“As a country, we revere ignorance. We conflate ignorance and innocence, and innocence is seen as divine. Especially in women.” WomenEducationKnowledgePowerIgnoranceDivineEmpowermentInnocenceDivinityThe Virtue Of Ignorance Author:Shellen Lubin
“I remember a study that was done in the seventies (a study I've been trying to find unsuccessfully since the advent of the internet). It was a study of psychologists and psychiatrists, not of patients. They filled out three questionnaires, true or false questions. One was for the traits of a healthy man, next was for traits of a healthy woman, the third for traits of a healthy human being. The traits of a healthy man and human were the same, but a healthy woman was very different. Completely different. You know--softer, sweeter, more empathetic, less self-centered, less ambitious, more dependent. And these were the people who were treating people who were trying to live healthy lives.” MenWomenKnowledgePowerPsychologyHumanPsychiatryThe Virtue Of Ignorance Author:Shellen Lubin
“There are all kinds of ignorance that are insidious. Most involve not asking the right questions, or not questioning the assumptions in the questions themselves. We can do better.” GrowthKnowledgePowerIgnoranceEvolutionAssumptionQuestionsQuestionAssumptionsThe Virtue Of Ignorance Author:Shellen Lubin