Personal Narrative: A Woman Is Like A Girl

“I didn’t tell them to stop treating me like I was weak. I just proved I can do anything and be amazing.”Lauren Greenfield, filmmaker, and director of the #likeagirl video. “When the words ‘like a girl” are used to mean something bad. It’s profoundly disempowering. She couldn’t stand how weak the made a girl look. Lauren wants to be part of the movement to redefine “like a girl” into a positive affirmation.”

“A woman is like a teabag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”-Eleanor Roosevelt. You will never know how strong a woman is until a woman is a challenge. Women’s a strong, Independent and they have no limits. For example, my mother didn't have any education but that didn't make her feel sorry for herself nor made her not do anything about it. My dad wasn't really there when I was little so she had to be a dad and a mom and take care of the house and bringing food to the house. Until now she works and she provides all the things we need and want. Not having a husband nor an education did not make her stop but it made her work hard and put no limits. That’s a great example to me to follow she's my role model of a strong woman who could have been scared yet that didn't stop her.
“Think like a Queen.
A Queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”-Oprah Winfrey. Women's take the risk and they’ll sacrifice anything for the things they love no matter what’s the price. For instance, My mom had put up with my dad since he got out of jail. She has passed through so much for my brothers and sister and me so that we can have a home, so she would put up with my dad when he was drunk and sometimes he would hit her or accuse her of cheating when he would be the one coming late to the house. She resisted all that because she loved us because she wanted the best for us that she would do whatever she can to keep us happy when she was not happy. But that showed me how strong a woman can
be.

“Every man needs a woman when his life is a mess, because just like the game of chess- the queen protects the king.” Something that always surprised me was the loyalty my mom has towards my dad. Even though he never really treated her right. My mom shows how much he loves my dad. Thus far she’s still with him. One day I asked my mom, “Mom why are you still with him? Why are you still with him?.” At that age I didn’t really understand well but as time passed my mother told me. “Look if I leave your father he will get lost in the drugs and probably do things he's not supposed to.” my response was,” you shouldn't care, I mean he doesn't care about you why you should care about him.” My mom said to me, “If we don't care about him that we are his family no one else will not even him.” In that moment I understood that her love was much greater than I could ever imagine. That she was the head of the house that if she falls then everything would go down and our family would go apart.

A woman is very important and strong many people has to define being a girl as “weak”, but women’s are very strong. In the case of, women’s labor one of the most painful experience than no man can compare to the pain that a woman has ever experience. On Youtube, there’s a video called, “Men experiencing labor cramps.” On that video, they show how a man can resist the labor contraction and they stated that is one of the most painful cramps ever. There are so many ways to show how a woman is strong and courageous. Above all, The video “like a girl” has helped many little girls and young adult and woman to understand that women’s are important and they have no limits. That is okay to be a girl and to be proud of it.