Kartini's Day - Celebrating Women's Emancipation (Part 2 - Women vs Jeans)

The week we celebrated the Kartini’s Day, a friend suggested that women were expected to wear traditional dress = skirt and batik because it was Kartini’s Day and we were celebrating it. But another friend replied that because of Kartini women are no longer obliged to always wear skirt and batik at anytime. Because of her, women can now freely wear jeans or anything we want.

So, based on that, one more interesting point I found about empowering women and about Kartini who’s pioneered Women’s Emancipation. If just she decided to let go of her thoughts concerning education for women, if she’s never done anything with her role as woman of tradition, then probably I would still have to wear traditional dress, “kebaya” and batik skirt and have special hairstyle, everywhere and anytime, specially when I’ve got to go out, up to this recent time. That would be totally “complicated.” J

But, thanks to her that she did put into action the ideas she has in her mind, she did “broke the rule” about women’s role; she did write the book “Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang,” and she did inspired many other women to continue the struggle and put up a fight against inequality. Hence, one of the results is that jeans are everywhere, women wear this hardwearing trouser, and I think that’s fun J

However, though the awareness of many people has increased, but in some cases people just don't realize that actually they still have the conservative thought about women, just like what I’ve shared in the first paragraph. For example, women has to be like this or like that, has to do this and that, or women should wear this or that and etc.

What am I gonna do?

Wearing skirt because I want and I like it, cook because I love cooking and eating, I’ll do things that usually associated with woman’s stuff not because I’m woman but because I like it. That’s what I’m gonna do.

And I’m gonna share this with with everyone, specially the youth am working with, so that they will be in a good courage to improve themselves, to spread the wings and fly..