Unlock Your Voice Mary Morris Analysis

In the article, “Unlock your voice”, Mary morris discusses how important it is to speak up, and find your voice. She gives us a glimpse into her childhood, where it all started before she finally found her voice, she states “ when I was in first grade, my class performed a school play to celebrate abraham lincoln”. After weeks of her rehearsing and practicing, when it came time for her performance she couldn’t say her line, she “stammered and sputtered, and in the end someone else said it for her”. This is something that many people fear when they think about public speaking, such as myself. Sometimes it even starts to eat at you and make you run the other way, it even makes you alter your decisions in your life, and makes you question, just like morris why this happens?. Morris, later finds out that studies have shown that “something happens to young girls during their development that gives them stage
We as women already are overcasted in this male dominated world, where some men still feel that a women should stand behind their men instead of in front, meaning women being a women (housewive), listening to orders, instead of making them. But, over the years i’ve found my voice and i don't think much people in my life was happy about that, especially my parents, friends, family, etc. I noticed that it was beneficial for me to do so, because constantly people thought that they could have taken advantage of me and say or do whatever they wanted to me because they knew i was the quiet,sweet girl who wouldn't hurt a fly. But, now I’m not as scared, however i have to sometimes not be too vocal. My problem is not speaking up, or public speaking in general, but, i'm just afraid of the idea of having to do it, which is a result of my laziness, shyness and also my comfort level; because if i'm not comfortable or in the right mood, there's a slight chance i would not be “unlocking my