This book is about women feeling free to speak up and share their knowledge. It also involves understanding of why women doubt their intellectual competence, and some feel inferior to their male counterparts. It is a collection of stories of different women who share their stories of learning and sharing their knowledge.
The reviewers of the book state that it is a learning opportunity for both men and women of compassion and understanding of one another.
Why women doubt of their intellectual competence? I understand clearly the obstacles a men-based society causes in their women. However and with great admiration of those women that are remembered in the books of history because of their influence in time (Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I ,Marie Curie,Mother Teresa, and many more). I think that a woman does not "doubt" of her intellectual competence, when there is doubt, there is not competence. Having great capabilities and skills does not make no one intellectually competent, men or women. When a women has intellectual competence, so no obstacles are enough to stop her, doubt is not even in consideration. We women are way too stubborn, by biology. When something such as independence becomes a priority, nothing can certainly change that circumstance.
ReplyDeleteon the other hand, and also by biology, women have a bigger tendency to give and receive protection. If that is the priority, and she is ok with that, she shows her competent intelligence by staying where she better feels.
So the question here will be, what really is intelligence competence.