In the eyes of a young girl

This weekend some history was made, a precedent was set and in my mind, another step towards positive role models for young women.
You see, this weekend was the first ever women's match in the UFC and it was the main event.
As well, in the NASCAR circuit, was the first time a woman took the pole position in the Daytona 500.
It was refreshing to see crowds on their feet cheering in support and excitement for the first time events.


Now whether you are a fan of the particular sport or of the individual ladies, or not, that discussion is irrelevant. It is overshadowed by the fact that these ladies in the sports spot light have taken an important position and responsibility as inspiration for women to follow.

My hope , is that they will continue to hold themselves to a higher standard and realize the positive impact they can have.

The responsibility is to hold yourself to your professionalism, skill and quality in what you do.
Too often, a sexual spin is the overtone for women role models, whether is self-initiated or promoted  for marketing reasons, this always takes away from the hard work they have put into their chosen craft. Our  society seems to allow, encourage and expect this too often.
It bothers me and worries me for the upcoming generation of young ladies whose majority of role models seem to continuously be pop/film stars of both scandalous, demeaning and ever lowering standards of conduct, dress and image.

We speak of 3rd world countries or the middle east where young girls struggle for an education but here we are, the "civilized" world setting up young women to aspire to nothing more than shallow, plastic  throw away dolls.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for looking good and having all the feminine qualities but we have lost the important part for any human being. Self esteem and character that goes beyond our youth. Building strong, moral, confident leaders for the future and that can be said for both genders.

If we lack leaders in the future who posses quality character its because we continue to idolize the wrong role models for our children, girl or boy.
Its time to become more aware of the true accomplishments in our society and hold that in the forefront of our children to aspire to.

Kudos, to these women that have made history this weekend. I  applaud their accomplishments.
I encourage us all to look for those people , men and women, who have made positive accomplishments in our society (sports, medicine, politics, whatever) and bring that to the attention of the youth around us.