Thursday, July 18, 2013

Women Of Gottenburg


I wish women understood their power here. Not just here, everywhere. If women truly realized how powerful they are united, they would be unstoppable. When I asked my mama about her biscuit selling business and how she came up with the idea she said , “I come here and my husband doesn’t have a job and I have a family so I sit here and I think, ‘What can I do?’” Now that’s an amazing woman. Supporting her entire family off her biscuits that she gets up every day at 1AM to make. She sells each for 1 rand. Less than a US penny.

Women here sweep the dirt off the ground in front of their homes with little stick brooms. To some it might seem pointless but I understand now it is a sense of pride. It’s so interesting to me. It has been my experience that women everywhere say, “Oh sorry, don’t mind the mess,” no matter how messy or clean their house is.


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