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“And then we do a much greater disservice to girls, because we raise them to cater to the fragile egos of males. We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man. If you are the breadwinner in your relationship with a man, pretend that you are not, especially in public, otherwise you will emasculate him.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl.
'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anything.
Ever.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anything.
Ever.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“I was just a kid growing up in Jamaica with dreams, and I want people to know that it’s possible to dream bigger and accomplish those dreams.”
― Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
― Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
“I’m not standard; I’m deviant. But I’m not alone. I’m a complete freak of nature, and I emerged from a set of circumstances that are improbable on an astronomic scale. The same is probably true for you too.”
― Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
― Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
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