We are in a generation where we are defined by the kind of clothes we wear, the followers we have on Instagram and the size of our waist. As a woman in 2014, our minds are constantly polluted to hand us the definition of the kind of women you SHOULD be…as defined by what’s “hot.”
Baroline
In this current era of social media hypebeasts, the women that are being acknowledged as “doing it” are either
A) Females that are dating celebrities or athletes – the “jackpot” as they’re being dubbed.
B) Instagram famous females that post a picture on Instagram half naked and get a thousand “likes.”
C) Video vixen or “bottle girls” (which is basically the new age stripper – the definition of a half naked chick holding a bottle in the club.)
We should be teaching the younger generation to want to be a woman with ambitions and goals to have her own title and be inspiring to others…one who is respected while still being fully clothed and making her OWN money the right way!
Those 3 perspectives above is what is seen every day via social media, music videos, and gossip sites, and it’s what the new generation of women are becoming. But why isn’t it that women are motivating each other to become bosses of top companies and building their own brands? Why is it that we let social media define our culture?
The definition of women today should be to be a modern day boss with million dollar dreams of building brands and empowering one another. We are in a generation where we can so easily create the “movement” and pave ways for each other. Since no one wants to be a role model in a positive way and everybody wants to be a follower, why not you become that role model in which you give young women a push and let them know it is okay to be different? It IS okay to think outside the box and be someone that everyone isn’t!
Women devalue themselves everyday just for social media and likes, influenced by half naked chicks and getting the wrong attention, and this shouldn’t be so big! As women, we should value and respect our bodies. We should be figures of higher power in Fortune 500 companies as BOSSES, not workers. We’re making it harder on ourselves and one another to earn respect when it seems that all we want is attention, and we need to stand up and create better representations of ourselves and be role models to one another.
So, kind of woman are you? That’s the bigger picture. Be defined as a woman who is making a difference – not a sex symbol who’s defined for the clothes that you wear or your likes on social media. Be a boss chick who’s attending school and wants to have a career and empower other women to be great! It’s alright to look up to someone as a mentor, someone to guide you in the right place.
Just a year ago, I was lost and was one of the women I described, but now I am moved by women who grind their way to the top everyday in this industry and I’m working my way toward that as well. Be empowered to DO BETTER!
