I think you could do an entire publication just of women and how they describe themselves! The articles were great, but reading their bios touched me so much. How we talk about ourselves can be so meaningful and impactful 🩷
I remember realizing one day that being asked about my underwear by a man-often a relative stranger--alone in a room with him is not normal. Of course it's not! In any situation that's not the doctor's office (and depending on the context, possibly even the doctor's office), that ranges from creepy to sexual harassment. But for years, it was just so normal. It was like being punched in a gut. OF COURSE this is not OK. OF COURSE this is a crazy boundary violation. And OF COURSE our whole lives we're told this is totally fine and everyone else is doing it and I'm the weird one for feeling weird about it.
I enjoyed reading all of these - thank you for sharing your journeys. I love this group!
I am also a product of the 90s
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I think you could do an entire publication just of women and how they describe themselves! The articles were great, but reading their bios touched me so much. How we talk about ourselves can be so meaningful and impactful 🩷
I remember realizing one day that being asked about my underwear by a man-often a relative stranger--alone in a room with him is not normal. Of course it's not! In any situation that's not the doctor's office (and depending on the context, possibly even the doctor's office), that ranges from creepy to sexual harassment. But for years, it was just so normal. It was like being punched in a gut. OF COURSE this is not OK. OF COURSE this is a crazy boundary violation. And OF COURSE our whole lives we're told this is totally fine and everyone else is doing it and I'm the weird one for feeling weird about it.