One area I give credit to the women is in business. I've been able to see they are better managers. I’m amazed at how women entrepreneurs
multitask. They can combine as much as four business ventures together and
manage it successfully without seeing signs of stress and fatigue on their
faces. I know some of them personally. Men can hardly do this. I think it’s a
special gift they have and that’s a plus for the woman.
Women might have been successful in the areas of
business, management, academics, media, law among others but one area that has
little representation is politics. Very few women are seen engaging in politics
across the world. It’s even more restricted in Africa and Asia but some have
decided to stand tall and defy the norm. To the credit of the woman, we have
female heads of state that are heading powerful nations. Germany is the largest
economy in Europe and is headed by Angel Markel. Brazil, Argentina and Chile
are the three leading economies in South America and are headed by women in
Dilma Roussef, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Michelle Bachelet
respectively. Emerging Asian economy South Korea’s current president Park
Guen-hye is female. Australia had a former female prime minister in Julia
Gillard. This shows that women are taking over powerful nations. I believe the
greatest achievement for ‘Girl Power’ would be to have a female president in
the most world’s powerful nations: The United States, Russia and China and also
a female UN Secretary-General. A Nigerian female president would also be a plus
to Africa’s largest economy. Can that happen? It will be tough but with the current trend, it’s
only a matter of time before it becomes reality. Afterall late Margaret
Thatcher who was popularly known as ‘Iron Lady’ is the longest serving and one
of the best British prime ministers till date.
Inspite of the success Girl Power has been able to
achieve since the protests of the 1960s many women still continue to be denied
equal rights and face sexual violence and harassment. Nevertheless the
emancipation of women has given them a bigger audience and louder voice in a
society that is dominated by men.
The one problem I have with Girl Power is that women
who find themselves in position of authority tend to be authoritarian in
character. They go overboard on little issues and it becomes annoying to the
male subordinates. The success of women in business and management has seen
them in some cases earn more than their male counterparts and as such fail to
respect or give regard to the men.
Regardless of how successful a woman can be, the man
will always be ahead of her. This is proven biologically. Only if a woman
decides not to have a family can she keep up with a man. Even at that, it’s
still impossible. Men and women do not possess the same physical strength. The woman
can say all she likes to defend herself but I think the man is still in charge.
Women need to know that they are an integral part of a man’s life and vice versa. I refuse to accept those lines in girl power songs that say the woman
can do without a man. If the woman can do that, it won’t last a life time. She’ll
need a man at some point and that’s why it’s important for both sexes to respect
each other rather than do the blame game. Even Beyoncé after ranting so much about women taking charge in her acclaimed song ‘Run the world (Girls)’ said “boy I’m just playing… hope you still like me…..”
I think that says it all. *winks.*
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*All photos sourced randomly from Google Images.
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