Naomi WolfThe stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the heads of rising women, for them to emulate.
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The idea that women must be strong in order to be successful is one of the most pervasive myths in the world. It is hard to believe that it could have originated in any logical place, but this idea did. The myth itself comes from a very odd place. It was actually based on the idea that women should be good at their traditional roles of taking care of children, cooking, and cleaning.
The idea was that if women were both strong and good at these roles, they would have both prestige and money. What makes this idea so strange is that it contradicts everything else being said about women during this time period. If you were a woman during the Victorian era, you were expected to be weak and unable to do anything other than take care of small children and cook for your family.
To say that it is possible for a woman to play sports or to know what you are doing in the business world shows how out of touch these people really were with modern reality.
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