#BeBoldForChange International Womens Day 8th March 2017

Reflecting through the eras women’s equality has surpassed expectation if we think back to how bad it was in the 1900’s, the first march was in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York for shorter hours, better pay and EVEN a right to vote!  I think many of today’s younger generation may even feel that the ‘battles have been won’ while many of the bra burning, tampon slaying feminists still feel there is a way to go towards gaining ultimate gender parity.

Women are fighting back, we have the stiletto wearing boss babes walking into boardrooms across the nation and without the need of ‘nipslip’ or a  ‘FF cleavage’ in your face they are slowly being recognised for their worth ethic and intelligence, they are being listened to and slowly their voices are being heard,  WE ARE standing our own ground in many work places, in sports, and most importantly in society!

Currently in the UK some of the the most powerful heads belong to women, The Queen, Teresa May our Prime Minister, and of course we have Mary Berry …..because the world is a better (slightly fatter) place because of cake!

We do now have females being propelled into space with their ‘Always Ultra’ doubled up for maximum protection whilst fighting aliens on mars, women can work AND have a family (if they can afford the astronomical childcare) but generally women have real choices now. So I say…. be proud and loud and flash your tits in the street for there is a recognisable change in today’s society with how women are judged and how they are perceived. Embrace the positive changes that have happened, celebrate the women that helped women stand together with other women since 1908, however don’t loose sight of the end goal…. Total gender parity!

Its going to be bumpy road ahead with the likes of Donald Trump and Janusz Korwin-Mikke, the EU Parliament member spouting off from the mouth with out a filter or gag-ball attached, his stupidity had me beating my chest like ape, screaming profanities at the television when he said women must earn less than men because they are “weaker, shorter and less intelligent”he later claimed  “I never said that the women should earn less, I only said that because they are shorter, they are weaker, they are less intelligent, they are less aggressive and so on and so on they earn less. By the way shorter men earn less than the tall men.” So god help all the male dwarf bankers out there, if our polish friend Jan had his way your in for a pay cut to match your height!

I thought maybe … just, maybe it was a translation thing but he was then asked if women are less intelligent than men, and he said: “Yes of course.”

I literally SPAT at the television and thought its a sad sad day if his thoughts are mirrored by even one other person. The blokes been married three times and has eight children, am I a little presumptuous in thinking his inability to maintain a happy marriage has a lot to do with his derogatory perspective towards women, or maybe he married short girls that couldn’t complete the Polish Weekly Sudoku puzzle?

What with Trump making comments like “You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass.” proving yet again his narrow mindness and his values are shallow and superficial!

And that is coming from MEN in POWER in 2017!!

There is never such debate and uproar on International Mens Day on the 19th November! Yeah they have a day too… equality right!!! It highlights the importance of men’s and boy’s health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models in today’s society. Its also a day where we celebrate their achievements large and small. Applauding facial hair growth efforts as we watch all the teenage pubescent boys and men around us TRY and grow porn star style mustaches for ‘Movember’

 

I’m a 5’4″ woman that recognises that we have come a long way, but I can also see  that GLOBALLY there is still a long way to go!  IWD is an official holiday in many countries including Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. NOW I wont turn my nose up should they want to give us all a bank holiday for it…

Whatever happens and no matter how many Trumps or Janusz there are, there is nothing more empowering than women that empower women. So shake your tits in the face of adversity and raise a pint of wine to every single female out there. Slap on the War-Paint, Equality awaits us…. its not that far away! #BeBoldForChange

 

 

International Women’s Day

Today is March the 8th, it’s a Tuesday and it’s been a brisk March day full of pandemonium!

I generally love a reason to ‘big up’ women from all over the world, not just because I’m an amazing sassy and damn right great woman but because I really do believe we are the stronger sex! Hahahaha I hear the men **cough** and utter the word **BITCH** under their breath. Please don’t misinterpret me, for I am not a man hater and I am not anti men, I was one of the lucky ones and married one of lifes greats! (He has to be pretty awesome to put up with me!) but ‘wholeheartedly’ I have a lot of love out there for men, your all great at peeing on toilet seats, your all amazing at growing belly fluff from nothing and it’s quite clever that you can fart the Eastenders theme tune without shitting your pants. Most of you work really bloody hard and a fair chunk of you make bloody amazing fathers and role models to our mini armies coming up through the ranks! (lets face it, we all know that it’s the minority that give the majority a bad name in everything in life) You men rock too in your own quirky ways BUT this day ain’t for you so get in line and wait your turn and lets get back to the facts….

There is a sad truth that lurks behind  International Women’s Day  , the day was created to respect and appreciate all women for their social, cultural, economic and political achievements! To raise awareness of equality and pledge to make a  change. It causes me deep frustration that in 2016 whilst we have come so far from even just ten years ago we still have so far to go as a nation, and we still have to have days like today to raise awareness for gender parity.

Shocking figures released in 2015 by The World Economic Forum estimates it will take 117 years to achieve global gender parity in the workplace! That’s 117 years of letting talented, driven, intelligent women slip through the net, surely every nation has the opportunity to utilise the talents of women for the benefit of all? If there is a talent and if someone can offer something great to society, should it matter if SHE IS FEMALE?

It saddens me that as a mother of three daughters they will grow up in a society where we still fall short at equality. Research has proved that women in the workplace being an active part of an integral gender balanced environment produce better and more successful outcomes of prosperity. So why wait 117 years to make a change…. ACT NOW! Make a pledge today!

I am a woman, I am intelligent, self-driven, determined and focused. I am a woman. I am proud but not too proud where I wouldn’t except help from a man or woman. I am kind and think of others, both men and women alike, but I am a woman. I am a mother and a wife and I have a voice that has been given to me to speak freely in a world where we should be equal. I am a woman and much more than just a label in today’s society. I am proud of all that I am and more.I will teach my children to speak and be heard, fear nothing, believe in yourself and fight against adversity.

I am also a woman with a whole load of stretch marks, I have given birth to seven children and my vagina is nothing like what it used to be but I am OK with that! I am a woman that likes cake and I am a little bit heavier than I should be but I still choose to eat the cake. I wear big pants, sing out of tune and dance like a twat. I drink beer from the bottle and wine through a straw. I only shave under my arms if I really have too and don’t get me started on the ‘loose tobacco’. I pick my feet and I park badly, but not at the same time. I swear a lot, I swear a lot all of the time and I really do try not to but I always end up saying ‘fuck it, life’s too short so just eat the fucking cake’. I care more than I should about people that don’t deserve it, I wear my heart on my sleeve and what you see is what you get, I don’t take life too seriously and I love my friends and family to infinity and beyond. I’ll protect them like a lioness would protect her cubs, so upset them and I will fuck you up! I am still a woman. ACT NOW! Make a pledge today!

For all women, every woman, all types of women, for women everywhere, shaved or unshaved, fat or skinny, degree, honors or under-graduate, lower, middle or upper class. Make a pledge today!