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Empowering Strong Women

Empowerment

By Natasha DosterPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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I'm 30 years old. I know exactly who I am. I am proud of all my accomplishments at my age. I have a beautiful house, car, daughter, and I'm retired. No one can ever tell me that I depend on a man. I have built my empire from the bottom upwards. I can say at the end of the day, I did all this on my own. No man should ever say shit, especially if they don't have their ducks in a row. Men have a hard time accepting a powerful and successful woman. I feel so fed up right now. I feel like at a point in life either you're going to add to my life or get the fuck out of my life. I will not settle for less than my happiness anymore.

I need real love, not fake love. I know that I'm an amazing woman. I don't want to be with a man that's coldhearted or distanced towards me. If you can't meet my expectations, then keep it moving. It's too early in the game for crying and headaches. I want you to choose your words wisely. I have a limit of the crap that I will take before I cut you off. This is not a threat by stating the truth and facts. Don't take it personally but I have standards. No normal woman is going to stand for it or settle for no standards. If I want that then I couldn't stay on my own.

Strong independent, resilient, assertive, and ambitious woman. I wrote this to empower other women. We don't need any man to validate us or make us feel whole. We can do these things on our own. Matter of fact I don't need you to fix anything. I can do it myself. I don't have a problem with helping me, but you will not later throw it in my face. When you choose to do something for me, I could have done it myself. I pay my own bills. I run a household. I am a businesswoman. I do hold down my own empire. If you want to deal with a strong woman, then you only can add to her life. I will be okay before and after you.

Before opening your mouth, make sure you have something to bring to the table. I know my self-worth and value. Do you know what my self-worth is? Respect what I built and understand that you can't tear me down. When people throw bricks at you, you need to get back up and build with these bricks. I'm a self-made female. I want to empower other females to know the value of a woman. We desire to be appreciated, have loyalty, respect, and understanding. It comes a time in every female's life that she must understand enough is enough. Never again will I be soft-spoken with my words.

I will not sacrifice my culture, values, or ideas. I will express my own free thinking without compromising or allowing another individual to corrupt my views. I know that this message is the beginning of my journey. I feel so liberated with speaking my thoughts. I feel like cultures try to oppress strong women from having an opinion in society. It's not OK that society tells us to just smile and be polite while man decides to be disrespectful toward us. He also abuses mentally and emotionally with his words. It's time to take a stand to be treated with the same respect and dignity. I have confidence in myself and I know my self-worth. It took going from girl to becoming woman and finding myself. My message one last time: remember you are a strong, independent, resilient, assertive, and ambitious woman.

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