"Just Like A Women"

In a recent discussion we had in a Girl Speak meeting, we brought up the frequently used term among the male population, "now that's just like a women" It is ironic that we were so heavily enthralled in this conversation because my coworker, Miranda, suggested we all read a book entitled "The Women of Brewster Place" by Gloria Naylor. Barely 15 pages into the bok and coincidentally, I run into the ever popular phrase, "Now, ain't that just like a women"

In this particular part of the book, Naylor is writing about a young women named Mattie Michael, who is a church going, God and father fearing individual. When she goes on a sugar cane planting trip with the neighborhood no-good, Butch, she questions herself, her father, and her sense of judgement. Mattie starts to look at Butch in a different way, and it scares her. When she expresses to Butch that she wants to go home, he of course says "Now, ain't that just like a women" he continues on saying, "Bring a man clear out of his way to cut three times as much cane as he needed for his self and then want to double-time him back home before he gets a minute's rest or them wild hers he REALLY came all this way fo' "

We as young women and young ladies can relate to how Mattie reacts to his declaration. She goes on to show him how independent she can be as a women and how she can handle just as much as she can by doing other work for him. It's funny how just by saying that sentence, women sometimes have to prove themselves to men and contradict the statement by doing the opposite of what he just said. Going against the grain, it seems like we always have to prove ourselves and I find that in many examples, including ones in books, movies, and real life.

We have become OBSESSED with proving ourselves more than the opposite sex could ever imagine.

- bernie levv ♪✇♬