all the years to fight for rights - now to be denied even an identity. Didn't see that one coming. It still seems like extreme fiction but... its happening every day.

When there are no women, men and children will die, age out and disappear. Are women becoming a rare species? Or just nothing at all. Something found in an encyclopedia or history. Its very discouraging from my view as a woman, born female, still female. In England you can choose to be identified as a biological woman, but not as a woman. Woman is gender free, gender misplaced.

I'll tell you a story, once upon a time there was man, woman and child. That's where the story ends.