Will Doing This One Thing Change Women’s History Forever?

Women’s History Month is the 31 days a year when we’re semi-required to look back at all the hard work our foremothers put into making the world a more fair and equal place. We typically celebrate women who helped get us the vote, pioneered the women’s rights movement, andshattered glass ceilings in male-dominated industries.

But we don’t always stop to think about what we can do to shape the future of women’s history — since it sort of feels like we are doing that every day, just by living our lives and waking up like dis 365 days a year:

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However, what if someone said there was one thing we could all do —

 regardless of gender — to change women’s history forever, and it doesn’t involve learning about women’s suffrage (though you should), or arguing about who is or isn’t a feminist (looking at you, Taylor). It just involves making one change to a paradigm that’s impacted the lives of women since the beginning of forever(um, no biggie…).

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Here’s the proposition:

Let’s all start believing women.

If we believe the 1 in 6 American women who courageously say they’ve been sexually assaulted, we can focus on ending violence against women, instead of trying to find holes in their stories.

If we believe women when they say they work just as hard, or sometimes even harder, we can all finally agree that women should be paid equally for equal work.

If we stop asking women if they can “have it all,” and just believe them when they say they are happy with their lives, women will have the freedom to explore and grow and not feel guilty about it.

Imagine what can come from this?

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If we believe women when they say they enjoy sex, and are proud of their sexuality, women will be able to find pride in their bodies, and power in their gender.