Women Are More Than “Hot”

Men should be the ones supporting us women in putting an end, once and for all, to the derogatory ways women are sometimes described.

What’s with “She’s so hot!”? As if you are either hot or not hot, and your worth and value depend on how attractive you are.

It’s insulting.

What about intelligence, honesty, courage, wisdom and values?

We women are thinking beings. We have a brain and a heart, and it is up to us to challenge the objectification of our gender. It would make us stronger, lead to better and more successful relationships, and perhaps make men think twice before reducing a woman to a face and a body.

We are soul, spirit and also body.

I know I didn’t bring a baby girl into this world for her to believe in Cinderella. She doesn’t need to be rescued. She can rescue herself.

There is no prince waiting to save her. She can save herself.

Every time I read about another act of domestic violence against a woman, my heart sinks. If only the mothers of boys could teach them from an early age to respect women and see them as equals, rather than simply as someone to marry and have children with.

Perhaps then, in the years to come, we might see a decrease not only in domestic violence but also in the objectification of women because of their looks or the clothes they wear.