I know you call yourself a strong independent woman. In fact, why shouldn't you? Life has put you through ample tests and will continue doing that as long as you live.

It will test your patience.

It will test your strength.

It will test your dignity when you let your guard down.

It will remind you on every occasion that you are an emotional, sensitive, weak and ordinary woman .

It will not let you take the easy way out. Because you are a strong woman after all. You are expected to behave a certain way that complies with the societies nomenclature of a woman . And when you refuse to adhere to the norms that this patriarchal society has imposed on you , you will be tagged as a feminist. So the question is should you defy the roles that have been imposed on you or should you forever conform to their idea of how a woman should be?

For decades, women have been perceived as the weaker sex, both physically and intellectually, despite evidences proving them wrong. Breaking the societies stereotypes and conventions and not letting prejudices stand in their way, time and time again, women have empowered each other in reshaping the world. They have not let the society define who they really are. Women will be truly considered as independent and strong only when nobody feels the need to remind them every now and then that they are. Perhaps then it will hold a deeper meaning and not be shrugged off as a cliché.