Women Internalize Misogynistic Abuse, Twitter Report Finds
“We Should All Be Feminists.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes:
“We teach girls to shrink themselves
To make themselves smaller
We say to girls
“You can have ambition
But not too much
You should aim to be successful
But not too successful
Otherwise you will threaten the man.””Women take these societal norms to heart in an unfortunate manner. When society is consistently labeling women as “less-than,” women undoubtedly internalize this message. Though, women not only adopt these negative messages and hurtful words but also repurpose them against other women through social media.
Ngozi Adichie argues that “[w]e raise girls to each other as competitors [,] not for jobs or accomplishments… [b]ut for the attention of men.”
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