Being a girl is tough.
I'm not going to sit here and act like its the hardest thing in the world, but it's definitely not the easiest. You have fake friends. You have unachievable body standards. You have boys making you uncomfortable on a semi-regular basis. You have magazines telling you how to look and how to land the perfect husband by the time you're 25. Every girl that's reading this knows these things to be true. Let me repeat myself: It. Is. Tough. To. Be. A. Girl. So why are we making things harder for ourselves?
Being nice seems like such an easy task. It's taught in kindergarten, "Treat others how you want to be treated". However, it's a lesson we forget so quickly. Everyday women look in the mirror and are reminded of the intense and often times unachievable standards that society places on us. Bigger boobs, blonder hair, tanner skin, whiter teeth. This is a battle that we are all fighting. So stop making things harder. BE NICE.
I'm talking about giving a simple compliment to someone who looks like she's had a rough day. Or giving a dirty look to the guy who's cat-calling girls on the street. Or telling the guy at the bar to back off when he's clearly making someone uncomfortable. These things may seem so minuscule, but put yourself in their position. How many times have you been in one of these situations and wished you had an ally? Its time for women to start helping women.
The media is constantly pitting women against each other. From Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston to Kylie Jenner and Blac China, it seems like everyone loves a good girl fight. What if all of the energy being put into turning women against each other was used for something positive? It would be amazing for the coming generations of young women to be able to grow up in a world where they didn't feel threatened or jealous of other women. It all starts with the younger generation. Look back at your middle school days. Imagine how much more fun girls could've had if they weren't worried about make up and the coolest clothes and who was stuffing their bra.
Life is rough for anyone and everyone. Everyday struggles mean that you're living in the real world, but imagine how much easier things would be if we were all just... nice. Competition is great, and I'm not saying you should let a co-worker take your promotion at work just because she's a "fellow woman". But shaming women for their bodies, for being provocative, and for doing whatever they want needs to end. Kim Kardashian loves to post nude selfies on Instagram. Michelle Obama most likely wouldn't be caught dead doing so. But instead of shaming women for their life choices, its time to accept and support them. It's all about looking around and thinking to yourself "That girl is nothing like me, and thats okay because we are both killing it".
At the end of the day, we are all so obsessed with being loved and accepted by the culture and society we live in that we forget that we have the ability to control all of this. If women start accepting and loving each other then we can put an end to societies obsession with "cat fights".
