June 11th

Today we had our last class of the study abroad which was very bitter sweet. The topic ended up being very interesting which is why we ended up talking over an hour past our class time. It was about African feminism. We do live in a changing time worldwide where women are rising up and saying they want more for themselves and opportunity for education and building a career for themselves. Similarly in Ghana because of the way men have always been on top , not in all cases but the majority. One who calls all the shots, someone who could have multiple wives and basically tell them to deal with it while it would not be acceptable for a woman to have multiple husbands. Basically this was an ongoing talk about many different angles of women stepping out of the norm of being a housewife and only being around to take care of someone. An Interesting point we discussed was a strong willed women who then mets a man and wants him to be a Prince Charming. In my opinion you can be a strong women for everyone else while trying to make things better and up lift everyone but then in the end still want that fairy tale love story. It is frustrating that sometimes people cannot see it that way because at the end of the day no matter how strong one person is we are human.