Mollie Dunn
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Mollie Dunn
Being a woman in a male-dominated industry has made me very aware that this culture is sorely lacking something I am naturally able to provide in spades. Not in a way that saps me of energy or makes me feel like a martyr, but in a way that feels fulfilling and grounding in my sense of self.
Molly Mielke • Feeling seen · Molly Mielke
Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human being.
guernicamag.com • Men Explain Things to Me
seem nice enough. If a woman seems really nice, she is considered more nice than competent. Since people want to hire and promote those who are both competent and nice, this creates a huge stumbling block for women. Acting in stereotypically feminine ways makes it difficult to reach for the same opportunities as men, but defying expectations and re
... See moreSheryl Sandberg • Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
A woman’s existential imperative, her happiness, her contentment, her protection, her provisioning, her empowerment, literally anything that benefits the feminine is not only encouraged socially, but in most cases mandated by law.
Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male
Women refuse to disagree directly
A fascinating aspect of feminine social norms: disagreement may never happen directly. And this is true of feminists or not. Feminism didn’t actually fix any of the stifling social norms we have to deal with daily. If disagreement must be expressed, it must be in the form of a hedging statement to not be too aggress
... See moreI noticed that more and more of these savages had a story about a strange and terrible Woman Land in the high distance.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
It particularly feels like a trap when a woman has worked hard to achieve excellence in her field only to have to either “do lunch” badly or else refuse these social occasions and be thought of as a snob or a little weird.
Sari Solden • Women With Attention Deficit Disorder
The Public Spectacle of Cheating
youtu.beWomen create shadow hierarchies while pretending to want equality
Claim: Competent women should be rewarded based on ability
Reality: Women who shine too brightly must be taken down a notch
Claim: Beauty standards are oppressive and we want equality
Reality: Deny differences in beauty while creating hierarchies based on it
Claim: Women should live their
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