This Woman's Work

If there’s one thing I’ve learned that I carry with me every day, it’s that you should constantly surround yourself with positive people. Genuine friendship for women is a rarity. Nowadays, girls are almost always viewing each other as competition or a threat. What happened to working together and bettering each other? Why are women constantly knocking each other down? And where are all the strong female role models? We should be united. Young girls have very few women to look up to, who hold strong positive characteristics such as respect, honesty, and compassion. What happened to women like Susan B. Anthony and Eleanor Roosevelt? These women fought, sweat and tears, so that women would be created equally. The problem: how are others supposed to take women seriously and treat us equally, when as women we are constantly knocking each other down? Now, I’m not trying to be some crazy feminist man-hater or a member of the he-man woman haters club either. But the way women treat each other nowadays is disgusting. Women are catty, judgmental, and insecure. In return, we always have our guard up and constantly believe that there is an underlying intention behind kind gestures. Is it impossible to consider that someone is just trying to be nice, just because? Unfortunately, yes.

Women need to stop breaking each other down. Instead, why not build each other up? It’s not about giving in to everyone and letting people walk all over you. It’s not about being dominant or superior either. What it is about is allowing each other to grow. What happened to support and understanding? Aren’t we all in this together? We are adults now and we don’t need and/or want people telling us what to do. But what we do need is to have people support us when we’re making big decisions, build us up when we’re at the bottom and even help us become more aware when we may be acting poorly. Support. Honesty. Trust. It takes far less energy to be nice than to create hate and animosity. As women and in general as part of a community/society, maybe we should try to be a little bit more compassionate, try understanding the other side, and try supporting one another. I mean, it’s worth a shot right?

My role models: Mother, my mom who would drop everything and do anything for me, in a second. A friend, a mother who is completely unselfish and puts her needs aside in order to ensure that her kids will have the best possible childhood. Friends, sisters who are hard working and dedicated in order to become successful business women. Friends, that are passionate, loving, and courageous and who make it possible that through them I become passionate, loving, and courageous as well. This world needs more women like these women, my role models.

Listening to: "They" - Jem