Apparently girls’ brains can begin maturing from the age of 10 while some men have to wait until 20

So apparently girls’ brains can begin maturing from the age of 10 while some men have to wait until 20 before the same organizational structures take place, a study from Newcastle University reveals. They discovered that as the brain matures it begins to ‘prune’ information that is stored and focus on what is important. For girls this can happens as early as 10 years old, but for boys it can take until between 15 and 20 for the same to happen. How ironic can this be?

For years I’ve been trying to understand the significant logic behind the women’s march to union building in 1956. They flocked singing Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo! (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.), but the most amazing value about this demonstration is that it was conducted in a disciplined, dignified and orderly manner. Ok wait let me emphasis this, the demonstration was conducted in a disciplined, dignified and orderly manner. And why is that? Clearly these brave women wanted to their grievance taken serious. With that being said the conclusion is, they laid a foundation of recognition, dignity, and respect for women, look the list goes on and on and on.

But that was 1956 right? I know I like asking a lot questions, am I being inquisitive? Yes gladly…It’s more than 50 years later and we are so fortunate to be exposed to a foundation that is indeed a monumental achievement. But what are you doing today as woman, as an individual? Not all women in SA took part on that demonstration, it started as a personal choice, and then collectively they flocked to the Union building with the same goals to achieve.

Today Organizations, Institutions and the Government, are putting so much effort adding on to the empowerment and development of women. But as an individual, which part are you playing to empower yourself, to earn your respect, to maintain your dignity? How often do you take initiatives for yourself? Are you only relying on these parties to do the work for you? They left a legacy behind. And it is our responsibility to maintain it by making choices that will add on to our self-development and empowerment. And this begins with self-love and self-respect.

I know that what people think of you and your actions is none of your business. I actually don’t even agree with that. I believe that at some extent it is your business. So how about you make it your business to be respected and valued. This is a small world and if you do not maintain your respect and your dignity as a women, it will all come back to you and it will hunt you down. You see the sad part about respect and dignity is that, it’s easy to lose it but so hard to gain it back the exact opposite of weight, it easy to gain weight and so hard to lose it.

Article by Pamela Kunene

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