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Feminine side (International Women's Day)

In my life my disability has put me in the unique position where 90% of my best friends are women. So unlike most of my male counterparts I believe I'm more aware of the skills, abilities and just general awesomeness of the opposite sex.

I have been lucky enough to know many women that have ruled the world of academia.

I also know many successful female police officers and a number of army officers.

I have a childhood friend who has been a part of the national squad for the Australian Olympic Basketball Team.

I am also lucky to have two colleagues, Ingrid and Tina, who are the best disability advocates I have known in my 36 years. Any success I have had in the world of advocacy is due to the fact that I have modelled my career on their work.

Now let's not forget the hundreds of women who have been my personal support workers, therapists, nurses, and teachers who have helped make me the man I am today.

So now in honour of every amazing woman in this world I have penned the following poem to remind people of the importance of the feminine side.


Feminine Side

There is a power in this world that cannot and should not be denied: the power of the feminine side.
A woman is about more than how they look or even how good they can cook. 
As an alpha male I know half the time I would fail if not for an alpha female. 
I'm not too proud to decree that my lovely, beautiful and amazing wife is smarter than me. 

The world owes a great scientific legacy to the wonder that was Madam Curie. 
Frida Kahlo gave the world her genius and her heart in her every brush stroke and completed piece of her art. 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the trailblazing RBG brought the world closer to sexual equality. 
In times of crisis many people would break but let us never forget the resistance fighter Nancy Wake. 

Women are not something to be dismissed; without them you and I would not exist. 
Females make up 51% of the world's population and as a result they deserve just as much adulation. 
Men and women are like yin and yang, without one there cannot be the other so for every sister you need to be her brother. 
There is a power in this world that cannot and should not be denied; let's not forget the power of the feminine side.


International Women's Day 2019 

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