- You will be raised with double standards that do not make sense but you have to defy when you have chance.
- Do not follow outdated sayings like “treatsons like masters and husbands like god” that your big aunty will keep saying.
- Do not believe whenever parents/teachers say that girls are not as tough as boys.
- You are not the one who should be ashamed of being bullied.
- You are not the one who should be ashamed of sexual harassments either verbally or physically.
- You are entitled to your own freedom unless your actions hurt anyone or any boy.
- You’ll be taught that menstruation is something filthy to talk about or discuss for better understanding but eventually it is health issue.
- There will be no formal sex education.
- People will tell you to treat your hymen as a sacred gate to heaven and once it is opened, you will be worthless regardless of your intelligence, sophistication, or morale.
- Do not let older people, who were trapped in dictatorship for decades, tell you what you should be in life. You can be whoever you want to be. Time has changed.
- You deserve equal education as boys do.
- You have to work twice harder than boys to get into medicine school (or any school that provides profession that suits your interests and talents)
- You are allowed to pursue whatever subject or however high education as long as it sharpens your skills, knowledge and keeps you happy.
- Stay strong when the profession you pick is not female dominated.
- You only need to convince yourself when in doubt. Not other people.
- Work three or four times harder than old creeps at work and stay as professional as you can be.
- When creeps turn into cowards and start sabotaging you, respond them in as classy way as possible.
- Be your own knight in shining armor when people try to undermine your talents and skills, and try to push you down.
- Sometimes, sabotage comes from women. When it happens, be kind but never stay silent or lower your standard to theirs.
- If your HR is a hypocrite who talks you down and ask you to live with it, screw HR and talk to your boss. But if your boss is also a hypocrite, you deserve a better workplace.
- Learn some self-defense fighting to keep you out because government is not really protective of us women.
- Always keep some small weapons or pepper spray to keep yourself safe since the country is not safe anymore.
- If any harassment happens to you, have courage and speak up because your mom or big aunty will think it is shameful and ask you to keep it to yourself.
- Always know that people who foul you are the one who should be ashamed of. Not you for having the courage to expose it.
- Do not listen to any words spit from people who still live in 20th Century social standards when it is already 2018.
- Always know your self-worth.
- You can wear whatever you want. Don’t let men blame on your choice of clothing when it is their responsibility to keep their dick away.
- There will be countless times that you’d wish to be born as a male but you have only yourself to get yourself up even in the darkest time.
- Be kind to other women and create a warm, supportive and loving circle of women around you.
- Always try to speak up and empower women
- It is okay to stay single all your life. Ignore all the questions about when you’re getting married.
- It is also fine to not have kids as long as you and your husband are happy. Politely say “screw yourself” to people who ask when you start a family.
- Raise boys who respect girls and raise girls who fight for/defend her rights.
- Always prioritize your mental/physical health and happiness.
- Never give up the fight that women have been fighting for years.
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