Woman have come along way from what was expected of them in the early 1900's, which was to be the caretaker of a family. Society had a "cookie cutter" image for woman; and woman were expected to succumb to that doctrine. This definitely has changed and this is due to woman finally gaining the courage to stand up to the expectations of society and break barriers. Woman have broken the mold and are now in many ways surpassing many notions of what woman are capable of.
In today's society, woman are now viewed as "Super Beings". They are expected to run households, take care of the kids, take care of the finances, work a 9-5 and be the "better half" in their relationship with their significant other. We are now considered a "Jack of all trades", we are expected to do it all. Many would say that we asked for it, so we are doing double duty. Just think about it, men are still only required to be the "breadwinner" as they put it, and they are pretty satisfied with that duty. They rarely seem to want to add anything else to that job list. Woman, on the other hand, can join as a partner under the "breadwinner" title, but they still are required to take full responsibility for the cooking, cleaning, parenting and relationship managing. Don't get me wrong there are many men out there who ensure that there relationship is split 50/50 but, lets just say that based on what I've seen; many still have the "old skool" mentality.
I consider myself a Superwoman; and I've come to that realization solely because I am the "Super Woman" of my world. The one that wears the "S" on my chest. I am a mother who is all the sole parent of my daughter. I control her world and I have a significant influence on who she will become, which is probably the biggest responsibility I will ever experience in life. I honestly, give it up to all the single parents in the world. We are doing double duty as the mother and father to our kids. If you've ever watched Super Nanny, you will see how difficult being a parent can be and most of the times it's two parents who cannot gain control of their kids. Now, think about how hard it must be for one parent. The responsibility is solely on you. God bless you if you have family and friends to support you, which I do, but imagine the single parent who doesn't.
Super Women are also the backbone of their relationships in many cases. Men tend to leave all the rationalizing to woman. They look to us for everything; in most cases. If something is wrong, we have to fix it. Just like the saying...behind every good man; is a good woman. Within, marriages I would say 75% of the households delegate the wife to manage the finances. The men simply work and get paid but, the payments of bills, investments and so forth are managed by the household banker...the wife. I am in no way taking away from the importance of the man's role which is to work and hold down the fort, but the woman is usually the one to manage the situation. Woman are also expected to understand the complicated mind of a man. Which, I would say is more complex then understanding an infrastructure blueprint. Men are wonderful and we love them but, my gosh can they be anymore complicated.
Woman are viewed as being the "emotional" ones in the relationship and men are viewed as being more literal. I would say that this is true but, what men don't realize is that we are also very rational beings, we have just been blessed with being in touch with our emotions as well. This allows us to feel more whether it be love or heartache which allows us to be more genuine and less disingenuous.
Well to all my Super Women out there, I hope you start to realize that you all are wearing an invisible "S" on your chest. Make sure that you resume that super hero status because you deserve it. You deserve to be acknowledged, loved, pampered and appreciated and my goal with this blog is to show you that you are worth it. Well until next time remember....it's a bird, it's a plane, no it's SuperWoman.......
