Empowered

I sat here tonight trying to think of a topic worth bringing to the table. I'd considered various themes including abuse, violence, assaults and finally power. What surfaced next was ...

EMPOWERED!

To empower is to give someone the authority or power to do something...and that is a beautiful thing. But to be...
EMPOWERED,
now that is magnificent.

Being empowered means saying...
My looks, my intelligence, my quirky sense of humor, none of that matters if upon entering a relationship I abdicate all my power to choose to say NO to behavior that is unacceptable or damaging to my well being.

Being empowered means saying...
You will not take advantage, abuse or violate me...not without a fight and a damn good one too.

Being empowered means saying...
You will respect me as a human being should be respected and nothing less will be accepted, especially because "you" deem me as undeserving or unworthy.

Being empowered means...
Knowing that my place is where I choose to be and nowhere else.

Being empowered means...
I am not a controversy only you insist that I be!

C O N T R O V E R S Y *)

My existence is controversial, long before I knew it existed... My being seems hexed and twisted and it tests my will to be me... What should become of my life now, should it too become estranged and bleak? It puzzles me…all of society and what it thinks of me...

Should I be docile or without mind to contribute, my views, my ideas or my plans? Are my visions so blurred and delusional any more than the average mans? Have I not proven my worthiness, on the ground, in the air and the Quran? Woman was created by the Most Supreme Being so my existence cannot be wrong... I am right here, I am proud, I am strong.

This is my life, my time and my show and I’ll very much do as I please... Stop thinking for me like I’m twisted... as you are by degrees. You’re a man, a bully and a fool by default should you believe that I cannot succeed. So you keep your games and your puzzles; and your silly thoughts of me... but remember this one thing please. While you pretend Boxer, Soldier and Important, I will live, I will grow and I will breathe!

They puzzle me--men and their societies thinking they know what is best for me. I am priceless, progressive and unstoppable and my “Place” is...
wherever...
I’ll be...

Do dare to answer my next simple question

Why Am I The Controversy?

by Celita S.

Sales & the Female Body

I love marketing. I think some of the ideas marketing representatives come up with are pretty creative. I especially like the "Got Milk" commercials because you see a variety of people selling milk however, I've not seen any "Got Milk" commercials lately. Nowadays, thinking of commercials and how it relates to gender brings to mind the exploitation of women.

I recently saw an automobile commercial. The selling of this particular product seemed to rest solely on the eroticism of a woman. The actress asked, "When you turn your car on, does it return the favor?" I am not writing in an attempt to discredit or slander the maker of this automobile but to simply question why this maker and hundreds of others continue the practice of selling from this viewpoint.

Products as simple as jeans and shampoo sport beautiful and curvaceous models who sometime moan and groan in pleasure or engage in animalistic behavior to market a product. These model types are not the only consumers and are therefore not the only type of people making purchases. Without these models will consumers still purchase the product and/or does the company believe they will suffer a huge financial loss?

Of course there are dozens of groups out there that advocate change of this type of marketing but how much does it really help?

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