Dress Like a WOMAN and think like a MAN

Dress Like a WOMAN and think like a MAN

I grew up listening to this phrase quite often; but... is it really necessary? no, it is not. I don't need to dress like a woman and think like a man. I can just dress like a woman and think like a woman. Being a woman doesn't mean I'm the weaker sex or I have to be like a man if I want to succeed. It is time to let society know that I am not a perfect failure, and that I do not need to be worshiping a man in order to be accepted. I am ME, I am a Woman.

It is understood in our society that if you are a girl, you can't do things that a man would do. You should do girl's stuff; for me girls' stuff are running wild or climbing a tree. And doing it better than everybody else.

This piece is called "The March" by Abigail G. Swartz. I found it pretty amazing because I personally believe that woman, specially African American, are just a definition of strength. What they went through still amuses me. It is not completely understood how much strength they had to have to stand tall like they did and are doing now.

"Malala Yousafzai" by Michael Voipicelli. She does not need introduction. She is The force of willingness personified. She stood up for her beliefs; not even fearing death.

"Frida Kahlo" at simple sight she is just a manly woman. She is the definition of a true self. She is, in my personal definition, what a woman is and should always be. Natural beauty and your own person.

"Tree of Life-Cha Wakan" by Tamara Philips. Creation and nurture is what only female mammals and woman are capable of. I don't see "weaker sex" anywhere. Do you?

"Indifference" by Mario Sanchez Nevado. There is not a woman in this world that has not at least once hidden a feeling to protect herself or somebody else. Acted cold or wore a tick skin. We have a history of suffering from physical to emotional abuse, and this painting gives me a sense of what it means to feel it all and show nothing.

"Seated Nude" by William A. Bouguereau. Now there are times where the indifference mask is worn out. And the true comes out. This painting reminds me at the delicacy and fragility of a woman. Not because she is weak; but because she is an entity that has to endure so much, leaving her open sometimes.

"The Horse Lady" by Prinelsa A. Encarnacion. Sensuous vs. Sensual. People often misunderstand the difference between sensuous and sensual. Sensuousness means to appeal to your senses instead of your intellect without sexual connotation. Which it's totally different from sexuality. In this picture she is not showing just "skin", her skin is her dress, her natural clothes. It tries to be appealing to your senses but not being bulgar. 

"Wo/man" by Prinelsa A. Encarnacion. Woman should not be categorized with something lower than a man. Woman are just like man; but with different details. What I believe it is a woman, it is just the meaning of man as well.

This video is made by Always, a feminine care product company. Here, they try to address the phrase "like a girl" and how badly it is employed in our society. The answers that the young girls give about what it means to be a girl is amazing. It is up to us to change the negative connotation of woman and what she can do. There are girls coming up behind us, following us, taking us as their model. It is up to us to show them that we are as important and as amazing as man.

I have always known that woman can do unmeasurable wonders when they know who they are and what they can do. Women are often naturally empathetic. I think that is probably one of the reason what we can give birth another human being. You can only do great things when you let the greatness that lies within, come out.

Last but not least, Women. We were and are the finally act. The amazing maniobra. God knew that he save the best for the end. Therefore, we don't need to be like man. We just need to be ourselves and let everything fall into place.