The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Alone

Women have been cast out of societies not by truth, but by beliefs that were handed down through generations—beliefs that were shaped by men and accepted as truth. We believed them, even though belief alone doesn’t make something real; it makes us real. It’s a deceptive way of elevating the body, which will one day perish, and calling it masculine, calling it right.

Not only did we come to accept this as the truth, but we also died for it, started wars over it, and battled for the very essence of life itself—when life, in its purest form, exists to give us pleasure, in all its shapes. If that pleasure comes through fighting, then so be it—but like peace, even war ends, only to begin again.

We don’t change the great structures of religion or patriarchal societies by battling systems that are already ingrained, by fighting caste systems we’ve inherited, or by religions that build cathedrals grander than the collective wealth of the people. We begin by looking inward, with honesty, not judgment—by understanding where we are prejudiced, where we bind ourselves with outdated beliefs. This binding is the cost of separation, and it’s a price no one can afford.

We must see the world as a reflection of what is within us—what’s out there mirrors what’s in here. That is how we change the world. That is how we revolutionize each other—one person at a time, one voice at a time.