Womanhood, the best hood ever!

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Womanhood is a beautiful hood among all hoods.
Being a woman entails a lot as much as we face inequality and pressure in society we are still important in society and need to be appreciated.

A girl child is trained to be cautious even from a tender age, from childhood a girl child is taught how to sit like a lady, walk like a lady, talk like a lady even laugh like a lady. She learns to think of each consequence before making decisions.

She becomes so aware of her surroundings and is taught to be observant, she knows what the home lacks and is taught to improvise in a situation where there is scarcity.

By nature, a woman is loving, caring, trustworthy, and tender.
She is taught how to manage the home, tends property, and even live.

Why do we have more women as caregivers? If not for their nature of being caring, homely and industrious?

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What I love about being a woman.

Firstly, a woman is a life -carrier, though they cannot be a fetus without the sperm fertilizing the egg, however, the woman does more of the work, from the very first day the egg is fertilized, till she gives birth, she faces different struggles each day, the discomfort, mood swing, food craving, and birth pangs. So she understands life better than the other gender.

She breastfeeds her child up until a year and six months or even two years and forms a bond with her child.

Strength: I bleed every month and still keep up with life, while facing my menstrual cramps I still go to work, and keep up with house chores.
Even when I am sick, I still find a way to keep up with other things in my life.

The menstrual cramp teaches me endurance and tolerance while being pregnant teaches empathy, patience, and kindness.

Resilience!! There is no other human on earth that is as resilient as a woman. I can repeat that.

A woman fights so many battles and still comports herself, she snaps back after being broken and she even wears a smile, showering her family with love without transferring aggression. I love the fact that I can be sensitive or vulnerable yet strong and defensive at the same time.

The woman expresses her emotions without reservoir, unlike a man who has been wired to hide how he feels, he has been taught not to cry, as he might be tagged a weakling, I love the fact that I can cry out loud when the whole thing becomes overwhelming and get back up.

I also appreciate how a woman is a pillar of the family, she preaches love, unity, and forgiveness, and my mom is a case study. I remember how she will call us all together every morning before leaving for work and advise us to be of good behavior and to exhibit love among ourselves, she would always use a broom as a case study teaching us how it is easy to break a stick of broom but not possible with the whole bundle.

A woman can multitask. It is only a woman that can cook, clean, sew, and carter for a baby at the same time, she is organized and knows what to do.

If you leave a man with a 6months baby, a two years baby, and a four
Years baby and then he is asked to cook, as soon as the 6-months old baby begins to cry, he is confused😹😹, and he wouldn't know what to do.

A man whose wife put to bed and is asked to shop for the cooking item for the time being will still place a call across to his wife to ask for what he should buy, but being a woman, she uses her initiative even when she doesn't know what to do she finds a way around the whole situation. Her instinct is stronger than that of a man.

I love the fact that I can direct a man with love, I've seen how women have the power to change the behavior of a grown man, that's the power of a woman. A man without a sense of direction can become ambitious after having an encounter with a virtuous woman.

Devotion and commitment are another reason I love being a woman, a woman prays all the time, she doesn't just pray but is generous with her prayer and time and is committed to whatever she has set her heart to do.

Unconditional love. A woman can give all she has for the one she loves, she knows how to love whole-souled, and she knows the value of relationships and connections.

The warmth! A woman is the warmth of the home, she fills you with hot gists😹😹😹 that keep the conversation going.
Being a woman allows me to make friends with anyone at any time, we are very sociable.

And i love being a woman because I am empowered, I can do any job a man can do. From a driver to a chef to an engineer to a doctor to a lawyer to a barber to a painter to an architect to anything I want to become.

Here is my response to this week's prompt

We want to know WHAT you love about YOUR WOMANHOOD.