A spoken reflection arguing that women are increasingly "waking up" to their intrinsic value and power, moving away from seeking external validation and roles defined by others. The speaker suggests this shift empowers women to own their identity and contributions and is prompting changes in gender dynamics, including forcing many men to 'wake up' as well.
I think women everywhere are starting to wake up to the fact that we have placed our value so far outside of ourselves, and we have played the game unconsciously of, like, who do I need to be in order for you to love me? And we're just waking up to that. We're waking up to our power. We're waking up to our sense of ownership and, like, who we actually are, what we bring to the table. And we're getting that we don't need all of these external things as much as we used to think we needed them, and it's forcing a lot of men to wake up, too.
