Where I live, temperature can reach up to 42c in the summer
Where I live, I can't wear a cute summer dress and take a walk down the street
Where I live, I can't walk to the market and back, I have to take my car
Where I live, I can't drive to a wedding in an evening gown unless I wear a shawl to cover up
Where I live, my body is not mine to do with as I please, it belongs to society and its norms
All the little things that seem so stupid to even complaign about, so small in comparison to today's real problems; but aren't those things are what make us who we are?
Being able to choose your career, your job, how you dress, what your hair looks like... These should not even be debatable.
When you make those trivial elements an everyday struggle, then how can a woman have time to think of other things in life.
When a woman wanted a certain career but could not have it yet is asked to work to provide, what shall she do? How will she be able to think of something else to do, how will she thrive?
When a woman spends more time in picking her outfit, yet still gets disapproved by society and hears the nastiest things said on the streets, how will she be happy, productive and focused for he rest of the day?
I just want to live somewhere where I can be myself, wear what I want, believe in what I want, go walking whenever I feel like it.
Seems stupid and trivial, but as I am sitting in my living room wanting to wear a dress and go for a walk but I can't, all I can feel is being trapped in my own skin.
I am trapped in my own imagination, wanting to spread my wings and fly.
Never take the small privilages in your life for granted no matter what they are....
Where I live, I can't wear a cute summer dress and take a walk down the street
Where I live, I can't walk to the market and back, I have to take my car
Where I live, I can't drive to a wedding in an evening gown unless I wear a shawl to cover up
Where I live, my body is not mine to do with as I please, it belongs to society and its norms
All the little things that seem so stupid to even complaign about, so small in comparison to today's real problems; but aren't those things are what make us who we are?
Being able to choose your career, your job, how you dress, what your hair looks like... These should not even be debatable.
When you make those trivial elements an everyday struggle, then how can a woman have time to think of other things in life.
When a woman wanted a certain career but could not have it yet is asked to work to provide, what shall she do? How will she be able to think of something else to do, how will she thrive?
When a woman spends more time in picking her outfit, yet still gets disapproved by society and hears the nastiest things said on the streets, how will she be happy, productive and focused for he rest of the day?
I just want to live somewhere where I can be myself, wear what I want, believe in what I want, go walking whenever I feel like it.
Seems stupid and trivial, but as I am sitting in my living room wanting to wear a dress and go for a walk but I can't, all I can feel is being trapped in my own skin.
I am trapped in my own imagination, wanting to spread my wings and fly.
Never take the small privilages in your life for granted no matter what they are....
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