Keepin it 100

Dau Voire (via kushandwizdom)

Dau Voire (via kushandwizdom)

(via kushandwizdom)

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, ‘You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise you will threaten the man.’ Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors – not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.

I feel like a MAN knows what is in front of him the minute he sees it. I feel like a MAN doesn’t play games and won’t risk losing what’s God sent because of his ego. I’m an “all or nothing” type of person. Like, don’t contact me AFTER THE FACT telling me how great I am and how much you miss my...