Power or empowerment?

Whatever the advances of feminism and the toted about notion of women empowerment, do we, as women, have true agency in our lives?

We might feel empowered to do something but do we have the actual power allowing us to manifest the desired results?

Empowerment is like gas in your car. You might have a full tank of gas that empowers you to move forward but if you can't turn the key in the ignition, you won't go anywhere.

You can feel empowered to ask for a raise but that doesn't mean you will get it. You don't have the power to give yourself that raise if you are not your own boss.

We might have equal rights, on paper, but what about in actuality?

How often do women get jobs as assistants and their male counterparts, who do the exact same job, have a different, more valorizing job title that allows for a bigger salary and advancement?

Forget about feeling empowered, about people, laws and structures supporting you in having more agency, about lip service given in favor of being more powerful.

Forget about all the "rah rah rah" discourse of the women empowerment movement. Forget about girl power and pussy power.

With all due respect to these well – intentioned  movements who allowed great positive change, who holds the power in this world? Men or women?

We theoretically have equal rights but do we live on equal footing with men?

Holding the power means you witness and experience the tangible proof of your power in reality.

It is not about being allowed power it's about having power.

Through attaining and maintaining a state of queenship, you will be able to gain  and subsequently maintain actual power.

It's great to feel empowered but are you in power?