Do you believe in women's rights? Me too. But, I feel like my generation has been duped. "Work hard, sweetheart, and YOU can be anything you want," they said... I can remember it so vividly. Standing up in my sixth grade classroom to fight for my right to play tag football with the boys during recess. The teachers, all the while, muttered that it was no longer appropriate for the girls to play, because the girls who wanted to play with the boys were "developing." No longer having boyish figures meant it was time for us to play more passive games or to cheer for the boys on the sidelines. It made me so mad. With gritted-teeth, I said, "Girls can play! Girls are just as good, if not better than boys at ALL sports." "Settle down, Gretchen," they said. "Boys play too rough for girls. It is just a matter of nature, boys are stronger and faster than girls," they continued. Each word that they mutte...