Happy Women's Day
Today is Women’s Day and the focus here in South Africa
according to etv news is self-defense. Women are being trained (and rightly so)
to defend themselves in a society where all forms of abuse have become
commonplace. Hardly does a month pass by without at least one report of
violence against women, and those are just the ones that make it to the news. A
lot more go unreported. The effort to train women is laudable.
As we celebrate women I am worried that some women especially
the younger generation see little or no reason to celebrate being a woman, wife
and mother. They seem to associate failure, unhappiness, non-achievement etc. with
being a wife and mother. They are of the opinion that becoming a wife or mother
will deny them the joy of reaching the pinnacle of their chosen careers.There seems to be a trend of empowering and training females without
paying enough attention to the males. Both need to be empowered.
Our girls seem to think that doing household chores or
looking after babies are crimes against womanhood. The traditional roles of
women are held in disdain and there are calls for dismantling the patriarchal structures
in our societies. Yes, we need to question the oppressive patriarchal practices,
but must we throw out the baby with the bath water? I believe we need to strike a balance between
empowering our girls and being appreciative about being women and empowering
our boys to be responsible and caring men. The onus rest on us as women, mothers
and wives to raise dignified proud girls appreciative of the female gender, and
boys who are empowered to be men we can boost of.
Happy Women’s Day
I celebrate your strength, your beauty, your intelligence, your essence as a woman...Happy women's day!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we should empower both boys girls in order to have a balanced and ideal society. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we should empower both boys girls in order to have a balanced and ideal society. Thanks for sharin
ReplyDeleteTrue, we have only one life to live,it is good to own it , claim it and to do the best will can with it .thank you ma .Happy women's day
ReplyDeleteHmm may the Lord God Almighty grant us the wisdom to raise our children irrespective of their gender.
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