tough women

[izabsmiling]

Do strong women put up and shut up when others try to treat them like dirt ?

or do they speak up and tell them 'enough' ?

Do strong men need to belittle a women just because she is a women ?

Are they adult enough to be told 'enough',listen and learn from it ?

or do they belittle the women further and detract from their own behaviour by implying she is crying 'poor me' for telling them 'no more' ?

[*pepe]

A strong woman will defend herself if need be, she will pick her battles on what to take a stance on.

A strong woman won't play on the fact she is a woman to garner support and a strong woman won't accuse a male of belittling her to further her agenda, she will rely on her own strength of character, achievements and merits.

In other words a strong woman won't cry misogynist every chance she gets to gain popularity or advantage. 

[lakeland27]

its hard to be a strong woman by the look of it, even other women don't support you.

[joz*garage]

is this an off shoot from another thread...got a link?

[purple.cow]

I've had the pleasure of personaly knowing some very strong women in my lifetime, and I admire them greatly, but not because they fight battles of any sort, but because they know how to achieve the ends they seek without ever raising their voice, a sweat or argue their point, and they stick to their guns come hell or high water

They achieve their aims while most other people, men and other women alike, fail to recognise they've done it, AND in the most ladylike manner possible.

My late wife was one such lady 😉

She managed to pull off more than one thing in our business life without causing the slightest ripple that I as a man would have had to fight tooth and nail to achieve, if I'd ever actually manged it at all 😞

That's being truly strong and extremely clever to my way of thinking.

[purple.cow]

its hard to be a strong woman by the look of it, even other women don't support you.

Anyone, male or female, can hope to be supported by the majority when that majority choses to close ranks and minds against you, but there's always more than the one way of doing things in order to achieve the end results you seek. 😉

[not_an_eloi]

majority support for julia gillard over 'er achievements, in china.    frazer, abbott, the lot. 

[green.fields]

What Pepe said.

its hard to be a strong woman by the look of it, even other women don't support you.

Rubbish. You don't support someone just because of  their sex. 

[kengillard]

strong women just are......that's it.  if they've half  a brain...and they do....they don't pick bullies for partners!!!

[lakeland27]

my mother is a strong woman in that mould, she doesn't like gillard or her own sister though. both equally strong women 🙂