Would the conversation change?

If a woman were in charge,

would the conversation change?

Because women have long been silenced

not by accident—

but by design.

In history books and hospital wards,

in whispered accusations

and courtroom reports,

the pattern repeats.

Women were hung in town squares

for knowing too much.

Midwives and healers

called witches.

Mothers and wives

called mad.

They were locked in asylums

for postpartum depression,

for disagreeing with their husbands,

for wanting more

than obedience.

Hysteria.

The diagnosis given

when a woman dared to speak truth

without trembling.

Barbaric treatments followed—

lobotomies, isolation,

institutional care.

And still today,

the language lingers.

“She’s emotional.”

“She’s unstable.”

“She’s crazy.”

As if feeling deeply

is a flaw.

When men show rage,

they’re passionate.

When women do,

they’re a problem to solve.

Courtrooms, classrooms, clinics—

the systems evolved,

but the script has not.

Even grief and protest

are spun as pathology

when the face is female.

And worse,

sometimes women were the ones

to cast the stones—

accusing sisters,

to spare themselves.

It’s survival,

but it’s also legacy.

Because generational trauma

is not just personal.

It is cultural.

It is historical.

It is systemic.

So we ask—

if a woman rewrote the rules,

would the conversation change?

Would emotion be seen

as intelligence?

Would care be seen

as leadership?

Would protection

begin with listening?

Because our emotions

are not weaknesses—

they are warnings.

They are wisdom.

They are the body’s compass,

not something to medicate

into silence.

And when we look up

at the glass ceiling—

we see it’s already cracked.

The light is breaking through.

Let's break the stigma.

Not just for one woman—

but for all

who’ve been called too much

when they were simply

too honest

for a system built on denial.

Let the ceiling shatter.

Let the light in.

Let the conversation

finally change.

April 5, 2025