While there is still a glass ceiling for women in the u.s., at least we...

don't have to consider resorting to the use of an artificial virginity device in order to get married and be respected by our family and friends.  for those of you who didn't hear it today, the npr story of this little device and the concerns it is bringing to some in egypt is worth a read.  it sounds so naive of me to say that i was surprised that there would even be a need for such a device but its easy to forget that we women living in the united states have it good in so many ways that women elsewhere in the world do not.  i am deeply humbled by stories like this and forever grateful to be living in a society where previous generations of women have worked so very hard to make stories like this quaint (but yet still horrifying in so many ways) and very far removed from my own personal reality.