For ages, women fought to be recognized for who they are instead of being lusted for what they represent. Empowerment was about having the opportunity to break barriers in order to realize their God given potential. How sad then that we devolved to the point where a song called “Wet [deleted] [deleted]” has become an anthem of women empowerment when it’s really a canticle of self-dehumanization. There is a part of me that wonders if I am reacting the same way some duplicitous men reacted when Josephine Baker was pushing the envelope of what is “acceptable behavior” for women in the early to mid 1900’s. Every generation outdoes the previous generation when it comes to sexual mores and gender norms. But at what point will we reach the limit of indecency that is exhibited in the guise of self-actualization?
I once got ridiculed—in reaction to an article I wrote about the power of women called Memo to shE—for stating that women should not measure themselves against men to gauge their success because they have attributes that are greater than ours. All too often, little girls are being conditioned to be “tough like boys” and young ladies brainwashed to “play hardball like men”. Grant it nothing in this world is universal, but for me the strength of women is not their arrogance but their compassion. Sure men bring home the bacon, but it takes the touch of a woman to make a meal out of it, and these days women are bringing home the bacon and cooking it to feed us once they get off work...continued...
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