There are many definitions of womanhood.
For some, it means becoming a wife and having children. For others, it means spending 60-hours per week building a subterranean lair to keep the men contained when the matriarchy finally completes its hundred-year plan for world domination.
For many, the definition of womanhood is a deeply personal, individual experience that cannot be boiled down to one label. But no matter your definition of womanhood, there's one shared experience among us all: living in Oklahoma as a woman also means living in state that, at best, doesn't give a shit about you and, at worst, hates you.
Last month, Brittaney Poolaw was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to prison after suffering from a miscarriage.
Though there was evidence that Ms. Poolaw had used narcotics while pregnant, the medical examiner report attributed the loss to “genetic anomaly or placenta abruption.” Even though 10-20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage and the medical examiner found no evidence to suggest that meth use was to blame, the Comanche County District Attorney’s Office charged Ms. Poolaw with the fetus’ death, citing her methamphetamine use as the cause.