Finally found some worthy gmail seekers (must scroll down)to give my invites to. Anything to support the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). I was very pleasantly surprised by the 2nd guy. I'd originally replied to his original offer giving him crap about his "hot chicks" comment, and he emailed me back:
Seeker: "whats wrong with hot chicks? we can all use some eye candy while we live thru our daily lives, nothing makes a day better then seeing a really hot girl walk by, makes you forget about work, school, etc, it kind of frees your mind"
Moi: "Because every woman's goal in life is to make some horny strange man smile?? Come on, I thought you were deeper than that. Do you realize there are women committing suicide by the hundreds in Afghanistan today because they are still held enslaved by their abusive husbands and families in dire poverty with no access to healthcare or education. They WISH they had you're freaking problems at work, and school - any semblance of a "life" as you know it outside their 120 degree tents. All they have to look forward to in life is dying in childbirth or from some easily cured illness after being sold into marital bondage to the highest bidder. They can't even walk down the f*ing street without a male escort. Bet you didn't see that soapbox rant coming did you? Tell you what - if you want to match this guys offer (above link) I'll give you my second invite."
Seeker: "hey thats actually a good idea. I lived in Bosnia till 1996 and lived thru the war so I do know how Afgan women and people feel. Sure I can donate its for a good cause. Any particular fund? health? education? let me know and thanks for a good idea"
And then he posted back to the original post, encouraging others to do the same, and promising to use his invites for the same cause. How totally cool is that!!!??? Just goes to prove that anyone *can* make a difference; and most seemingly sexist jerks are perfectly redeemable.
**Update: The first guy finally got back to me. He was so impressed with RAWA that he upped his donation to $50! So I've just raised $75 for them!!! I'm so thrilled! Hmmm... what *else* could I do to raise funds? This is fun!
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