He was not living in poverty as I now was, and this was solely because of his gender. The poverty I was experiencing was a means for the government to physically oppress me. The taking away of this right is a way that the government has been able to keep women in traditional roles which enforce oppression of women. We readily recognise the abortion issue and what it entails. This is another way that the white male government oppresses women who deviate from the traditional roles, and this is violence.
Poverty is violence.
I took the government's threat of poverty and am now living the reality. I am caught in government loopholes which force me to work but do not allow me to see monetary benefits. I am experiencing the political system that is designed to keep single mothers in poverty. This experience is dramatically different from the experience of the male gender. My child's absent father does not parent, does not pay child support on any regular basis, does not need to provide health insurance for his child, does not buy the snowsuit with the last few nickels.