There’s a post circulating on social media
And I wanted to share the message here
Because YOU know you’re equal to your male peers
Equally smart
Equally qualified
Equally disciplined
You know this to be TRUE
Even if THEY don’t
But do you realize
How your path
Was HARDER than theirs?
SAME outcome
DIFFERENT obstacles
A letter to the editor
Written by a male senior engineering student
Addressed to the women in his engineering class
He explained that even though they were
In the SAME engineering program
At the SAME university
And maybe even making the SAME grades
That they were NOT equals
Why?
He UNDERSTOOD
That he was treated differently
From a very young age
By parents
By teachers
By peers
The messages he received
From academic institutions
From the media
From all around
All SUPPORTED his path
Paved the way
While the messages his female peers received
Were quite different
Same destination
Very different journeys
Women in male-dominated fields
Such as engineering
Medicine
Law
Finance
As women
We KNOW how true this is
But how REFRESHING
To have this acknowledged
By a male peer
So if this applies to you
Or your child
Or another family member
Be sure to
CELEBRATE all those accomplishments
Extra hard
Because as a women
YOUR path to success
Was extra hard
Here’s to celebrating your genius,