Whether a politician, exec of an organization, men who have never seen a feminine woman in her glory, or women who carry themselves as men (psychologically)  –  are potentially harmful to women of self value.They are accidents of oppression and hate waiting to happen because…this world hates what it doesn’t know, and isn’t interested in knowing that which isn’t itself.

And to make matters worse, many women have no clue about the unique contributions women have made to the world and did not have a true model of a respected or highly regarded woman in their lives as young people. So now they contribute to the hate by failing to honor the existence of a different way at the world beyond a masculine one.

Then society looks at us for the model of how to hold us (this is why how you see and carry yourself has tremendous weight – we are creating the world by what we are doing). But as with many groups who have lived with oppression and hate, the assassination of our expression which transpired, is now internalized, and finds a way out in our interactions.

Women (eerily similar to the regard groups of color and even indigenous communities have for Caucasian values above their own) have been told for decades that a male’s expression is more valuable, so, similar to men, we have unconsciously and consciously modeled ourselves after him. And such that,  expressions of femininity find poor celebration (beyond sexualized ones) in our communities.

As with black history month, limited periods are selected for the celebration of our contributions. So we are somewhat trained, that when it is over, we no longer have to observe it. Resulting in a society that remains focused on the values of the ruling class’ as a default, the rest of the way.

This is a highly problematic equation for women, people of color, and any other minority class in society.

So we simply must cultivate pride and celebrate our individual expressions any opportunity we can. Otherwise a consistent and pervasive narrative will take over and implant expressions and mores alien to and detrimental to our own.

Finally, this undertaking is just as revolutionary as any fight waged in past years, because our main oppressions are now unconscious and internal. Supplanted from an external reality but internal all the same.