Not afraid of being a woman.

Being a woman

I believe this whole arguement really comes down to extremes and the stubbornness of both sides limiting both parties from really participating in a life with all blessings. The women’s movement was not all bad. In the “Declaration of Sentiments” , similiar to the declaration of independence for a change of women’s rights, it states that “he [the government] has denied her the facilities for obtaining through education, all colleges being closed against her”. This was a big problem in educating women. When the government restrained such a chance it was hurting its own people because an uneducated mother will not be able to teach her children to think and to use their minds. Women’s rights gave women a chance to vote and to be equal to a man in the law, therefore proving that women, though different, have every right to participate in their government and the creation of their country. 

But, on the other side women took it too far in some aspects. When it turned to abortion and becoming a man in the workplace it turned into a war of "who wants to be a man" but not only who wants to be a man but in the topic of abortion, who wants to be the most unfeeling. For me, I appreciate some of the things that were acheived in the women’s right movement, but I am also not afriad of my own femminity. I enjoy being a women and the things that I have the chance to do because I am a women. The roles that God gave us are to nurture, love, teach, and to help govern our children with our husbands. The role of a women is every bit as important as a man’s, but I do not pretend to think that mine is any more than my husbands nor would I want to be fufill my husbands roles. 

A man’s role is to provide for his family and make sure that they are taken care of. A man’s body even bears testiment of that, he naturally having more muscule mass and the hormones to increase the size of his muscles cells. On the contrary, my body is soft and tender, made to carry and hold my children and keep them warm and emmotionally protected. There is no way would I want to be the man because his work is very demanding and if I were made to work outside of the home I know that I would not be able to provide as effectivly because I would be so emmotionally torn up because I was not fufilling my roles that have been instilled in my very soul. I WANT to be with my tender adorable children. They are the essence of innocence. I would not give up the chance to be with them always, to love and cherish them, for the world.  I have been a woman since I was created, both soul and body, and I do not wish to deny that. I find glory in my feminity, but I also see that because I am much needed on this earth I am equal in my importance as men. Together we are the yin and yang, but if I were to try and be the yang as well I would deny the blessings of my womanhood to my husband, my children, society, to myself, and most importantly to my Father in Heaven. 

I do not pretend to say that any woman who has a career is evil and manly. Some desire that more and have no other choice or may be able to do both. I am excited when I can continue to give back to society when I have the chance to become a teacher or an editor or a nutritionist (or whatever career I find most fulfilling). Its all about seeing what is most important and helpful to all. But I encourage every woman to think for themselves and question extremist of both sides, whether it be a homemaker or a women's activist. A homemaker should never be a slave and a women in society should never be treated less than she is. But dont let either side speak so loudly that you have no chance to think for yourself.