The is an excerpt from a book by former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers. I feel that it is somewhat misnamed (but hey, we're all guilty of twisting a title a little in order to get people to read, yes?).
Examining my own feminism [third-wave, baby. Women and men ARE equal, but ontologically different. If the differences weren't supposed to be there, we'd all be women. ;)] and a lot of what I've learned from TOB, I feel that there are incredibly strong women out there who pull off living "in a man's world" (successfully) and being a natural woman at the same time. I know my grandmothers did it; I know my mom did it (and continues to). I hope to do it, and I hope my daughters learn from me.
But Ms. Myers puts in very well in this excerpt from her book. The way does not full on knock the masculine gender by insisting that women have it all over them, the way she still acknowledges that greater female involvement may alter the course that the world takes, and most especially the examples she gives (her grandmother in particular) of women who manage to survive and still act like women all describe beautifully what I would struggle to articulate.
Read. Think. Discuss.
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