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Women Would Be Much Happier If They Did The Complete Opposite Of What Mainstream Culture Tells Them To Do

We're told that we live in the most empowering time for women. We have more freedoms and rights than ever before, so we should be happy—and yet women are more unfulfilled than ever. That's because we keep doing everything that mainstream culture tells us to do.

By Gina Florio3 min read
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Open up any digital media site or magazine today and you'll hear the same pieces of advice across the board: take hormonal birth control, get as many abortions as you want, celebrate your poor health and obesity, don't just commit to one man, opt in for a breast enhancement surgery, and the list goes on and on. Our society has become hyper-obsessed with possessing as much freedom as is humanly possible, and this has resulted in our culture encouraging women to engage in self-destructive behaviors in the name of empowerment and liberation.

The current state of Hollywood and social media plays a huge role in how women shape their own lives, and we're constantly bombarded with images and videos of women who simply aren't real. Their faces are bought, their breasts are fake, and in many cases even their lives are nothing more than fantasy that was created for the television or your smartphone. It's no wonder that women are unhappier than ever, despite having more freedoms and luxuries than ever before. The birth rate is rapidly declining, there are high rates of suicide and mental illness, and record-high numbers of women are unmarried or divorced. At this point, just do the opposite of whatever mainstream society tells you to do—and you'll be good to go.

Know Your Natural Cycle Instead of Relying on Birth Control

Doctors will prescribe hormonal birth control to girls as young as 14 years old. We're told there are few to no side effects and that it's actually a very safe way to prevent pregnancy. But more and more information is being released proving how dangerous the pill can be and how it wrecks your gut lining, completely stops your body from ovulating, and even changes your sexual preferences. But every medical doctor claims there's nothing to worry about—nothing at all!

Women who are skeptical of the pill are labeled crazy conspiracy theorists who fall prey to psuedo-science. Whatever names they call you, throw out the pill and learn how to naturally track your own menstrual cycle. Not only will this help you steer clear of any nasty side effects that might come from the pill, but you'll allow your body to naturally ovulate, which is extremely important for hormonal balance and overall health. When you track your own cycle, you learn how different you feel in every phase of the month and you might even learn how to adjust your lifestyle to fit those four phases.

Marriage and motherhood are worthy goals to work towards.

Date for Longterm Love and Marriage

Our culture glorifies promiscuous sex and dating multiple people. It's the norm now to date more than one guy at once, and in many cases you're actually criticized or looked down on if you choose not to go down that route. While sleeping around may sound fun when you're young and there are many men to choose from, there are many more benefits to be gained from thinking about your life in the long run. Society tells us that we should forego all responsibilities when we're young and just life live to the fullest, but we can't deny that there are consequences to all of our actions. It's easy to write off sexual promiscuity as if it's no big deal, but it actually has a very real impact on how you choose your future husband, your mental health, and your emotional wellbeing.

It may not sound fun at first, but dating for longterm love and marriage is a much better choice to make and it will help you avoid a world of hurt and pain. It's not popular to think about marriage when you're in your 20s and society will discourage you from considering the long run, but marriage and motherhood are worthy goals to work towards, even if it's not what you want at this very moment.

Take Care of the 1 Body You Have in This Life

The toxic culture of self-love and body positivity has taught women that there's nothing wrong with being morbidly obese—it's the societal beauty standards that need to change. We're even told by society that being obese is both beautiful and healthy, and that the best form of self-care is to lounge around in your sweatpants, order takeout, and eat a tub of ice cream while watching Netflix (no wonder "goblin mode" was the 2022 word of the year). It doesn't matter how many fat acceptance activists will try to tell you that the BMI was a racist, sexist way to measure health or that there is no science to prove that obesity is unhealthy. Common sense and decades of literature have proven that being overweight, eating poorly, and never exercising is exactly how you end up with a lifetime of chronic illness or even an early death.

Go against the grain—workout regularly, go outside for a walk in the sun every day, eat clean, nutrient-dense foods, and don't binge drink. If it feels impossible to maintain this lifestyle, you might want to look around at the friends who are closest to you. Are they helping you reach your goals? Holding you back? Trying to get you to come out and party every weekend? You are the sum of the five closest people in your life.

The rise of modern feminism has robbed women of their natural femininity.

Embrace Your Natural Figure and Femininity

The rise of modern feminism has robbed women of their natural femininity. We're thrust into a masculine workforce that's set to men's 24-hour hormonal cycle rather than women's 28-day cycle. We're taught to act like men, think like men, and have sex like men. Meanwhile, we live in a culture that encourages women to get surgeries, procedures, and treatments that melt away our natural beauty and instead create a simulation of what we're told women are supposed to look like on social media. We're told that getting a breast enhancement or Brazilian butt lift is totally fine because there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve your appearance. After all, the name of the game is feeling good about yourself.

Pretending you're a man and rejecting your natural figure in favor of fake procedures takes you further and further away from your natural femininity. Every woman is supposed to look different because we are all different, and there's nothing but despair and disappointment to be had from pretending like you're someone that you're not. The best thing women can do for themselves is embrace who they truly are and get back in touch with their femininity, rather than allowing the modern feminist culture to rob them of their natural qualities and figure.