A short spoken-word segment from a YouTube video (creator/uploader: Robert Whitfield MD, April 4, 2025) arguing that many women are "waking up" to their intrinsic value and power by moving away from seeking external validation. The speaker links this internal shift to broader social consequences, noting it also forces some men to reassess their roles.
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.
