This week’s topic is something that really puzzles and irritates me. This topic is that of women giving up their personal aspirations for men. Now, understand, I firmly believe that the only thing that truly makes us unequal in society is that of claiming people are unequal. This is not a laughable “civil rights issue” that has risen in the 21st century, but an idea that has been passed from generation to generation.
This idea is simple: that the dreams and aspirations of men override those of women; that women need follow their man into his field, thus sacrificing their own. You hear about it often: a woman choosing to go to the same college as their significant other, whether he be simply a boyfriend or a husband, or maybe she is forced to move to a city where her own dreams are impossible. It just irritates me to no end when I see women forced to abandon their dreams because a man is in the picture.
Now, understandably, there are some women who have seemingly smaller visions (at least to the outside viewer) that involve following their husband—this I have no problem with. Those women who wish to be stay-at-home moms, more power to you. It is those who leave their dreams for the man who will ultimately fail them. Ladies, if a man forces you to abandon your aspirations, HE IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME. Go and follow your dreams and leave the dirt bag behind. Men: those ladies around you have dreams the same as you and have the same right to follow them as you. Don’t be the roadblock between someone and their dreams.
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