I’M BAAAAAAAACK!
I’m going to start with an apology - it’s been a hot minute
since I blogged – I wish I had a better excuse but it’s just the normal “life
got crazy busy blah blah blah”. SOZZZZZ
So I wanted to talk about something that came to my
attention when an unnamed male during a conversation suggested casually that
women ‘have less defined passions’. This really interested me for a few
reasons. Number one – the male perspective really interested me on women and
their creativity.. Number two it got me thinking about society and how men are
conditioned around reacting to women’s roles and why.
So why would men think that women have less defined
passions? Maybe because they perceive women’s enjoyment as less important? Or
their interests more trivial? Or perhaps it’s because some people and sections
of society still think of women’s passion projects are redundant because they
mostly wind up being care givers in some way anyway. The funny thing is – the
person who said to me oh women don’t have passions which are as defined
actually claims to be a feminist. This is interesting in terms of unconscious
bias which obviously needs addressing.
Let’s deal with point one first.. women’s enjoyment being
perceived as less important and trivial. I think this is because it’s thought
that women’s interests are external – fashion and beauty etc. However I don’t
think this makes them necessarily less important. Yes – you’ll always have
those people who are superficial but that goes for men and women..
The second point – “women usually end up being care givers
anyway” Well that’s ancient but apparently still believed – also NOT TRUE.
First off not everyone wants/can have kids and men these days are having an
increasing role in childcare and caregiving also many many badass boss women
with massive creative empires built on their passions have families. Lots are
even born of issues they’ve faced as parents – see Cambridge Satchel Company. So
there. The proof is also in the pudding and more and more women are becoming
powerful influencers and plugging their interests successfully.
So be a kick ass creative passionate woman and prove the
critics wrong YEAAH??
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