Wanita Melayu Boleh

She is a guide, mentor, mother, nurturer, wife and friend. When life gives her lemons Today’s woman takes those lemons and makes lemonade or does she?As a woman today I have the same goals in mind as my mother yesterday. I want just as much to raise and care for my children in a healthy home environment. The only difference between me and my mother was that she was born in 1932 a time of poverty. By the age of 12 she was at home raising her brothers and sisters instead of attending school. My mother grew into a woman and took on the job of mother and wife. My mother never worked outside of the home until my father’s death in 1988. At this time she was faced with no education, no job experience and was forced back into the work force. Today I want as much for myself and my children as my mother did. However today as women we have worked our way into the right to vote, to fight for equal pay, to break away from traditional roles but I think we have over stepped our roles. No longer is Today’s Woman concerned with equality but we have pushed our way with a feminist movement that we are now one up on men. (more…)

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