Independent dependency

For years, the stereotype has always been the same:A woman always will need a man.

However, for the past few decades, women have done their best to squash this theory. Women's fight to vote in the 1920s, Women's Lib in the 1970s and the "Independent Women" movment of the late 1990s and early 2000s have all been a turning point in which women have stood up for themselves.

However, there is another side to this glorious fight. The side that is never discussed or is swept under the rug. This side is in all women yet we try our best not to show this side to many. It is considered a weakness and should be put under lock and key because this part of a woman is considered a "flaw"...

The "I want to saved by the prince on a white horse" side.

This side, while enjoyed in romance novels, soap operas and song lyrics, is something that women do not discuss aloud with friends nor with loved ones. No woman wants to be called needy nor desparate by their peers, so they shut these feelings out of their "normal" lifestyles and try their best to cope.

The stories, like the stories of Post World War II housewives of the 1950s, are prime examples of how women submissed themselves because of the fear of not being able to handle a household without their husbands. These women, some with college degrees, became "home engineers" and were settled with this position.

However, there were others who wanted more. No more barefoot and pregnant lifestyles, no more having to only survive off the husband's salary and no more living in fear of being alone. This was the start of a new idea of thinking.

Yet,what if the part women are trying to put aside is the healthy part of them trying to come out? For once in a female's life, maybe she should have her right to want a prince on a white horse or a prince with a rose to sweep you off your feet or just a regular guy with a good heart with the best intentions.

Why is it that in this day in time, fictional stories with too good to be true love plots are better received than the pure idea of a woman and the man of her dreams in a whirwind romance? People are being given a double edged sword to play with and are cutting themselves deeply. The movement is actually scarring many into a place that they are afraid to step out of.

What needs to be done is a coming out of closet type of action. Do not be afraid to ask for the romance, the love...........the wanting to be rescued. If there is no action being taken, people will forever wondering.......Is there someone out there to save me?