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!
Just That Girl Kelly 