Meditation & Mindfulness
Sandra Bargman, Luminary Leader
A Personal Experience
ANGER Part Two: Why are women in Any woman on the planet can agree that there is a tidal wave of women’s rage. I have only to mention sex trafficking, genital mutilation and the #MeToo movement to conjure collective deep rage. On a less dramatic and more universal level, gender inequality in society and in the workplace are core places to experience our anger. Studies suggest there are some common routes to anger for women, most notably our feelings of our powerlessness and injustice. Women are paid less, they are not as valued in the workplace, and when they hit glass ceilings it's very hard for them to earn more. This imbalance continues into the domestic arena. When a woman is working and she comes home from work, she feels she must do so much more than the man does. When it comes to child-rearing women again are far more responsible than men. A lot of women do not feel listened to, they don't feel valued, they don't feel appreciated, and they don't feel supported.
this world angry? Young girls and women learn early, most notably from their mothers that there are penalties for displaying anger. Why do we learn as girls to ignore those feelings? I came into this world with the belief, the knowing, that I was here on Earth to contribute to Life. My mother told me that when I was around the age of three, I walked into the kitchen with my hands on my hips and announced to her that I was here on a MISSION. I knew I had something to say. I am sure you knew you did, as well. But also, I was to learn the well-known and demoralizing story of “Too Much”. Too loud. Too bossy. Too self-confident. Too sensitive. Too needy. Too pushy. Too crazy. For the record, I have been called all of these. I AM all of these, according to those in my circles for whom my exuberance for life and my engagement in society has triggered. And, in response, I have twisted myself into multiple incarnations to fit in and be accepted, so much so that I have lost my voice, lost my self-respect, and felt myself the victim, not only by those I perceive have kept me down, but by myself.
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