What It Means To Be A Woman & How They Should Be Treated

I am surrounded and admired. I have admired so many women, especially my mother and my sisters and a lot of artists, but I want to talk about what it means to be a woman to me. Originally, this episode was going to be with my nieces. I wanted to get their perspective being young and what it means to them and how important it is to them and how they see the world in society, and you know, it's good to

see a different perspective. But unfortunately wet so it's just me, solo dolo, and we're going to be talking about it and hopefully it empowers you. And if you're feeling down today, if you're feeling less than or if you've been in situations for example, trigger warning, domestic abuse, any type of abuse, emotional, sexual harassment, all that. I just want to empower you today.

You are worth more than those, than the circumstances that you've been through, than what people tell you, what others may say, because you are loved, You're wonderfully and fearfully made, and there is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, that is going to define your worth other than God and what He can offer you. So we're going to be exploring what it means to be a woman and how women should be treated in today's society. This is going to be probably a hot take, you know, give me your opinions,

let's continue the conversation. Message me da meme, leave a comment, review, whatever, but let's start talking about what it means to be a woman today. Throughout history, women has been defined in so many ways. Obviously the biology, culture roles in society we have, you know, and personal identity roles in society. As far as the men should be the one to lead the men should, you know, Statistically men are supposed

to have a better job than women. They're not, I don't want to say supposed to, but majority of the time they do. A lot of people think that it's less than a woman shouldn't be. You know, women aren't capable to lead. But women make almost fifty percent of the world's population, and yet they get treated so differently. Being a woman can mean so many things, like psychological aspects such as menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. Obviously all that

are are different, They're meant to be different. Aside from that, I feel like our bodies are so beautiful. We can create, we have the power to create something so beautiful, and you know, it obviously sucks. I'm gonna be, you know, completely honest to my but girls, I like when that time a month comes, I'm like, damn. Like, men don't ever get like it's they got it so easy. They

don't have to worry about any of this. They just got to worry about taking care of bound there barely but for real, I get through those little moments, and we also have to deal with menopause and all that in our hormones, and it just sucks because it does. We do get treated differently in those ways. Like I would assume that you would treat them more carefully and with more thought, but they don't social expectations. Women are

often expected to balance work, family, and personal ambitions. So, for example, a lot of machishthas think that women should be stay at home Mom's full respect to all the women that want to, but the woman that don't and have this man like, no, you're gonna stay your ass home and you're not gonna work. You're gonna take care of the kids, and you're gonna make sure there's food on the table when I get home. But her dreams

are dying. What if this woman wanted to, I don't know, has a dream to start something, to sell something, to go out there, or she wanted to be a nurse, but she couldn't because she, you know, has a very strict husband, which is also not fair if you are in those situations. If you, guys, at any point in this episode need help, please please please contact the domestic violence line or a therapist or someone to help you,

someone a close friend, et cetera. I'm here. But yeah, they're expected to just kind of of like, so you want the woman not to lead, but you want her to balance the home, the personal life, et cetera. You know what I mean. So it's kind of like a contradiction. Personal identity as gender is increasingly recognized as a spectrum, with some individuals identifying as a woman regardless of biological factors. Obviously, there's no single definition of what it means to be

a woman. It's shaped by your personal experiences, society, and how you grew up. And I'm gonna ask you guys the same question for me, what does it mean to be a woman? To be empowered, to be a leader in my own way, in my own path, to reproduce, to guide, and I mean lead, not as far as like against a man, but with a man, and lead my children although I don't have children, but lead my

children and the future generations and those around me. I feel like we hold so much power, and we hold so much grace that we're able to empower other women, and even mentally, I feel like we have it harder, Like our emotions are hormones, aren't mean something way more than a lot of people take that they take for granted. And I know also I gotta find that statistic as well. But I know women are a lot smarter than men.

So men, do not start, do not play with us women like we are already ten steps ahead I believe and I'm gonna look that up too, how many women are in the CIA, because I feel like, if you're just just a little bit like a little bit crazy Foxica like me, you you're gonna search and you're gonna know, and like you know, especially when it comes to a relationship, like we know when we know, our intuition is so

so powerful that men don't realize. But anyways, going back to the gender gap, to this day, there's a lot of challenges women face, significant barriers and various aspects of life. They earn eighty two percent eighty two cents for every dollar earned by men. Like the gender pay gap, it's even wider for women of color. One and three women in the worldwide. In the worldwide, one and three women

worldwide experience physicals or sexual violence in their lifetime. And it domestic violence increased by twenty five to thirty three percent during COVID lockdowns, which is sad because obviously, you know, everyone has their own personal experience in COVID and what happened to them in the pandemic, and for that rate to go up, it makes me really really sad. Again, if you guys need help, I'm gonna leave a couple

of links and please please please search. Also, fifty percent of the workforce are made up by women, but only hold ten percent of undred CEO positions. Politically, twenty six point seven percent of parliamentary seats globally are held by women. So if you're telling me that fifty percent of the world is made up by women, yeah, these percentage are

less when it comes to work. So where are all the women at They're afraid at home, they're scared, or they don't feel adequate enough, they don't feel worthy enough because of what society has told us and led us to believe in our world today. And that's totally not fair. Like maybe that's just me in the way I grew up. My mom was very, very very I don't give a fuck. I'm a woman and she was a woman in her own class. She went against a lot of men and she made it out. And I want that to be

a voice and to be able to inspire you ladies today. Also, I know that whether you guys don't know who my mom is or you guys do, look her up, Jennaveda, she is a star and my ultimate inspiration in life. Do I want to say that my mom was perfect. She made a lot of mistakes. She was a good mom, but not the best. But she was a very inspiring woman. When it came to work, she was business handy. My mom went through a lot of domestic violence. She went through a lot of pain in her in her childhood.

That has led her to stand her feet and stand her ground. And I want that same inspiration for my own life. Although I haven't gone through what my mother, my mother went through, I do believe that her story is impactful and especially in my life, and I want to be able to lead and guide my children in a better way than my mother did. And I think that we all have that one person. So if you look at if you look and admire at somebody, look at their mistakes and learn from them and also what

they did, how they impacted the world. My mom was a strong woman in a very men defined field. All right, you guys, we're gonna want a quick break and we'll be right back. Welcome back. Now we're going to get into it biblically, what does it truly mean to be a woman. Womanhood is the reflection of God's creation. Obviously, in Genesis, he talks about creating man kind in his

own image, the image of God. He created male and female, He created them, and I want you to take that with you today that whether you're feeling not the prettiest or you're not feeling the best about yourself, remember that you are created in his image. You're beautiful and meant to lead and guide. We are strong and capable, and we are important instruments to God's plan. For example, Mary, Ruth, Esther, Deborah. They obviously have impacted the Bible and impacted our world today.

And I want you to take that with you whether you're feeling less than the other. And I guess it comes to the point where it says how women should be treated, and I want to preface this. And the reason why I wanted to do this with my nieces as well is because one of them was having a bad day and she come up to me and she was like, I don't feel pretty. And that saddened me so much. It hurt my heart because it's a how

are you so young and feel this way? And then I reminded myself, I'm like and I told her I'm like, look, baby, felt I feel the same way sometimes and it's okay. To feel these things, and I empowered her and I told her, look, Mama, you are wonderfully and fearfully made. You are made in the image of God. There's no one person that's going to take away take that away from you, or that should change your mind about that.

It is normal to have these feelings, but you have to take your power back and remind yourself who created you and why you were created. You have equal value and equal worth. Every woman deserves the same opportunities and leadership roles as men. Women should be empowered to lead, speak, and influence their communities. And we are strong, resilient and created in God's image. Whether in the workplace, church, or home,

woman deserve to be valued, respected, and empowered. If you are in a situation where you're not feeling in any of these things, please leave find your worth. Find your worth in God, seek the image and the Kingdom of God so that you can know and feel and ask God to show you God, I want to see how you created me. I want to feel what it feels like to be loved by you. And going back on to my niece, it just made me sad because it's also how we treat others in our community, especially in

schools or whatever. I think we could do better as parents. I'm not even a parent, but as adults and people that have the ability to lead and guide, we need to be better by uplifting each other and speaking better to ourselves, for our children, for the future generations, and even in our homes. If you guys are married, look husbands, men, brothers. If you have sisters, look how you're treating your sister. Treat your sister with with love and respect. Treat your mother,

Honor your mother. Everything that you do is a reflection to others, and they will take that and so get in. We air sponges. We soak up information, we soak up experiences, and people take that and they will bleed it onto everybody else. So look at it. Look how you're treating people, and how that could be reflection in our future generations and societies. And I told myself, I'm going to speak better about myself in front of my nieces and my nephews.

I'm going to do better by them because they deserve it. I don't ever want them to feel what I feel. And if that empowers them, it's going to empower me more to do better and be better. So if there's anything I could tell you guys today, women again, you're strong, resilient and creating God's image. You're valued, respected and empowered. Whether you feel that today or not, just take those words and let them soak in your brain and remember

it is beautiful to be a woman. We have the capability to lead and to guide, and we hold more power than what has been told to us. So I want to ask you, guys, how can we do better by a uplifting woman in our communities. Make sure you guys let me know in the comments, share your thoughts, and I want to thank you guys so much for tuning in. Please subscribe, share and leave a review. And until next time, remember, empowered women empower the world. See

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