What is A Woman?

tanIya nIChols THE SOUTHERN DIGEST

If you ask people the question, “What is a woman?” you’d get multiple answers because a woman is so much encompassed into one package. You may hear a woman is nurturing, kind, or beautiful, but I truly believe there is so much more to a woman.

ENGINEERING

“I WILL HAVE MULTIPLE TUTORS FOR EACH CLASS. I WILL TALK TO EACH OF MY TEACHERS FOR ADVICE AND INSIGHT ON MY MIDTERMS. I WILL ALSO HAVE MANY ALL NIGHTERS STUDYING FOR EACH TEST AND CLASS.”

A woman has to take on every challenge the world throws at her and keep it cute. As a woman, everything you do is “wrong.” When you cry it’s deemed as being “too emotional,” or you having a menstrual cycle. However, do not walk around without smiling because then you’re “mean” and unapproachable. Being a woman brings on the responsibility of needing to be able to keep your head held high while the world is trying to push it down. Being a woman is not showing your womanhood in the workplace so your employers will take you seriously. Being a woman is also to teach every man you’re with how to treat a woman. Being a woman is tiring;

I’m crying because I’m exhausted, and I’ve reached my limit. Yes, you need to be strong to be able to handle being a woman in society, but this strength does not negate the fact that I can buckle under pressure.

“Strong” is such a loaded word that I truly feel does more harm than good. See my femininity and nurture me sometimes.

As a woman, you are immediately pushed into this mature role that you did not even get a choice in picking. Always being told by your elders to “act like