I was recently reading a book called " Feminist Economics Today: Beyond Economic Man", the book explores
how interplay of masculine and feminine traits are necessary in the business
world. Although women are allowed more rights within the United States, their notary
of achievement and influence has gone unnoticed. It is important for women in
the field to not settle for the goal of success, but to desire to change the
very field of economics. False assumptions about gender roles have shaped theoretical
structures within economics. Masculine thought toward economic disciplines are
influenced primarily through Western thought, assuming that self-interest is
more important than inter-dependence and human connection. Although
individualism is important in the economic world, but when it comes out of a
self-interested striving, it does not enhance human connection. Western thought tends to selectively highlight
the positive aspects of characteristics encouraged in men and only the negative
aspects typically encouraged in women.
For example softness which is a part of feminist was seen as negative,
because it is seen as weakness. However, softness is an important part of
flexibility. In men, hardness is viewed
as a sign of strength which is a positive quality, but without the proper
balance of strength with softness, hardness can also mean rigidity. As a result
of the influence of feminism in the economic world there are even some males
who are more feminist than women themselves. The spark I once lost to stand up for my own personal truth as an authentic woman and a future professional were reignited when I heard this!
My Story:
It's not that I don't know how to assert myself as a woman, but for a long time I held a lack of assertiveness. My lack of assertiveness in my personal life has lead to a
final conclusion which I have been missing a part of myself until now.
Several times in my life when I tried to show the world some of my more soft "feminine" qualities it was taken advantage of. It is without a doubt that we live in a world where more masculine traits are favored because they imply a sense of control, leaving feminine traits in the dust. In the past, when I’ve stood up for kindness and truth and did It with respect to communicate to
others when their behavior was unjust or immoral my voice was never heard. I began to feel discouraged and as if my opinion didn't matter, but maybe I didn't know the difference between when to retreat and when to fight harder. At some point I gave up on sharing some of my opinions which truly are worth being heard, and the world won't give me validation until I've validated myself. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident."- Arthur Schopenhauer. My Story:
When you don't trust yourself and your own intuition it's like walking on a tight-rope and it feels like you could fall to your death any second .
I realize now how deep down I truly am a feminist, it’s something I can no longer hide, because it’s a part of who I am. Part of my inability to be vocal about that is the denial of that part of who I really am. There was always this temptation to blame it on myself, when really it was a lesson that I had not yet learned, you haven't truly learned something until you learn how to walk it out. And maybe part of me was still selfish too, because I was more concerned about who would walk away when I showed my feminist fangs , then sharing the truth. But I've learned to stand up for truth even when it hurts and you get beat up for it ( in both a literal and non-literal sense), but its worth it because in the end it makes the world a better place and because it has the power to change people. I am gentle woman, but I am also strong. I learned that power is in the eye of the beholder. Never give up and keep fighting for what you believe in. We will win!
"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9
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