Station 8

Artist: Angela Mayes '24

All around the world women are forced to fit in with an idealistic image of what a “real woman” should be. These judgments are often based upon appearances, careers, prejudices, and the way each individual woman chooses to live. Unfortunately, women also struggle with much more than the judgments made about them. Women face problems like abuse, discrimination, and sexual violence to name a few. Systemic injustices against women act as chains, weighing on them emotionally and mentally. It is up to us as the human race to stop justifying these wrongs, and begin solving them. In order to begin to solve these injustices, we need to work to create a better world where women are embraced and loved because of their dignity, worth, and potential. In this station, Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem and ensures them that they will find peace in their lives and to affirm that their strength is admirable. As he carries his cross, Jesus knows the suffering of women in all times and all places. No matter how a woman looks, acts, or lives her life, she is created with dignity, worthy of love, and deserving of a life lived free from injustices and violence.

Written by: Allison Mallett '24