Lead Like A Woman

Femininity is us. Femininity is we. Femininity is brave. Femininity is self aware. Femininity is knowing what you want.

Yesterday I talked about the first few things I thought about that made me feel more like a woman. Today I want to talk about what makes me proud of my femininity. Before we talk about that, let’s revisit some old posts.

This journey started only 4 posts ago. It began with me announcing that I’m going to embrace my femininity. I decided to start this journey because I hadn’t felt like a woman since I had my second child. Then I learned that there is no term coined for making a woman feel less like a woman the same way men have the term emasculate, which I found very interesting. I discussed what comes to mind when I hear the word femininity. And yesterday, I listed out 7 different things that make me feel more like a woman.

Feelings are great, and we should aim for good feelings, but the truth is they are fleeting and never satisfied. Which is why today I want to shift my focus and talk about why I’m proud of my femininity. My generation of women has stood up and decided they will end generational curses. For some, that decision was/is not easy but they still stood firm. They invested in their homes, in their communities, and in their love lives to prioritize safe homes for themselves and if applies their children. I’m so proud of that. I’m so proud that we’ve finally convinced the world that dads are part of child-rearing and increased paternity leave for fathers. And I’m so proud that we are taking on education and technology fields like champs. We are doing all this as women. We are doing all this with our periods. We are doing all this and still trying to hydrate! And I think we do it all with our own unique style.

Femininity is bad ass.