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Today is March 8th, which is recognized as International Women's Day. There's a lot of history behind the female sex; fighting and protesting for rights has constantly been a part of the life of women. Whether a girl is young or old, she has faced a feeling of inferiority in the comparison of women and men. Words that are used as insults have originated in the female body. "Like a girl" is often tagged onto something that is deemed weaker. 

How dare society insinuate that the way that my chromosomes were arranged makes me a weaker person. How dare my sex devalue my work in such a way that I am not worthy of the same wages as a man. How dare they say that the way I dress means that I am asking for my rights over my body to be taken away. How dare I be a woman at all.

When you have children, remind your daughters of their importance. Recognize their abilities. Praise their emotions -- encourage them to feel everything fully. Never let them think that they cannot succeed. Show them that being a woman is lovely. Show them that being a woman is hard. Let them know of your difficulties. Teach them how to defeat the men -- and God forbid, other women -- that push them down. Build a better generation of women.

Please take a moment today, and every day forward, to notice the women before you. Recognize their strengths. Take note of their accomplishments. And, if you are male, perhaps you will notice that she was moving at the same pace that you were but you never took the time to notice because you did not see her as competition. And while you did not acknowledge her, she has beaten you at a competition that you created.

catch you later,

Karleigh

“'You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody." //  F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise