GIRL POWER?

Empowerment is a big word. But how many of us actually get the gist of what entails the so called emancipation of women. It is somewhat disappointing to see how the poor word is forcefully fitted to justify some utter mediocrity staged in the name of girl power. My main issue is with the endless bombardment of Girl power anthems colonizing our ears which run through the media 24/7.

The list is endless when it comes to the number of girl power themed songs. Some, of course are very inspiring and encouraging to alleviate the plight of women and they embrace the value of womanhood. I wish to say the same about most of them but in my humble opinion I am ashamed as a woman to even sing along. However, I am a big fan because they make a good feminist adrenalin rush when you listen to them hence my contradiction!

Still worse, the anthem ‘ringleaders’ had to show up almost naked to deliver the message of celebration of womanhood and dignity! These are the so called empowered women. How ironic... If that is not enough, they seem like a bunch of angry women ganged up against men and the world. What I don’t seem to understand is what exactly we are supposed to get out of it. Sadly all we walk away with from these spectacles is the tantalising images of women privates encrusted with some tiny wacky lingerie of outfits they call attires. 

To be honest I am a big fan of music and movies but today, I could care less what I hear than what I see which is very true of so many of us. By saying this I’m not trying to play double standards because I also ride in the same ‘guilt bus’ of succumbing to the oppressive contemporary influences which have polluted the divine concept of a woman’s beauty being her crowning glory. If I may say, embarrassingly, I am greatly entertained by them! To the performers its no big deal because sex appeal sells thus they do what they have to do get the message across or else, today, no body would listen.

Not that I am embracing the idiocy but as a rational being one should exercise their freedom of speech to air what they think which is what I am trying to do here. It is not that we don't see what is happening but rather we embrace the situation because it is entertaining.

Speaking from experience I appreciate that being a woman is a struggle in so many aspects caused by social influences. but do most of us quite understand what exactly we are struggling against? 

Yes the media manipulation of women as sexual utilities is to blame but it is time we start analysing and distinguish what’s to carry over as real life and what we should leave in the media boxes for entertainment in the name of ‘trend setters’, yes we should be entertained and that’s where it should end. True emancipation comes from within us as women not from a bunch of naked ladies ranting about how we rule the world! We women are jewels that should be treasured and thus lets treat ourselves like the jewels we are.

As the saying goes:
To increase the Value of your Availability, Restrict your Accessibility!