Women’s Day Paradox

On the surface International women’s days is about expressing appreciation for and celebrating women’s beauty. But just as with our female nature, this day is much more complex than what it seems. Though a celebration, it has a bitter taste to it. Would we need this day if women had their way on all the other days of the year? Why celebrate the superficial appreciation if one cannot accept the not-so-pretty messages that we as women have to share, if our voices continue to be suppressed, and our collective call for change remains unheard.

Today, for a change, I’d like to wish us all the courage to embrace and appreciate the women that are hiding under the beautiful shell, with all the paradoxes they bring forth with them. We can be beautiful AND powerful at the same. Being one does NOT take the other away. A woman can be a housewife with a sex appeal, because being a mother and wife, does not and should NOT take away our desire to be seen.

Being a woman can be a lot of work and we DO need help sometimes. That does NOT make us weak. We do NOT need equal rights; we need equivalent rights that are tailored to OUR specific needs. They are different. We should be PROUD of our differences that make us who we are. Lets embrace those, and not discard our uniqueness in search of equality in a society that is anything BUT fair.