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I maschi e le femmine sono indiscutibilmente diversi sul piano biologico, ma la socializzazione accentua le differenze. Prendiamo l'esempio della cucina. In generale, è più probabile che siano le donne a sbrigare le faccende di casa: cucinare e pulire. Ma qual è il motivo? È perché le donne nascono con il gene della cucina o perché sono state educate a credere che cucinare sia un loro compito? Il problema del genere è che prescrive come dovremmo essere, invece di riconoscere come siamo. Passiamo troppo tempo a insegnare alle ragazze a preoccuparsi di cosa pensano i ragazzi, a essere ambiziose ma non troppo, a puntare al successo ma non troppo, altrimenti saranno una minaccia per gli uomini. Allo stesso tempo facciamo un grave torto ai maschi educandoli a aver paura della debolezza, della vulnerabilità. Spingendoli a credere di dover essere dei duri, li rendiamo fragili. In questo modo il genere ci inchioda a dei ruoli prefissati che spesso non ci rispecchiano. E se ci concentrassimo sulle capacità e sugli interessi invece che sul genere? Quanto saremmo più felici, quanto ci sentiremmo più liberi di essere chi siamo veramente?
- ISBN: 8806247700
- Casa Editrice: Einaudi
- Pagine: 57
- Data di uscita: 09-02-2021
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This is the single most convincing essay I’ve ever read on feminism. It does not point fingers and blame men for a cultural mind-set they were born into. Instead, it offers calm logical arguments for positive change going forward. And that’s what the world needs: “A world of happier men and happie Leggi tutto
Not long ago, I wrote an article about being young and female in Lagos. And an acquaintance told me that it was an angry article, and I should not have made it so angry. But I was unapologetic. Of course it was angry. Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be
This should be required reading
I want to just buy a crate of these and pass them out to strangers and friends and family.
EDIT: Because I have so many people constantly arguing that I'm in the wrong for being concerned about this author's intentions, I did some Googling, and found out that this author publicly supported JKR's anti-trans essay. Adichie also continues (at the time I'm editing this) to stand her ground on Leggi tutto
A short, insightful essay about a topic I am incredibly passionate about: feminism. I was practically nodding my head the entire time as so much of what was brought forth hit home. However, I had a few issues with heteronormative and cisnormative language. I don't believe she was being intentionally Leggi tutto
We Should All Be Feminists is a very short non-fiction book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about how all of us should do better to ensure that there is equality of gender. This book hit on some very important topics. Even today, society expects that men and women will conform to gender norms. The autho Leggi tutto
A fantastic overview of why we should all DEFINITELY be feminists, and a simplified, easy to understand explanation which is more than necessary in a world where *some* people continue to disregard feminism as man-hating or irrelevant. I definitely think that some points are a little vague and somew Leggi tutto
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explains her understanding of feminism in this essay. It is a modified version of her TEDx talk in 2012. She uses simple language in describing complex problems that women are facing in our society today with the help of a few examples from her own life. What I learned
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