So August is coming to an end and what have we learnt from it really? That "we can do it all too"? Yes, I'm going to jump on that Womans Month wagon too, but with a twist. I am all for the empowerment and liberation of women and very proud to be a young woman living in SA today. Helen Joseph, Bertha Mashaba and the rest of the group of women who marched on that day, 9 August 1956 had a particular purpose in mind: the freedom of women. (SA History) Personally, I think the initial purpose of this day is slowly being a day of women trying to prove the point that they can do what men can do. The picture on the left for example, it is all musculine and manly. Is this what the empowerment of women means? I am not arguing that we cannot do what the opposite sex can when we put our minds to it, but let that not be the feul to our fire, let that not be the reason why we want to be successful and be CEOs in big compaies. Rather let our success be a tesimony of what we are capble of, despite of our history. The video below shows the brief history of this important day and the women behind it.
