{"id":4184,"date":"2023-03-01T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepanelstation.com\/blog\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:15:04","slug":"time-to-celebrate-womens-day-time-to-change-the-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepanelstation.com\/blog\/time-to-celebrate-womens-day-time-to-change-the-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to celebrate Women\u2019s Day! Time to change the narrative!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year again which brings forth talks about women\u2019s successes, strengths, power and resilience through myriads of celebratory attempts across forums. However, there\u2019s always a chance that we miss out on the stories of those who don\u2019t identify themselves with the societal definition of being \u2018a successful woman\u2019 or \u2018a strong woman\u2019 or \u2018an ideal woman\u2019 or the ones whose challenges are undermined by their immediate surroundings. Is the woman who identifies herself as a trans man not worthy of celebrations? Or the one who has never seen any successes in her career? How about the one who has chosen to be a stay-at-home mom and is not able to multi-task? Or that ordinary old lady next door who has lived an ordinary life with her cat and books? Don\u2019t these undramatic attributes represent the most of us?<\/p>\n

Then why do we overlook their perspectives? Why do we overemphasize our strengths and hide our vulnerabilities? Why do we pretend to know only successes when we are so familiar with the challenges and the ordinariness of our lives? Why do we believe in a utopic idea of women empowerment?<\/p>\n

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