Speakeasy Sunday
- cgo129
- May 25
- 2 min read
The world has a lot to say about what it means to be a man.
They want to be us.
They want our softness, our strength, our freedom.
And now that we’ve fought to find our voice—they want to wear it.
But what about what it means to be a woman—
especially one raised on silence, shame, and survival?
“To Be a Man” is a song about men not feeling heard.
As if they’ve been the ones swallowing pain for centuries.
But women?
We were told to swallow it down—to take it, absorb it, smile through it.
To be quiet. Soft. Forgiving.
Even when it broke us.
They said don’t get angry.
They said don’t be loud.
They said be sweet, even when it hurt.
They said that’s just how it is.
And we believed it.
But here’s the truth:
Being a woman has never been about just being strong.
It’s about knowing when to stop carrying what was never ours to hold.
We are not required to shrink to keep peace.
We are not here to bleed in silence or raise children through unhealed trauma.
We are not responsible for making everyone else comfortable while we stay shattered.
To be a woman—now—is to rise.
To unlearn what broke us.
To say “no” and mean it.
To say “enough” and walk.
To say “God, help me” and let Him.
We don’t owe the world our silence anymore.
We owe our daughters a better story.
We owe our sisters a place to fall apart and still be held.
We owe ourselves the right to be heard, healed, and whole.
If they can sing about what it takes to be a man—
we’ll roar about what it means to be a woman.
Unfiltered.
Unbroken.
Unapologetically whole.
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