women

In the Presence of Someone Beautiful!

by Samya

‘Women have contributed to science, education, politics, the arts & literature and countless other sects. Perhaps most notable of all, they have contributed in favor of a community of people embracing people as unique creations thereby unified and deserving of equal reverence.’

Someone I know profoundly remarked how nothing compares to a woman’s smile. For when she grins, the world stands still for a nanosecond, embraced in the beauty of her grace, compassion, nurture and her sublime gentle strength.

Yet, sadly so many of the world’s women find themselves gagged in despair; deprived of the rights of equality and burdened by archaic customs (written by men) that oppress the fairer sex.

Since the time of Eve, women have toiled and fought for what was easily handed over to ‘the boys’. The rights to education, to vote, have a place in the work force, that were fundamentally taken for granted by men became struggles for women to acquire, struggles that much of the world, even today strive at.

True, that no matter how feminist a view may be, the genders do have certain individualistic roles governed by chromosome, that’s a fact of reality. Women are sisters not brothers, mothers not fathers and so forth. However society must seek caution and advise due respect in terms of where the line of divide is drawn.

Our differences are not our weakness, rather complimenting factors in two halves of a whole. So why is there discrimination between genders? Why are the genders in conflict over rights and power when essentially the only rights that matter are human rights?

Superiority and power are formidable forces that threaten the strength of societies and communities that would ultimately be stronger united. Thus it is our innate attitude that needs to change. There are some men who berate like chauvinistic hogs about a woman’s ‘place’, scoundrels that raise their hands to strike a woman in violent rage, feeling haughty over a false, superfluous show of power. Then there are the real men who propagate that a woman’s place is shared by men. These are the gentlemen of the classes who have the confidence to respect and honour Venus; Martians who’d rather chew off their own arms than even think about violence.

On the other side of the coin women are sometimes their own worst enemies. They rant, rave and behave in self-depleting ways, attack each other, let the spikes of jealousy wish ill on one another, and hide in the shadows of someone else; they blame and crumble rather than taking responsibility and charge of their own choices and potential. Being a woman is a place of considerable honour, grace and dignity, thus the way one behaves, (man or woman) speaks volumes about who they are and the veracity of their innate essence of virtue.

Perhaps women sometimes forget the weight of their own worth. They are confident, intelligent, strong individuals capable of reaching great heights. Yet sometimes they are made to feel like ‘less’ by society’s discriminatory sombrero and sometimes their own lack of self acknowledgement.

It is a new era, a time of social evolution where men and women are as equal as they want and agree to be. A woman does not (should not) follow a man’s lead or vice versa, rather they should follow the leads of each other. The needs of one aren’t more important than the other, but equal. Lives are shared and not sacrificed one for the other.

‘Rights’ need to be earned and claimed, thus people of the world need to stand up against injustices, irrespective of gender or any other bigotry tag. The genders are interdependent, complimentary and at their best when playing on the same court. Thus when we talk of women’s rights, lets not forget that the right’s of women are the rights of people.

It is a shame that even in this new age of liberal civilization; gender equality is yet to be a non-issue. Whether it is wo/men, the point is, our social views about each other and ourselves need to modernize with the times.

Oppressed, denied and held back, women through the years, stood their ground and have fought for their rights, set ambitions high, persevered and set their heels firm to achieve their goals and reach the zenith of who they can be and what they can accomplish.

A woman holds courage, she is stronger than she is perceived to be, more powerful and capable than she leads on, for she is humble, and more beautiful than she realizes. She is complex, vulnerable, mysterious, loving and gracious. You are in the presence of true beauty when a woman with her head held high, triumphs, where confidence radiates and where ambitions and goals are unbound and accomplished with dexterity.

In a civilized society, there is no room for prejudice, just one world, one people and one set of rights for all, that’s when you’re in the presence of greatness.

March 8th was International Women’s Day, it is a day that acknowledges the obstacles women face, marks the strength of women whose firm opposition to inequalities, violence and other justices have carved a new path for the women of today and tomorrow.

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