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I am sane enough to know that there can never be 50/50 between man and woman when it comes to some certain logic, strength and fear threshold. Well, there is an exception for bodybuilders, gym maniacs and the non-binary gender. But if we have to just base it on basic biology - man's testosterone and mentality will always favour them to acquire more strength and bravery than women.
So it drives me nuts when people misunderstand women who seek 50/50 in cooperate world to be challenging or daring men that we can do everything you do better. That's absolute nonsense! If we put brains asides, I am the worst version of a man any real man can ever be. I suck at carrying some heavy stuff and weights are my least favourite at the gym. I scream most of the time if I see a spider or scorpion anywhere near my skin - it doesn't matter whether it's poisonous or not.
It's not common sense to me that a car battery is mainly used to start a vehicle. I still have to convince myself through experience that once the car is on the alternator takes over and one can drive a long distance without a battery. I had to learn all this from the male gender and I still think it is just some theory one gets to learn from physics. But this seems like common sense to most men and 90% of them learnt through experience. Don't even try to convince me that a 12V battery cannot electrocute me or that the car battery volts are not strong enough to fry me.
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I will still scream and run for my dear life if I see the spark. So when I say I am an independent woman and seek 50/50 in cooperate world, I mean my brain should not be scrutinized based on my physical abilities and lack of male logic. If the job's high efficiency and productivity mostly rely on a functional brain then that's the part where I seek 50/50. I hate it when my biology as a woman is used against me to make me inferior to men in getting the same job done.
My biggest worry as a woman is being misunderstood when I thrive to be independent and competent enough to do a job equally or even better if all it needs is brain power. And I can speak on behalf of all women that when we thrive to be independent, this is never meant to say we do not need a man's role or help in our lives. It is a phrase most sane women use to express self-awareness and confidence in their competence and what they got to offer as either a colleague or partner.
But independent women are often misunderstood for being competitors to men. Some even dare to equate it to trying to be asexual or brave warriors on the frontline and that kind of insecurity drives me nuts. The whole 50/50 is not saying "send us there too when you send soldiers to save Ukraine from Russia".
Speaking for myself - I think in that regard I would do well in cooking for the soldiers than carrying the guns and wanting a 50/50 cut🤦🏾♀️. Well, as I said in my first paragraph - I am sane enough to know where I am limited by the way my biology was designed. So I beg to be excused in this whole 50/50 rule when its meaning gets lost and is misinterpreted as if women also want to challenge the dominance of men in the frontline.
My independence as a woman is never meant to challenge the other gender that I can carry heavy staff better, change my car tyre or jump-start a car better, pay in full or 50/50 for every date night, loosen or tighten a rusty bolt better🤔. If society can stop misinterpreting independent women the world would be a better place. Otherwise having my aspiration to be a successful woman and my independence misunderstood is my least favourite thing about being a woman.
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