A Woman Strong

"A strong woman stands firm, even when the world is against her. She still loves fiercely, laughs hard and isn't afraid to be silly once in a while."

Hm. Define a strong woman. I believe every woman is born with inherent strength. In fact, every human is born with wisdom. It's embedded deep in our bones. It takes circumstances  for such strength to surface to see that wisdom used to some effect.
Yes, if encouraged properly women can be strong, firm and witty, a combination seen in the women of the old. Today's women are strong in an oddly different way. We see most of that strength invested in fighting discrimination and bias and unfortunately expend our energy in trying to prove our mettle. Very few are those women who are setting the trend, who are beyond being judged and belittled and for the good of all, that number is on the rise. This world, which had surreptitiously tilted in men's favor, is now being set back to balance by certain outspoken women who like to call themselves as feminists. While I'm not an active feminist, I definitely do not appreciate being looked down upon based on my gender. There is much I can tolerate, but not being assumed to be what the imaginations of such non-realists conjure up. Yes, I call them non-realists, for lack of a better word, because they do not look at things/people the way they really are, but give in to their preconceptions that would usually be fuelled by bias and second-hand observations.
Now I say, when people, men or women, detach themselves of such societal images however attractive they be, and put themselves in their own shoes, for a change, use their own beautiful cognition, rely on their own observations and deductions and act sorely on their own gut instinct,  it will be a mark of their "true" strength. For what is a  (wo)man, if not his/her thoughts and instincts and what is strength that is not open to the world.