Girls then- - and now -- were instructed by screens, large and small, to smile rather than laugh, to be docile and enigmatic instead of being smart and honest. We were told that wed be appreciated, sought-after and beloved if we played dumb, kept quiet and didnt make a spectacle of ourselves. Then we learned that the traits supposedly reserved for guys, such as intelligence, ambition, financial acumen and a sense of humor, were in fact all the factors that added up to winning in the workplace. We learned that the ones folks had referred to as the bad girls -- women who spoke up and didnt hesitate to say what was on their minds -- were the ones who embodied values that were in fact rewarded by the public world of commerce, education, politics and the arts. Hmmm... #feminist #feminism #womenfirst #humor #womenshumor #badgirls #smartgirls #troublemakers
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:20:26 +0000
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