![]() ![]() And I find it dehumanizing to women because I think that surely we have to have something more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's wellbeing. It means raising a girl to believe that she is inferior to a man, but that the man is expected to be good to her that women are somehow naturally subordinate to men, but men have to treat women well. but I realized I didn't actually have a concrete map of the particular, specific things that I think will help if we do them differently." Because I have talked a lot about these things and I care very much about them and I get very passionate. ![]() "Yes, I wrote it for my friend, but I think to a large extent it was also my way of mapping out my own thinking. It's called Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, and it talks about everything from how to choose toys to teaching self-reliance to challenging traditional gender roles.Īdichie says writing the letter was useful for her, too. Now, that letter has been published as a book. A few years ago, Chimamanda Adichie received a message from a childhood friend asking for advice: She wanted to know how to raise her newborn daughter to be a feminist.įor Adichie - a best-selling author who has also made a name for herself as a leading feminist voice - the question was a bit daunting, but she wrote a long letter back to her friend. ![]()
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