So I was having an inner conflict on gender identity the other day…and it came out for me in a third person story. I decided to write my post as if I were writing a novel about anyone who feels they can relate to this excerpt – a woman fighting the need for someone to rescue her.
She knew how to protect everyone but herself. It was never a question that her family came first. Even her husband needed her strength, so she felt she needed to be a force to reckon with at home and at work.
And yet, there was a part of her that was yearning for something. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Was it help? Did she need help, too? Did she want to be protected? Feel safe in the arms of her protector? Did she need batman?
She couldn’t tell. The idea was silly. In a way, a partnership was meant to be about creating a unified shield – both parents protecting their children equally. But were they really protecting each other? And why did the question trouble her so?
Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Be strong for you. Not just for your tribe. We need to protect ourselves so we can be a force to reckon with. But we also need to embrace our gender identity even if we are trying hard to suppress it. As a woman, there is a tiny part of me that wants to be a damsel in distress… with someone who will lift me up and save the day. So every day that I struggle with it, is every day that I’m not processing it. I’m just fighting it. Feel your feelings.
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