By | Joyce Ann Isidro | hackspirit.com
There’s nothing more powerful than a confident woman in a male-dominated world.
Statistically, men are shown to overestimate their abilities and performance, while women underestimate both—and if you ask me, it’s time for women to finally reclaim their confidence.
Unlike men, women are not raised to be confident. She’s raised to be quiet and ever-obedient, to wait her turn to speak, to say sorry when a man tells her she’s wrong…and I think it’s high-time for us to do the opposite.
Even if women’s month has just come to a halt, it’s important for every woman to be confident every day, even if it makes other people uncomfortable.
That said, how does a confident woman elevate her life?
Without further ado, let’s discuss the 9 rules that every confident woman follows to elevate her life.
1) Be who you are
In our society, women are shamed for having dreams, interests, and hobbies.
A woman who’s into video games is called a “pick me” and is only doing it for men, because only men are supposed to be gamers.
A woman who likes to sing and play the ukulele is bullied for having a lame hobby, because only guys who play electric guitars are valid and “cool”.
A woman who passionately fights for the rights of women is reduced to a “feminazi,” but a man who does the same is praised for the bare minimum of being an ally.
We’re all basically shamed for who we are, no matter what it means.
This is why a confident woman’s life is drastically elevated through the simple act of being who she is; instead of feeling shame, she shows pride for who she is as a woman, by unabashedly showing the world that this is her, and she’s absolutely not sorry for it.
