The Fight Females Face

I recently read a play for my theatre class called, Real Women Have Curves. It demonstrated strong female empowerment throughout the storyline. Some issues females face that were discussed in the play included having the right to be assertive, say "no," take control of one's destiny, and accepting one's body in a patriarchal society. I felt so empowered and inspired by the strong sense of feminism the protagonist was portraying while reading the play.

A particular part that stood out to me was when the protagonist talked about how females have to assert themselves and can and should learn to say no. Throughout my life, I felt it has always been hard for me to say no. It was even harder for me to be assertive and speak my mind. For some reason, whether in the real world or on television shows, when a female was assertive and stood her ground, it embodied a bad connotation and the female was given the image of being rude, impolite, or arrogant. This doesn't happen for males. If a male did the same thing and said the exact same words as a female, it will not be seen as being rude or arrogant but bold and confident. A bad connotation was not connected to the words out of a male's mouth but only out of a female's mouth. This should not be the case. Females should be able to speak their minds and stand up for themselves without getting any backlash for it. Females should be able to assert themselves in situations and be seen as respectful and polite, and civilized. In our society, it is very difficult to do because society paints a bad image when a female voices her opinions and goes against the norm of this patriarchal society.


Not only do females face serious issues in the society, workplace, and economy, but also females have to face the unequal pay. Today is Equal Pay Day. The day women's pay equals to the pay for men in 2018, according to Fortune. This means that it takes women three extra months to make up for the pay in the pay gap. Three extra months. That is huge. What's more insane is the projected year for pay equity will be in 2059 and the predicted worldwide year for pay equity will be in 2089, according to New York Times Gender. By 2059, I will be 61 years old. By 2089, I will be 91 years old, meaning I will be dead before change can exist in my lifetime. It will take years before a dollar earned by a male will be a dollar earned by a women counterpart, as opposed to what is currently $1 for a male to 80 cents for a female, according to New York Times Gender. No matter how long it takes, equal pay will exist and I know all the future female generations out there will be grateful for the cause the females before them worked and fought for. Whatever it takes, it will happen. No matter how far away in the distance, equal pay will occur, and we females will be smiling towards the path we paved for generation to come to have.