To Forge a Strong Sisterhood, Women Need to Hold Themselves Accountable

Friendships are not only about laughter, happy memories and good times. Friendships are so much more than that.

If women hold themselves to a higher standard and clearly communicate what is acceptable behaviour and what is not, we will begin to experience a strong sisterhood.

Recall the last time you opened up to a friend, baring your soul and pouring out everything that was eating you up, only to be told that whatever was bothering you wasn’t that deep, or that you were just making things up or that you should suck it up and get over it. Because your friend couldn’t relate to your experience, they told you that your experience wasn’t true. Recall how that made you feel. Perhaps, you felt naked and left in the rain. You regretted ever opening up to this person and promised yourself to never open up to anyone again. Does this sound familiar? Maybe it has happened not just once, but twice or you’ve even lost count of the number of times you have experienced this. Most of the time, you let it slide, especially if it was a close friend. You decide to move on from it, making up excuses in your head to justify the said behaviour, thinking that maybe that’s just how they are. But truth is, being in a relationship with a friend who…