Joyce Meyer’s struggle to help women all over the globe has won her the title and the recognition that she now has, and this time around she moves forward to tackle the issue of confidence in her book The Confident Woman. Every time the issue of gender difference is discussed, we all understand that women are the most insecure ones. This has always been the way society works, the women are the weak ones while the men are the strong ones. And even though time itself has proven that men and women are just equal in nearly all aspects of life, a lot of women are still trapped with the mindset and self-image of inferiority. Why is that so?

The Confident Woman is constructed in an easy-to-comprehend form that is applicable for women of all ages. And just like all other works by Meyer, this is very religiously-rooted. The book opens with a story that we have long been familiar of, Adam and Eve. With this story, Meyer tells that women and men are designed to be equal creations of God, and that there is no reason for them to fight one another. And for the following sections, Meyer uses more texts from the Bible to support her point that men and women are not meant to be enemies.

However, The Confident Woman does not focus on the account of gender difference alone, but also the battle of confidence happening between women themselves. The Confident Woman walks us to the stages of how our society was formed, giving us an overview of what events in the past have led women of the present to feel insecure. We all know about the images that makes a woman ideal: prim, meek, smart, reserved, and the list goes on. But Meyer says that these are not what women are really all about, these are the collected misconceptions. And what’s saddening is that most modern women are forced to follow these wrong ideas.

In addition, Meyer discusses the presence of fear and how it influences women to just break down and let society take control of them. And she also talks about the only weapon that women can use to win against their fears, a strong belief in God. This is because above all things, the only way that people can really find confidence in themselves is through having confidence in God.

Over all, Meyer did a great job writing down exactly what women need to know. With her straight and clear elaboration of the seven characteristics that makes a confident woman, every woman can easily apply it to themselves. Things that happen to women are not really as simple as we believe, for they all somehow add up to the lack of confidence that most women feel. The Confident Woman’s message is very forward, it is not completely original, but any woman will surely learn to find security in her self.