The Internalized Misogyny of Women: Sisterhood or Sabotage?
“A woman’s true enemy is always a woman” , I said to my friend just as they looked at me confuzzled. It’s not a really common saying , to be fair, however this topic easily runs deep within every female. When you think of internalized misogyny, it’s easy to picture men upholding outdated stereotypes and maintaining systemic biases. But did you know that women can be their own worst critics? That’s right—sometimes, the biggest critics of women’s rights and roles are women themselves. The very root of this problem can be detected from the earliest days: High school Where do I even begin? If you are currently in high school, or just graduated (like us), I'm sure you will remember that charmingly chaotic period of life where everything was a social experiment? From the very beginning, girls are taught to measure themselves against impossible standards. Popularity contests, beauty standards, and social hierarchies became the norm. We all had that one friend who, despite be...