I won’t bore you on what I think is right or wrong about this statement, but I did take the time to think of what kind of answer this question would warrant from me, and I came up with so many I just HAD to rank them for you:
4) Feminism. I am lucky to live in a world where my job is that of my own making, my peers do not look down on me for being a female (or for any other reason), my pay is fair, and my needs are constantly taken into account. Therefore, my “struggle” as they say “is NOT real.” For many women out there however, there is a great deal of struggle for equality and acceptance. Being a woman in this day and age is HARD not only for these struggles but even for each of our awareness on these struggles. If I do not have these issues, am I less of a feminist? If I do have these struggles and do not fight for equality am I less of a woman? It’s all so complicated!
3) Upkeep. The more you do to your body, the more you are expected to do! It starts with an eyebrow wax or some light highlights and then BAM suddenly you’re in a sea of exfoliating scrubs and wax trips and hair thickeners and you’re left wondering how you got there!
2) The “wants” and the “want nots.” From the time we hit college it seems every girl talk usually contains the question, “So how many kids are YOU having?” or “Have you picked out boy names yet? I just love my girl names so much I don’t want to THINK about having a baby Bieber Zayn Smith!” Ok. I may be exaggerating slightly, but you get the point. I have always fallen in the “want nots” category of people who don’t really find themselves longing to procreate where I usually get a “That will change,” or a “You can adopt,” or my favorite, “But that is the most womanly thing you can do… why wouldn’t you want to give birth?” When a dude says, “I am not sure about having kids,” do his friends immediately dismiss him? NO. They pass him another beer and say, “Dude you’re totally wasted” or something like that. (Disclaimer: I have no idea what dudes talk about in regards to childbirth so I have no frame of reference here.)
- “That time of the month.” As a woman, we pay thousands of dollars in pads and tampons in our lifetime, replace hundreds of pairs of panties, go through numerous bottles of Midol and ibuprofen ALL FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ONCE A MONTH THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL. I am most angry that “period cramps” stopped being an excuse after junior high P.E. and is now something I either have to deal with by taking narcotics or use a sick day on EVERY MONTH.
Now. What is the BEST part of being a woman? For me. It’s quite singular and very different from Ms. Jenner’s perspective:
- FINDING SOMETHING TO WEAR! Women’s fashion is ever evolving and always exciting. I love that as a woman I can dip into the men’s section for a structured blazer but pair it with a lace dress! I love waking up every day wondering who I am going to be and dressing that part. That to me is the BEST part of being a woman. No matter how hard that might be on some occasions, it remains to be the most exciting part of my day to day life as a female on this earth.