Women, we are a force of nature and hormones. We have capabilities that are so amazing that it’s hard to wrap our minds around it. We are able to serve as the oven to the natal bun for nine months. Ladies have the capability to shove that 9 pound loaf out of the bloated oven when it’s done baking and also nurture the child. I’m no longer using the bread analogy because I can’t figure out a way to carry it on. My apologies, readers and metaphor enthusiasts. You cannot send carbs to college. Women do these amazing things like teaching, cooking and going through cramps. But there are a few things females are also fearful of but are also are accustomed with. These are the following fears women know all too well.

1. When you rub your eyes and freak out because you thought you put mascara on but it's ok, those lashes are bald.

2. When you feel like your period has snuck up on you, but when you check, Aunt Flo is not visiting.

3. When you are on your period and sneeze your lung off and think you peed yourself.

But it’s cool, just uterine lining.

4. When you wake up cause your subconscious realized that you left your tampon in.

Toxic shock syndrome is real, folks.

5. That split second that you think that you forgot to take your birth control and have to make up for it.

Thank goodness for the days of week printed on the packs. They’ve got your back, or, in this case, your ovaries. (See what I did there? Does this make up for the bread thing earlier?)

6. Not finding "the one.”

Even though it’s been date after date without finding a good fit for a significant other, give it time. The right man or woman will appear in your life eventually. Until then, just keep on keepin' on and being your sassy, beautiful self.

7. Walking alone.

The buddy system is what we have been raised on. It is a dangerous world for a woman alone, especially at night.

8. The fear that someone slipped something into your Red Solo Cup.

It’s a paranoia that we know all too well. Keep your drink in your hand at all times, and have a buddy system with that drink.

9. Cat calls.

There is the anxiety that arises when you do not respond to the ‘hey baby’ or whistles that jab at us when we are trying to go from place to place during the day. Women do not need to be approved by a whistle or to give a rude bigot attention. The real fear however is, how the said cat caller will react to a cold shoulder.

10. Cat calls.

Seriously. This warrants a second mention. They're terrifying. Stop doing it.

Petite, tall, lean or curvy, we are a force of nature. We are amazing human beings and these fears may linger over us but they also make us stronger, keener and wiser.