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As a novelist I strongly recommend going into piano playing even if you think it isn't really much in terms of political effect. The least you'll do is stimulate the ears and minds of those brave crusaders for truth and that's far more than most. Don't sell yourself short. Of course FYI I love honest bragging (i.e. it's not really bragging because it's true!) so don't be afraid to sell yourself highly as well. In my case I'm a ways to go but I think I'm making great progress. Especially for a 19 year old competing with Generation Z-ers who are blowing their future incomes away at College or in the hookah den.

This is really interesting to me, but I think it relies upon the institution of marriage in order to become a viable discussion. When you marry a man you technically become "property" to him. Your physical self becomes his and his alone. That's how marriage should be. Of course if you marry someone, you should be expected to stay monogamous, whether you are a man or a woman. But you would be surprised how many women I know that are married who are shocked that their husbands have expectations of them. Of course he does. You married him, your time and body are his to use, respectfully of course. I can tell you nightmarish stories of female coworkers who laugh about using the denial of sex as a tool for manipulation, and how they enjoy watching their husbands beg for sexual intimacy. Gross. Having sex isn't difficult and shouldn't be a chore; the man typically does more work than the woman does. If you respect and love your spouse you submit willingly to their sexual needs, even if you're tired or in a bad mood. I just can't imagine ever denying my husband sexual intimacy, when he provides so much for me: protection, safety, a roof over my head, love and affection. It's the least I can do for him. I see so many women using marriage as a means to get resources without ever having to give in return. That needs to stop. I think I'm happiest when my husband has the final say in my decision-making. I ask his opinion on just about everything I do. I always tell him where I'm going and why. I usually think of him first before I do or say anything, simply because he's the head of our household and his opinion and perspective matter more to me than my own scatterbrained ideas. I tend to be impulsively emotional, but my husband is unyielding and rational. He soothes me and puts me in my place, and I need that. All women need that. When I told my boss recently that I had needed my husband's permission to accept my job offer, she looked at me like I was crazy. But it's what he thinks is best for the two of us that matters to me, not my own "agency". Sure, I have my own thoughts and beliefs and impulses, and I'm intelligent enough, but in the confines of the marriage I willingly participated in, there's a hierarchy. The husband at the head, and the wife beneath him. I find no issue with that. So yes, I think women as "property" is in itself a good idea, if not a rational one. It just seems more viable in the context of a legal/spiritual pact or covenant, like marriage.