“We wanted to be treated just like men, at work, for the same reason that people buy smart phones: to make our lives easyer.” MenWomanGender Equality Book:Whisper Network Source: Whisper Network
“Children turned men into heroes and mothers into weaker employees if we didn't play our cards right.” ChildrenManWoman Book:Whisper Network Source: Whisper Network
“Oh, you do, do you? So my daughter was sexually harassed and she came to you - the adult in charge - and your big life skill advice was to ignore it?" ~Sloane Glover "Now, let's not overreact," says Principal Clark. Mr. Tully scratched behind his ear. "'Sexually harassed' is a strong terminology. I don't think it's that serious.” Sexual Harrassment Book:Whisper Network Source: Whisper Network
“We hated the gym. We loved it. We escaped to it. We avoided it. We had complicated relationships with our bodies, while at the same time insisting that we loved them unconditionally. We were sure we had better, more important things to do than worry about them, but the slender yoga bodies of moms in Lululemon at school pickup taunted us. Their figures hinted at wheatgrass shots, tennis clubs, and vagina steaming treatments. We found them aspirational. So we sweated on the elliptical and lifted ten-pound weights, inching closer to the bodies we told ourselves we were too evolved to want.” WomenFeminismExerciseExpectationsGymFitnessBody ImageSocietal NormsOrthorexiaGyms Book:Whisper Network Source: Whisper Network