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Because if a woman is "too aggressive" "too forward" blah, blah, blah then she's not "feminine enough" and is "pushy" or "entitled." Honestly, unless you want to do away with all of this patriarchal BS and not just the parts that apply to men, nothing is going to improve.

“Jamieson delves into the hypocritic standards of behaviour women have to deal with at every stage. The womb/brain bind that states that women cannot be good mothers and competent professionals simultaneously; the silence/shame directive that attacks and demeans women who speak out while ignoring the women who don’t. The sameness/difference attitude that considers women subordinate to men when they conform and unnatural if they don’t.”

Read more at: https://yourstory.com/herstory/2019/06/double-bind-competent-women-face-mans-world

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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