Welcome to a new Era! Where men are no longer head of households. Where women now play the role of wife and bread winner. What happened to the days when men would say, Don’t worry Hun, I got this? The days where your door was opened, your chair was pulled back, coat gently placed on you.
Nowadays, men are just plain comfortable with the new generation of women that have evolved. The generation that is independent, self-reliant, strong, and able to run and pay for the household while holding full time jobs and being full time mommies. The same men that, we women, are choosing to marry.
Could we all have lived during the times when a woman’s voice was non-existent, where we did not matter, was unable to vote, were not a factor in anything? I know I couldn’t live like that. I would be one of those brave women who rocked the world with their revolutionary ways. Like Harriet Tubman, setting myself free from slavery and helping other women in the process, or Elizabeth Stanton, who organized the Seneca Falls convention which led to women’s right to vote.
So as a result of years of oppression, we women, over the years have been forced to prove ourselves to the male society in order to have a voice and show the world how strong we can be. However, by doing so, we are paying a different price. The death of courting. The death of the days when a man really wanted to take care of his wife. The death of the times when men had some sort of respect for women. The inability for men to truly emotionally protect their wives.
So as an independent wife to be, I am now forced to think about the possibility of no longer having the option of being courted. Because while I have reserved the right to have a voice and be that independent, strong woman I want to be, I have now lost the right to be treated as an emotionally needy woman. So RIP to courting and emotional protection.. May you rest in peace.
Until next time….Happy Blogging.
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