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"Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History"

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By Jay WilliamsPublished 5 years ago 4 min read
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Throughout history, women have been known for their mothering nature. The caregivers. The nurturers. The ones that are to raise the next generation in hopes that their offspring can change the world. Making it much better than how they were possibly leaving it. Although those traits are good, there have been women throughout history who had taken a different approach. In recent years, we have seen women step up and take their power back from the male oppression in which beliefs have branched into the everyday consciousness. We as women are coming for the man's metaphorical "throat" by showing that we possess more than what men have given credit for.

Game of Thrones was a "wave" that I was not initially on until recently. In recent years when the show had begun, I had already closed my mind off to the show that was not only a show that I would ever become interested, but it was taking place during Medieval times. I knew where my people were during that time so I wasn't interested in watching what the European half had occurring during that time. Closed-minded, yes. I, at the time, was more concerned about what my next steps after undergrad would be. Years later, I was now eating my words and found myself sucked in by the influences that Game of Thrones had on everyone, socially. Everywhere I had turned, the conversation of the show would come up and the excitement that people, globally, had expressed; something drew me internally. What's the worst that could happen?

Having now a lot of time to now "binge" watch the show, I started right at the beginning. A new concept for me since I tend to skip episodes just to get to the"good part" of the series. My ADD/ADHD would take my focus straight to the climatic or "exciting" aspects of the shows. I wanted to start from the beginning, which had been a first for me. Creating the idea that the show would be a moving book for my mind, moving characters with storylines or "written dialog" as I watched the show with subtitles. Since I had left the hospital in January, I had made a promise that I would read more, or at least, expose my mind to more substance to keep my intellectually sharp. In doing that, I needed to be more open-minded to other genres of books or movies. Being that the show had been completely out of my comfort zone, I had begun there.

Season One, episode one had my attention with the various story themes within the characters. I was now finding myself asking questions as to "What is going to happen with..." or "Oh, no, now what?" while applauding characters who had ironically been women. I noted that there was the superior male complex with royalty but it was the women characters had taken the focus off the obvious fact of those times. The young girl who strayed away from ideas of becoming the lady to become a swordswoman. I need to follow Arya's storyline. Absolutely. Just when I couldn't like a character who closely resembled aspects of my life, another character would be the embodiment of parts of my life that dealt with darker parts of myself that I have kept away.

The introduction of Dany Targaryen was one I had not expected, yet felt the deepest sympathy for since she mirrored a life in which I knew women across the board, ethically, had experienced at some point in history. Sold into a marriage that later became love, it was the classic Stockholm Syndrome that I had experienced in certain periods of life. At times too hard to watch, I was now rooting for her uprising. I was now believing that she could rise to the title of Queen of Dragons. I wanted to believe the very same for my own uprising from the scars that had been left on me years ago. Before I could, however, get further into the show, it ends. I was now left with my mouth gasped, saying "What the... uh?" while I click into the next episode.

The final season has now begun and the investment in these women I have was gained in a short time, yes, but I had spun the eight years of the sitcom into a week binge. I had seen the growth of Arya as she was now a young woman and Dany had gone/done some mind-blowing things throughout the series; I was now ready to see what was next for them both. I was now a Game of Thrones geek and wore it proudly, noting that my ex-gf would be laughing at how far I had come since the days of when she mentioned the show to me. These phenomenal women, whether good or bad, were demonstrating a level of "bad-ass" ness that had given women the courage to fight their own life's battle. Approaching the war that continues to be one in which feels idiotic, but the seriousness bypasses the stupidity; women across the globe are rising up and realize that their power needs to be heard and, at times, felt. Just ask Walden Frey what happens when you underestimate a woman?

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Jay Williams

Just a young woman who writes freely, from the mind...holding nothing back.

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