Yesterday, I talked about masculinity. Today some thoughts on femininity. Femininity is not a Flaw So much of (my perception of) feminism these days is a gung-ho need to prove women are better than men. Yes, there’s no doubt the patriarchy has not always been, even rarely been, kind to women. For centuries, women were...
Category: Engage: Mind
Masculinity
There is no such thing as toxic masculinity. I get where the term came from. And I get that people recognize its problems. But it is still becoming a socially normal concept, and that’s a problem. It’s more than just a poor use of adjectives. It’s a really hurtful concept. And on top of...
Dangerous Mindsets: Threats and Shadows
Dangerous mindsets are patterns of thought that become our defaults in an unhealthy way. They can look like one-way streets. But another dangerous mindset involves threats and shadows. Threats and Shadows Some of us, either from experience or because of how we’re wired, see everything around us in terms of threats and shadows. By that,...
Dangerous Mindsets: One Way Streets
Since I started with a driving example in yesterday’s post, I thought I’d continue the metaphor to talk about one of the most dangerous mindsets, especially for moms. The one way street mindset. One Way Streets One way streets have a purpose. They are designed to direct traffic in areas where congestion is already...
Dangerous Mindsets
For the last week, I’ve been thinking about how I think. And how you (probably) think. And how easily we slip into dangerous mindsets – ways of thinking that hold us back and keep us from being all that we were created to be. Diving to Town I was following a slow driver into...