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7 Tips to Avoiding Independent Woman Syndrome
For generations, women of color have been the backbone of many minority communities, especially the African American community. We have been those strong, unbreakable forces to be reckoned with. We are the ones who have held it together when there was no money, no man and nowhere to turn. Our women have worn our strength [...]
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ST
September 26, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Our problems don’t come from being independent or strong. Our problems come from how we define these terms. An independent women doesn’t have to have an “attitude”. A strong woman is a woman who knows how to play to her strengths, yet knows her weaknesses. When women say they’re independent, there’s nothing wrong with that. It just means she doesn’t feel she has to lean on the strength of others to get her life in order. This should not be interpreted as not wanting or needing a man. The problem appears to be that there are such fixed perceptions of what strength is and what it means to be independent. The only man an independent woman would scare away is an insecure one. Many men like independent women, as long as they respect men. The two aren’t mutally exclusive. Let’s not get into having the pendulumn swing from one side to another. Men have issues and egos too.The world needs more independent and strong people. Just don’t stereotype the terms. Two strong independent people can live and work together if they’re mature enough to respect each other’s strength and can work with those strengths to the advantage of both. Men and women who “go childish” and try to compete with each other or tear the other down aren’t the definition of “strenght”. That’s the characteristic of “weakness”.
ST
September 26, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Our problems don’t come from being independent or strong. Our problems come from how we define these terms. An independent women doesn’t have to have an “attitude”. A strong woman is a woman who knows how to play to her strengths, yet knows her weaknesses. When women say they’re independent, there’s nothing wrong with that. It just means she doesn’t feel she has to lean on the strength of others to get her life in order. This should not be interpreted as not wanting or needing a man. The problem appears to be that there are such fixed perceptions of what strength is and what it means to be independent. The only man an independent woman would scare away is an insecure one. Many men like independent women, as long as they respect men. The two aren’t mutally exclusive. Let’s not get into having the pendulumn swing from one side to another. Men have issues and egos too.The world needs more independent and strong people. Just don’t stereotype the terms. Two strong independent people can live and work together if they’re mature enough to respect each other’s strength and can work with those strengths to the advantage of both. Men and women who “go childish” and try to compete with each other or tear the other down aren’t the definition of “strenght”. That’s the characteristic of “weakness”.