Can girls really do ANYTHING?
In Marshall Bright’s article, "Stop Telling Girls They Can Do Anything," she claims that as a child, the false claim that she could grow up to be and do anything she wanted did not make her into the person she is today, but the preparation of life’s hard challenges did.
What are the specific traits of these false claims?
Bright continues to explain that although the dream of becoming the first female President or the next big time astronaut flooded her mind as a child, it was unfortunately not realistic.
As much as tiny humans, as we once all were, desire to dream and believe in themselves to do the impossible, is it really preparing young girls for the real world?
As a young woman who once believed that I would become the next top dancer, basketball star, and astronaut all at once, I look back and see that my desires were way off from what I have become and want to be after college; a recollection that has made me feel as if I have failed my younger self.
Girls should be prepared for the hard truth of the world we live in: dreams may or may not be reached, even with hard work and determination because sadly, life is not fair.
The world’s strongest women are not who they are today because of the lie that life is gumdrops and rainbows, but because through adversity, they’ve become someone that changed the lives of others.
So, what type of woman have you become?
