Breaking Generational Silence: Women Rising

6 days ago (Edited)

I just read a post from @jhymi about choosing yourself where she spoke about a video where women came out to talk about being abused by their husbands and boyfriends and how her own aunty was a victim of abuse.

Sadly, that’s the reality of most women today. No matter the part of the world you find yourself, women are being abused on the daily basis. This is not to say that men aren’t also being abused , they are. But when we take a look at the statistics, we know that the number of women being abused on the daily basis is more than ten times that of men. This issue is one no one wants to talk about. But finally, women are finally speaking up.

Today, I also want to add mu voice. For so long , women have always been told and seen to be the weaker ones and most men will always leverage on that to manipulate us. Abuse doesn’t only come in the physical form, it could be emotional and many more. Where I come from, women are taught to be patient, even when they are dying slowly in their marriages, they tell us to stay for the kids. But the men on the other hand are not being advised to treat their women right. This has gone on for so long, but this generation of ours doesn’t look like one to sit and watch all this happen.

A have a fried who always tells me that at her wedding, no one will advise her about patience, they should rather advise her husband not to try her because she doesn’t play. Someone mogjt call her a feminist, but truth is, she has seen how other women end ip suffering for years all because of some tradition. If dying in your own marriage is a tradition, then tradition isnt worth being in existence enymore.

Today, women are finally realizing that they deserve better, walking a way from abusive and manipulative men, picking their selves up again and rising to the highest of standards. I have had my own share of manipulation and toxicity and I say no more. The bar shouldn’t be that low, we deserve all the good things in life as women and human beings. Don’t stay for the kids- you can leave then for their father since hes also a parent. If you know you can’t be a single mother, leave the kids for their dad and go live your life , but make sure you’re present in their lives also. Patient will take you nowhere in an abusive relationship. Your life matters also. Leave, and you will live to fight another day.

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