Women's Role Belief Analysis

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Over the years, I have gained interest in the “women’s role” belief. I decided to challenge this belief because I was tired of hearing how much I couldn’t do because I was a girl. Women’s role has always been a struggle to uphold in the Hmong culture. The women were always sought out to be weak and less assertive. They were never seen as equal to the men. Which is why I decided to seek out this belief and change the Hmong people’s perspective on it.
From the beginning I was always told to not do certain activities just because I was a girl - if I was a boy the situation would totally different. After hearing this said to me thousands of times I finally had the courage to step up and do something about it. It took me months to think of a brilliant

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