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Woman of the Future
In the Philippines, the word "woman" is traditionally synonymous for somebody to take care of the house, do the laundry, take care of the kids, and serve the husband. There are even cases, a good number of it, that women are being subjected to wife abuse, and this is being neglected. Many women think that this is all right because traditionally men should be the Lord of the house and they never dared think of fighting for their right. Before the 18th century ended, some women were able to stand up from this captivity. One woman, a former schoolteacher and a wife to a political prisoner who was assassinated, was seated as the highest leader of the land. She did fairly well, awakening these women that we have a place on earth. That we have our own right, so much for the tradition, so much for the fear of condemning eyes. Some women, a fairly large number of it, woke up from this traditional slavery and made a stand. In the following decade, a lot of women stepped out of their prison, the four walls of their conjugal house, looked for work, competed with men on positions in the corporate world. Taking the custody of their young. As they know they can already do it. Some sought the legal remedies of the law. Some dared forget the past and moved on. To date almost 60% of the executives of Makati, the Business Capital of the Philippines, are women. Making decisions, managing people and globally standing high against adversities. The women now are having their own place and claiming their own right. It is just unfortunate, that there are some of these successful daughters of God who still cannot forget the past and thinks of revenge. And often times it is their subordinates that suffers, so does their performance as a good head of the entity they manage. If the people around you have accepted the fact that you are as strong as they are, bright and powerful as they are. Let us accept that men also have their rights and that they behave in they way they do because of what they are raised to, the tradition that they woke up to. No one is to blame. What we can do now is show our power by showing our mercy as well, and this will be what the Woman of the Future is all about. ------------
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