All you have to do is scroll through my published articles and you’ll quickly realize how much I adore women and being a woman. Although it has been portrayed throughout the history of time and life itself that women are the weaker sex; fragile and easily influenced, I’d be willing to argue that an immediate connotation behind being a woman is strength, compassion, love and capability. Women are great, and let me explain why.
First of all, I’d go to the grave arguing that women are naturally built for pain. An immediate explanation for this would be childbirth–our bodies are literally structured to endure pain! Men will spend all day comparing the pain of being kicked in the balls to childbirth but ultimately, childbirth brings about something magical and one of the greatest treasures of the world that is new life. As opposed to being punched in the groin, childbirth is not something women can simply avoid, in fact, it is something we embrace and accept and we are not given enough credit for everything we must go through to produce children, taking away the actual pregnancy itself. On top of this, it has been scientifically proven that women obtain a larger capability to process thoughts and emotions, ergo making us more capable of handling fragile situations involving emotional rather than physical pain. You may belittle this factor but actually, emotional pain, you could argue, plays a more predominant role in our day-to-day lives, and it’s something that women attain the tools to cope with and strive through no matter the circumstance. Women are strong, and no one can tell me differently.
Secondly, no matter what ‘type’ of woman you are, whether you prefer the company of men or aren’t particularly fond of one to one conversations about emotions, there are certain subjects and topics of conversation and life that only women can truly understand (such as being a woman in the workplace, aspects of relationships, being a mother etc). It’s the same with men of course, as much as we want to reach equality between the sexes there are some things that we must be realistic about; we will never fully understand what it’s like to be the opposite gender. Perhaps this is not a point in favor of women but in favor of the differences between us that, somehow, connect us–if that makes sense.
Some people are inspired/motivated by money, or material possessions, or their own version of success. I, on the other hand, am inspired by powerful, confident women who refuse to sit down when told. I aspire to be a woman who has remained true to herself and this is a trait I hope one day to pass onto my own daughter or other women around me. I’ve stressed this too many times, but we need more confident women. We need more loud women. We need more women who refuse to shut up. We need more women in politics. We need more women in sports. We need more women playing main roles in television and movies. We need more businesswomen. We need more women teachers. We need more women lawyers. Never be afraid to do what is important to you, see it as an obligation to your fellow, strong women.
