Feminism is an endless topic to embark on, this time my focus is on what feminism means to me.
Words are words until you put a meaning to it, this applies to the word 'feminism' too.
Through this journey it became clearer to me that feminism will mean nothing to me,
if not for the sexist sentences people made around me.
In order to preserve the realness, these sentences are put in exact words and language.
Translation: Girls have to be obedient
Translation: Girls should learn to sacrifice
Translation: What would you do if you don't know how to do household chores?
Translation: Don't be out till late night, you're a girl
Despite how I feel about this now, guilty to admit in that time of occurence,
I did not say a word back to these people whom have made such comments.
I wished I did, but I didn't. So I let those words in my head stayed in my mind.
To be frank, I am afraid of what people would feel had I spoke the words of my heart.
People might be offended as my words would sound agitating to them, although they're the offenders.
People might think that I being too exaggerating as these sentences are much normalised in my culture.
But I don't want to live a life that I'll regret, hence using this as a second chance to relive that moment.
But this time round these heartfelt words will no longer stay in where they always had been.
I've decided to put my thoughts on these sexist comments out there – to this world.
