Breaking the mould.

Today's society is changing for the better. More and more women are entering job roles that are predominantly male environments and excelling in their chosen fields. Some may scroll past this post thinking "here's another feminist", there's a difference between a feminist and Pro-Women, I am Pro-Woman so take a read.

In saying that, this isn't a blog post about how women are the best and men are the worst, this is a post on how it is becoming more and more acceptable for women to become train drivers or doctors or engineers and to hear less of "Why isn't she in the kitchen?" Don't get me wrong, females will always hear "that's a man job" from someone when not in a predominately female environment and when I discuss this type of issue, the usual response is "but that's always how it will be" or "most people I know are in their gendered roles". My answer is:

• My mum is a Train Driver.

• My brothers girlfriend is a Web and Software Developer.

• My friends sister is a Lawyer.

• My dad's male friend is a successful beautician with his own salon that his girlfriend helps him run.

• My grandfather and Great Uncle were nurses.

It's 2018, there are no gendered roles anymore. We as a society are evolving with it becoming more acceptable for people to be able to go into their job roles they want to do, not the job roles they're told to do.

I get this type of outlook regularly, as a Taekwondo Assistant Instructor most times people will walk towards a male black belt (If my father isn't there) and ask him things about the club as they assume he is in charge because its a "male dominated sport" right? Wrong, some people are visibly shocked when a women is in charge of a class like this as I've been told "I didn't know girls could get black belts" (I know, right?).

Some of the greatest fighters on the Taekwondo scene are women, Multiple European, Grand Prix, Worlds and Bronze medallist at Rio Bianca Walkden and multiple European, Grand Prix, Worlds and two-time Olympic champion Jades Jones to name but a few are

incredibly skilled at their discipline and a huge inspiration to everyone in the sport including myself. Mahama Cho, Lutalo Muhammad and Luke Jones also get a huge mention too because the men in Taekwondo cannot be faulted either, they are the best of the best. (RIGHT: Two-time Olympic championship Jade Jones at a seminar she taught for Northern Ireland Taekwondo in the Titanic Centre, Belfast)

In the media industry, it's a slow and steady progress. At this years OSCARS, Greta Gerwig was nominated for the Best Director Award for her film "Lady-Bird" becoming the fifth woman EVER to be nominated for this award since the beginning of the OSCARS in 1929.

The future is female, whether people like it or not.