I was really impressed with the One View by Michelle Zavislak [To the men in my life …, Viewpoints, Nov. 13].
As I read, I was thinking that it was written by a middle-aged woman, disappointed with the election. When I got to the end and found it was written by a 16-year-old girl from OPRF High School, I was flabbergasted! She writes so well and so articulately, it was hard to believe it was written by a 16-year-old.
She says exactly what I feel: that Kamala Harris was defeated by men who are, as she says, “the ones who dragged us down. You are the ones who must live with the fact that you chose a selfish, hateful, misogynistic, racist, convicted felon over a highly qualified woman. It is frustrating to see the men in our lives doubting us.
“I hope that you as men will grow with the mistakes of this election and instead of trying to tell us we’re fine or sit on your couch and watch today’s tragedies, as if it was a show, instead to fight for us and become better men. Become better role models for the next generation of men so that your daughters will be able to live in a world with stronger, more confident and better men than you are.”
I totally agree with her and am proud that a woman of the next generation, who is not even old enough to vote, has such strong opinions on toxic masculinity.
I am proud of Michelle and just want to say, “You go, girl!”
Kathleen Hopkins
Oak Park