Strong rooted beliefs and customs of adorning a woman with pearls, rubies, diamonds, and gold have lost their most valuable essence of how she should be treated. People are taken for granted in this fast-paced world, and women are most often trampled and crippled when she reaches where she wishes to be. She is beaten up and judged for believing in herself, questioned for questioning, silenced for dreaming, and shattered into a million pieces before she can get up straight.

This is a world of hypocrites who know nothing about the depth of what each gender means. Gender is not a barricade that separates humans from their higher purpose and place in the world. It is instead just positioning that purpose and physically reasoning the responsibilities of each. A man’s goal is different from that of a woman’s. For this mere difference, the world is running extremely slow, walking on eggshells when it comes to progressing in terms of evolution.

After years of being pushed down to being submissive, women are rightfully moving forward and pushing boundaries today. This is more challenging than it may seem. Women face inequality in every walk of their lives. However, reality check comes when there is no need for women to find it challenging to survive in this world because it is not a man’s world alone. It is just a norm so conveniently created by people years back to ensure equality regarding simple survival. Men are physically stronger than women (in most cases), which makes them the better choice to go outside and bring “food.” To get this straight, we must consider how things were centuries ago. Humans had to hunt for food and survive – like any other animal. Females were responsible for caring for their young, while the males were to bring home the hunted prey. As time passed, the same norm was carried forward. Men did most of the work that required physical strain, while women looked after their children and made a home. Now humans do not need to hunt for food or follow animalistic rituals for survival. Times have changed, and people have evolved. Jobs have changed, and the mode of survival has become modern. While everything has modernized, the crux of gender bias has not!

You need to keep her in her true spirit by showing her some affection, giving her space, and encouraging her to do what her heart desires. All the sacrifices she’s expected to make, all the chores she’s “entitled” to do only because of her gender, are honestly reversible if all people realize that times have changed and the world needs more effort from each gender equally. This is for the smooth survival of the entire species and not just a specific gender. Gone are the days when women wanted jewels and handed down privileges. Women wish for opportunities; they want justice and fair treatment. They want their efforts to be appreciated. They want to be seen for their values and heard for their wisdom. They do not want to be held down or kept submissive. They want to fly and do not wish to seek permission to do so. They want to live on their terms and not be judged for being themselves – wholly and naturally.

Women are more than just homemakers, teachers, wives, sisters, nurses, nannies, and caretakers. They are fighters who do not want their male colleagues to think they can’t fight on the border. They are actors who do not want their male co-actors to take the limelight. They are professionals who do not wish to be paid less than their male colleagues. They are survivors who do not want to listen to how they have it all so easy when it honestly is not!

Women do not get anything quickly. From bleeding continuously every month to surviving childbirth, keeping up with stomach cramps, having constant mood swings and hormonal imbalances, to being wholly frustrated for no reason – women deal with many physical, mental, and psychological changes that men cannot even fathom. Therefore, kudos to being women and kudos to those men who try and make it a little easy for them.

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