In recent times, conversations around women’s empowerment, freedom, and feminism have gained much-needed momentum. Across the globe, women are breaking barriers, raising their voices, and claiming spaces that were once denied to them. This is a beautiful revolution, long overdue. However, amid this positive wave, somewhere a misunderstanding is creeping in — especially among the youth — about what empowerment truly means.
Is Empowerment About Adopting Risky Habits?
For some, the idea of being “modern” or “empowered” has become synonymous with adopting habits that were once stereotypically associated with rebellion — like drinking alcohol, smoking, or indulging in risky behaviour. But here lies the question — is this empowerment? Or are we unknowingly confusing imitation with independence?
True empowerment is not about copying habits, whether good or bad. It’s about making informed, conscious, and confident choices that align with your well-being, values, and goals — not societal trends.
Freedom is Responsibility, Not Recklessness
When we talk about freedom, we often celebrate the right to choose — which is essential. But every choice carries consequences. Freedom doesn’t mean indulging in everything that comes your way to prove a point. It means having the strength to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ — based on your wisdom, not peer pressure.
Drinking alcohol, smoking, or partying may appear glamorous on social media or movies, but we must ask ourselves — are these habits truly making me stronger? Are they adding to my health, my mental clarity, my ambitions? Or are they momentary escapes packaged as ‘freedom’?
The Essence of Feminism is Choice, Not Copying
Feminism has never been about copying men. It’s about equality — in opportunities, respect, and rights. It’s about creating a world where women can lead businesses, pursue education, walk safely, and dream without limits. It’s also about having the strength to make choices that serve your growth — and sometimes, that means rejecting habits that society glamorizes but you know don’t align with your path.
Choosing discipline, fitness, education, compassion, leadership — these are forms of empowerment too. They just don’t get as many Instagram likes, but they shape futures.
Celebrate Real Empowerment
- Standing up for yourself in a room full of doubters — that’s empowerment.
- Choosing health over peer pressure — that’s empowerment.
- Saying ‘no’ to trends that harm you, even when everyone’s saying ‘yes’ — that’s empowerment.
- Building your own dreams instead of chasing temporary highs — that’s empowerment.
SheLit Stands for Meaningful Empowerment
At SheLit, we believe that true empowerment comes from within — from knowledge, self-respect, and courage to carve your own identity, not by imitating habits that never defined strength in the first place.
You deserve the freedom to choose. Choose wisely. Choose growth.
SheLit