Have you ever noticed that too many movements to empower women end up putting women down? Or pit them against eachother?Like, there’s a comparison made and an attempt to make a choice on which woman is womaning “correctly”. And we usually dismiss it with who is perceived to be suffering more, like the bare face/makeup and the body positive movement. That the answer is crushing whatever woman is considered more conventional to uplift women considered unconventional.
We decide the makeup women are fake or stripped of any agency so all their actions must be based off male approval as a way to make bare face women feel better. We make large women feel better by criticising skinny women’s bodies, trying to decide which is more desirable to generally men instead of taking real comfort in our own skin. Shaming women who enjoy traditionally feminine things on a whole “Im not like those other girls” superiority kick because traditionally feminine women get judged as being weaker or even less intelligent.
I always wonder why this happens, why does positivity or empowerment get so difficult for us that someone has to get stepped on. Why are women still being judged or pitted against eachother when it contradicts the intention of building women up?
–because punching down is a lot easier than helping each other.
Fair point. Like a schoolyard bully, making others feel as crummy as you do to help the pain.
new york city, womens march 2018.
*TRANS WOMEN TOO!*
(I made this sign in my living room last night, marching for women means marching for ALL women. if u ain’t down for the cause, I don’t want to hear your close minded applause.)
