A Woman Is Born

It’s not your body or clothes that make you a woman.

Jessey Anthony
The Virago
Published in
4 min readMar 11, 2021

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International Women’s Day More Like The Day A Woman Is Born
Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash

Remember that you are strong, empathetic, kind, understanding, purposeful, powerful and beautiful woman — you are a magnificent person.

Life literally begins with women. Childbirth pain is one of the most brutal forms of pain a person can feel.

The pain a woman faces during pregnancy and childbirth both have different pain levels, but just as painful compared to what a man experiences during his wife’s pregnancy!

There is pain radiating from the cervix, through the abdomen, groin, and back. Which can only be described as a painful, aching sensation that makes you not even want to move.

But oh wait!

You have to move because you have to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes. I would love to see a man try to compare this pain to everything he has endured in his life!

Just remember that you will get through it and eventually get to see the miracle baby, the wonderful story of life is unfolding because of the pain you have been through. That’s when you know it was totally worth it.

We probably know each other more than anyone else, and with our strong sense of self-love, we can overcome anything, most things that men couldn’t even think of.

Women are strong for the shit we put up with, we have a right to do what we want with life and to know ourselves fully even if the system has not been on our side — through education or anything concerning the improvement of women as a whole.

To every sister, daughter, wife, and mother. To every aunt, every grandmother, every lady and woman, every wife and friend, I want you to know something: you can overcome any fear and rule out all doubt.

There is no obstacle too great to overcome, for you are more powerful than you might imagine.

Here’s the truth about being a woman — there are so many expectations. You are supposed to look a certain way, behave a certain way and be original in some way as you follow this defined pattern of what it means to be ‘feminine’.

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Jessey Anthony
The Virago

Motivational speaker, fitness enthusiast, and self-improvement nerd. See how I stay fit and confident: bit.ly/3j0Lm9Z