Empowered Women

Women today are extremely empowered, they are not only achieving what they set out to achieve but raising the standards for men to compete with them. Long gone are the days when women could not and would not compete with men, today a woman stands as much a chance of succeeding in a male dominated industry as a man.

You are probably wondering why I am writing about this and what does this have to do with me. Well for one I am a woman....and I do consider myself empowered. Well this whole topic got triggered in my mind a couple of weeks ago, when I was watching this show. Now this show is all about a studio and one of the producers in the show is a woman. I think the actress is Amanda Peet. Well she is this strong, scared of nothing woman executive, who is not only fighting controversy in her personal life but also at her work place. She is pregnant, and she is dealing with slander from newspapers about her drinking habits. Not too go too much into this show....but well one of the guys who writes one of the shows on her network falls in love with her and well starts going after her. She obviously fights it off thinking its absolute bullshit etc. But after one evening when they find themselves locked on the terrace for a few hours, she decides that his love or affections are genuine.

But that’s still not what triggered all this, so I keep watching the show and I realize that she has gone from being an extremely powerful, strong headed, assertive woman to being a wimp. All of a sudden she needs advice from this guy for everything, possibly even what she should be wearing. The relationship is growing beautifully, but for some reason I feel as though she has lost her assertiveness....it’s as though she has lost her power to think reasonably. So I got thinking (yes I do that once in while) what happened?? And whether this happens to all women, or is it a trait only of this particular character. So I started to look around, notice people around me, tried to remember conversations I have had with my married and unmarried friends and of course I had a few conversations with myself.

One of the main questions was, is this a good thing?? Second question being does this happen to men?? Third question being, why do we do this??
From my own experience, I have seen that I become a little of a wimp myself, especially when it comes down to heavy decisions. I don't know where exactly I am going with this....but it’s a thought and I would love to know anything all the women and men know about this particular topic.....