August 14, 2007This Week - she took it like a man
Have you ever heard the song, She Took It Like a Man? The singer is afraid to break up with his “fragile” girlfriend, certain she would be devastated. She wasn’t. She cussed, slammed the door and stormed off to the bar. He didn’t think she could take it, but “she took it like a man.”
The song really says he expected her to take it like an unconscious, weak woman and instead she took it like an unconscious, belligerent man.
Sure, women can be belligerent and men can be weak. However, the stereotypes we have exist for a reason. There is a tendency for men to dominate and women to retreat. Even now, the Good Old Boys Club is alive and well and many women defer to it. I saw that just this week with a mentee.
The story is too long for my newsletter, but you can read it here.
Tips for dealing with the GOBC are here.
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Hi Meryl,
Found this particular week inspiring - may have needed a little more “power’ than usual…
thank you
Comment by Heidi — August 15, 2007 @ 7:48 am