Women's empowerment

The subject of women's empowerment has been discussed to death. Every day I read of women protesting about their rights. In many cases it takes extreme forms,some women walk naked around the streets to prove they are comfortable with their bodies,some women wear skimpy clothes to let people know it's their right to dress in a certain manner. Recently I eat about a woman who refused to wear a tampon because she wanted the topic of menus ration  to be in the public domain. Someone else decided to tell the world it was her choice to sleep with as many men as she wanted to. Well said perhaps. I totally agree that as women how we live our lives is entirely our business and take umbrage to the fact that men think they can tell us what we can or cannot do. Having said that I also believe that men and women think differently ,view women differently and treat women's issues differently .

If protest takes the form of the image that men have dictated to us for every and every in my books that is not empowerment. Do men have to take off their clothes to prove they are empowered. I have seen ,many a beauty pageant contestant talk of being empowered and having talked to them,it becomes very clear that the haven't a clue what they are talking about. Walking around in a bikini to be judged the most beautiful body by an Army of men isn't exactly empowerment is it. To me dressing is a question of personal taste and body type. It's not about being a fashion victim. What do women always define empowerment in terms of dress, body fluids,sex and body type?. Ask yourself who put the rules in place? What happened to our brains,our moral choice,our principals,our ability to compete as intellectuals in a level playing field. The rules ones lives by have to be made by oneself,but it will take into account ones abilities,ones environment and various other factors. To trivialise women's issues to some selfies,or not wearing tampons and running marathons just goes to show how shallow our discussions will be on the subject. I admire women who have raised above their male decided stereotypes,women who have made a difference to people's lives in many ways. True empowerment comes when what you do makes a difference in the world. If it is just another stunt to attract attention then in the interest of many women like me,please do call it by a different name,thank you