So, I've been thinking about the "masculine energy" thing. Saw some folks on LinkedIn agreeing with Zuck's sentiment, saying the news didn't accurately portray what he actually said...that it's not about gender, it's a pendulum that swung too far.
I call BS on that.
Those of us who present as women get penalized for being too masculine. When I've been assertive, I was called aggressive. When I was direct, I was called blunt. And people used those labels to justify ignoring or sidelining me.
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I actually listened to the podcast Even with extra context it's still toxic sexist BS. The the idea that corp culture has been "neutered" with "feminine energy" totally dismisses the raw power in feminine energy. It's that energy that holds things together and keeps them moving forward when all the other forces in the universe are trying to break them apart. I'm a strong leader not in spite of my feminine energy but BECAUSE of it. But if I show that strength? I'm too aggressive.
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Finally, these labels--masculine, neutered, and feminine--are inherently problematic. They reinforce a view of gender roles that serves no one. Equating feminine energy with weakness is a tactic to keep women in a subservient place in society, and also to constrain acceptable behavior in men. Internalizing that BS robs you of your true power, regardless of gender. Men can be collaborative & inclusive and will be penalized just as much as women for stepping outside their supposed gender role.
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@testobsessed A word isn't a role. It is a description of a state, in adjective form, of a quality or characteristic. If women cannot create new qualities or characteristics because they place themselves in a word prison, they are allowing definitions to be imposed upon them as victims. Nobody can stop that but them, and it isn't going to come from policing language.
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@testobsessed I'm glad you added that. I think what they call "feminine energy" is mostly just decent human behavior, and what they call masculine is their attempt to normalize TOXIC behavior. And yes, a lot of us men get punished for acting contrary to our expected gender roles. Being the one guy in the room who tells all the other guys to stop making sexist jokes really does wonders for one's career.
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