Women being judged happens in so many ways. What do you think of this story?

 

being a woman

OOOOOOOOOklahoma where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plains…

My wife and I were walking with our adult daughter in a very stiff Oklahoma wind yesterday morning. We were in the city and the canyons of tall buildings were creating the funnel effect, making the wind whip even stronger than the 25 mph it was probably going.  She was in a nice conservative dress that laid a few inches above the knee, her hair was long and loose because she had just had it cut and colored and had to let it be down for the day so it wouldn’t kink.  As we leaned into the wind she tried to hold on to her hair, her dress, and her purse. She was barely holding her dress down, her hair was blowing everywhere and her purse wasn’t far from take off.  She was holding everything as tight as she could because this had happened in this exact same spot about a year earlier as well. In that case the wind had grabbed her dress right as she got out of the car.  Luckily Linda and I were right behind her so the resulting ballooning was obscured to anyone who might have been looking.  She also had told us that she had the same thing happen at an outdoor wedding just a week before. 

It Sucks Being a Woman Sometimes!

As we continued walking and she continued to fight the wind she gave a loud huff and in a moment of frustration simply said, “It sucks being a woman sometimes!”  She was referring to the present circumstances of course, but I also got the feeling she was expanding that statement out to other areas of being female as well.

Does it?

What about you? Do you have areas of suckiness as a woman? Have you been able to modify your life so that suckiness is reduced or has disappeared?  Or maybe you don’t think it sucks?

Tell the Napkin Kin community about your experiences and opinions.

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Drawing and story by Marty Coleman, Inspired by Caitlin Reynolds

wind blown woman

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