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This Instagram Account Is All About Empowering And Entertaining Women, And Here Are 35 Of Its Best Posts
International Women's Day is on the 8th of March, but one Instagram account thinks that we need to expand the occasion and celebrate it all year long.
It's called 'Unwomanly', and as its bio says, the account is dedicated to sharing entertaining and educational content on female empowerment.
From dating to careers and everything in between, 'Unwomanly' touches on a wide variety of subjects and paints quite an inspiring picture.
Continue scrolling to check it out, and don't miss the conversation we had about women's role in today's world with licensed clinical social worker Megan Logan.
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"Women's empowerment involves a radical shift towards knowing our gifts and strengths and then fully embracing them to boldly show up in the world," Logan, author of the 'Self-Love Workbook For Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion, and Embrace Who You Are', told Bored Panda.
"No longer playing small to make others comfortable or holding back due to internalized negative beliefs about ourselves as women in society."
According to Logan, who has developed strong clinical skills providing therapy in a variety of mental health settings for over two decades, it's important to remember that fully embracing yourself does not happen magically overnight.
"It takes consistency and intention," she said. "The first step involves believing you matter enough to learn, grow, and create a self-love practice. This repetition allows us to rewire our belief system and change the way we see ourselves, creating a new pathway for authenticity and living in your whole truth."
"Challenging and releasing negative self-doubt and critical self-talk makes space for self-compassion. Learning to set healthier boundaries, talking more kindly to ourselves, prioritizing self-care, and digging in deep to heal those wounded parts allows for the resiliency and consistency that it takes to show up and share your light in the world," Logan added.
omg these comments...how many "not all men" varieties r gna show up 😬 Yall we got headaches and can't read negativity today
Since 2006, the Global Gender Gap Index has been measuring the extent of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. Tracking the progress towards closing these gaps over time, it reports benchmarks and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across and within regional peers.
According to its 2020 findings, there is still a 31.4% average gender gap that remains to be closed globally.
Yeah, we don't want to suffocate under the weight of your collective disapproval
Across the four characteristics, on average, the largest gender disparity lies within political empowerment. Despite being the most improved dimension that year, the gap on this subindex has only been closed by 25%, meaning there are still not enough women occupying seats in government across the world.
However, it's important to note that the political empowerment subindex fails to measure the legal rights of women and girls in comparison to those of men, which plays a significant role in determining the extent to which a society is equal.
That's what all predators & abusers say. I remember about the Larry Nassar case; as he realized the IndyStar investigation would expose him, he started begging the journalists not to publish it because "it would ruin his life". Not a word about the lives of HUNDREDS of little girls he had been sexually abusing for almost 2 decades.
The economic and labor market gender gap has been closed by 58%. This is due to the fact that, on average, only 55% of women are participating in the global workforce, and their presence in higher-yielding positions is even lower.
Plus, this disparity is exacerbated by the global wage gap, which affects women across all industries and backgrounds, and has remained relatively stagnant throughout the last five years or so. These components highlight the challenges women face to escape poverty and become financially and economically independent.
Great way to epitomise the difference between womens' and mens' experiences
When I started dating my wife, she told me, men are afraid of getting laughed at, women are afraid of getting murdered and raped. I think about that a lot.
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In a room full of men I don't know, absolutely. I don't think this is the context they meant, but I'm a female software engineer, so me being the only woman in room full of men is a normal work day.
I was in law enforcement. I was in a room full of men on a normal work day a lot too. And sometimes it was terrifying. I once dropped a colleague who got hands on, in a room with other cops around, and didn't know if I was going to be in trouble until my LT started laughing and told the bastard 'You asked for that'.
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Actually I have social anxiety so being in a room full of women (or men or both) would make me want to be in a different nearly empty room.
Why do men fear women? Because they will laugh at us. Why do women fear men? Because they will kill us
All of my roomates are men and in a room full of them and "their boys" i am generally annoyed and telling them I'm trying to do my nails but their soda drinking contest while playing some fighting game is really getting on my nerves but aside from those hooligans (who will fight tooth and nail for the saftey of any women) this really is true, If I was in a room full of men I didn't know I'd be scared
For real, when im in a room with one man it scares me cuz think how excited that man is
I once had a job in a company that was all men. I felt powerful because the women's bathroom was all mine, and I could out-swear, out-burp, and talk over all of them.
Ummmm. Depends on the men, methinks, Personally I tend to find rooms full of women daunting. Bitching bitching bitching. I did NOT realise just how much until I began "work". In the Ladies' loo, the bitching that went on was appalling, absolutely appalling Give me mixed genders any day.
This is why I joined the military. I have not only been in those rooms but led the meeting. Whatever someone else's issues are with that, I assure you I do not care one bit what they are. You can do this.
I know lots of men that would be scared in room full of women. Not scared of the same things the women in a room full of men would be but still scared. But this quote implies that a woman in a room full of men is guaranteed to be harmed. There are so many instances where no harm would come to a woman in a room full of men.
When I was around 19 I went to a gig with my then boyfriend who played drums in a band. It was out of town at an army base. I was the only woman in a room full of men. The owner escorted me to and from the bathroom. It was frightening. I did get up and dance a few times but felt like every eye in the place was on me. My dance partners were gentlemen. But the whole night was unnerving. I did not go back when the band did later.
NO, if the guy has a brain he is terrified too. Everything that could happen to that woman can happen to that man. Equality is understanding both genders have their own problems and trying our best to respect each other and make the world safe as possible not singling out ether side making them the enemy to be despised, feared, or hated.
True. Also, when 1 woman walks into a roomful of men, the overall I.Q. doubles.
I'm a very confident and strong woman. I'm also now in my mid 50's and not "cute" any more - BUT being in a room of nothing but men still has me on guard and aware of my every move, just in case it's misinterpreted as interest. I wouldn't say I'm terrified any more, but I'm on edge the whole time.
I'm sure there are terrified men, too. All that jibber jabber would kill them! 😀
Tbf I'm a guy and I'd be uncomfortable in a room full of women. Or a room full of people. Well except kids. They just make you smile. Absolutely not the same I get that but man a room full of adults is euughh.
I quit a university course because I was the only female student in the class. I did not feel safe
I've been in a room full of women. And I can tell you it's anything BUT ecstatic... It's damn right petrifying....
It may be petrifying, but most likely what you fear is not the same as I woman fears of in a room full of men.
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Poor baby doesn't know where to look :'( Meanwhile women are regularly terrified males will kill them.
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I'm a woman now in my sixties. I've been in many a room full of men in my life, and never been terrified. I've also walked alone in L.A., New York, San Francisco at 3am on many, many occasions, and never been terrified. Careful and aware, yes, but not terrified.
At least 35 of the 153 surveyed countries have closed the education gender gap by 96.1%. However, this number varies across education levels.
Globally, girls are less likely to receive an education due to gender-based discrimination, child marriage, and the burden of fulfilling domestic chores, all of which prevent young girls and teens from attending school.
While more young girls and women are attending primary and secondary school, less than half are going on to attend college.
I dunno man....we've seen what these "influencers" do with makeup and filters. If you're talented enough or patient enough you can totally change your look with makeup so isn't it natural there'd be some concern? Sure appearance isn't everything but it does play a role in attraction.
Although the global gender gap for health care and survival has been closed by 95.7%, millions of women worldwide still do not have equal access to health care, especially reproductive health care.
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, vice-president for development at the Brennan Center for Justice, thinks that period poverty and menstrual stigma play significant roles in holding society back from achieving gender equality, highlighting that these barriers can also prohibit them from participating in politics, the workforce, and education.
Haha he's a keeper. I think she might have secretly been a little bit cheered up :)
In order to achieve gender equality and make all of these pictures a thing of the past, countries across the globe must increase the number of women in government, ensure education is accessible to all women and girls, create free or affordable child care so that more women can participate in the labor market, and provide access to safe reproductive health care.
Because of course there is a neon sign over every guy’s head telling women if they’re gonna get raped or not. /s
It's so weird that we call it 'losing' your virginity. You didn't lose anything, on the contrary, you gained something: you have gained a new experience, nothing was lost. Imagine if we called all significant new life experiences losses: if we called going to school for the first time 'losing your toddler-phase', going on a holiday without your parents for the first time 'losing your parent-dependance', moving in with your boyfriend/girlfriend 'losing your aloneness', going to a music festival for the first time 'losing your silence', walking for the first time 'losing your crawling days'. Weird, right? We view those as gaining a new life experience or entering a new phase in your life, so let's talk about sex that way too. Also, I dislike the emphasis on only intercourse. I think, having someone else give you an orgasm for the first time, or you giving someone else one, is just as much a significant new life experience and start of a new phase in your life as having intercourse.
Megan Logan is happy that things are finally moving. "Women have far too long held themselves back with internalized shame-based beliefs from society and cultural imprinting," she said. "We continue to embark on an ever-evolving employment journey. Through the different stages of life and over time, the self-love journey never ends."
"I believe women have become tired of constantly nurturing others without replenishing what makes their hearts and souls happy and fulfilled. While self-empowerment is an individualized journey, it happens on a collective level as well," she said. "As more women do their individual work, self-love can radically change the world we live in. I see this happening all over the globe. My first book, Self-Love Workbook for Women, has been translated into over 18 languages! How amazing that women all over have empowered themselves in learning to evolve and grow!" she said.
If you were there but THEY missed the call, at the time agreed upon, then it is incumbent upon THEM to apologize to you, not the other way around.
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One of my favourite things about the time I'm living in is watching women get stronger and madder by the day. Keep it up and smash the patriarchy!
as a man, I'm disappointed in other men for making people need to say this s**t. women shouldn't have to say these things, nobody should
I'm so angry when a woman/mother/grandmother votes to restrict her own rights & the rights of their mothers & sisters & children. And they say they believe they are doing the right thing. For whom?
The fact that you can be intimately assaulted at any given moment in a public place pretty much informs our behavior as women. Every single woman I know has been sexually assaulted, from public boob or butt grabs all the way up to gang rape. Every. Single. Woman.
Men need to hear this more often. Not only public sexual assault, but I know many women who were sexually assaulted by family members as children. It happens so much more than people realize because we don’t talk about it.
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These are really upsetting. I mean, they are no surprise, I have been aware of rape culture fo a long time, but no less distressing.
Are the majority of men just huge a-holes? I'm embarassed to be male. I don't get it. Why do they think they can do this c**p?
There are a lot of good men? But the bad ones can be........ *heavy inhale* really....really, really bad. So just like Droid Mania said, don't be a bad one! the society of good people thanks you
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Sorry, I stopped reading these about half way through. IF you do not want men thinking you are a dumb female wanting sex and saying no as a come on, DO NOT ACT that way!
I was asked by my doctor the other day how old I was. I'm 29. He then proceeded to inform me I still have time to have children. I told him I didn't want any. Then he said I must want children. I told him I'm too sick(not that I need a reason), he told me I was not too sick. I have depression, anxiety, severe PTSD, and I'm on 4 medications and have never been able to work full time because of sickness. But this guy who met me five minutes prior knows that I must have children and that I'm obviously capable. My doctor of all people. I almost wanted to cry cause it's a sensitive issue for me. Screw that guy.
fair warning, it is a TERF account (you'll see that if you go through enough posts)
One of my favourite things about the time I'm living in is watching women get stronger and madder by the day. Keep it up and smash the patriarchy!
as a man, I'm disappointed in other men for making people need to say this s**t. women shouldn't have to say these things, nobody should
I'm so angry when a woman/mother/grandmother votes to restrict her own rights & the rights of their mothers & sisters & children. And they say they believe they are doing the right thing. For whom?
The fact that you can be intimately assaulted at any given moment in a public place pretty much informs our behavior as women. Every single woman I know has been sexually assaulted, from public boob or butt grabs all the way up to gang rape. Every. Single. Woman.
Men need to hear this more often. Not only public sexual assault, but I know many women who were sexually assaulted by family members as children. It happens so much more than people realize because we don’t talk about it.
Load More Replies... These are really upsetting. I mean, they are no surprise, I have been aware of rape culture fo a long time, but no less distressing.
Are the majority of men just huge a-holes? I'm embarassed to be male. I don't get it. Why do they think they can do this c**p?
There are a lot of good men? But the bad ones can be........ *heavy inhale* really....really, really bad. So just like Droid Mania said, don't be a bad one! the society of good people thanks you
Load More Replies... Sorry, I stopped reading these about half way through. IF you do not want men thinking you are a dumb female wanting sex and saying no as a come on, DO NOT ACT that way!
I was asked by my doctor the other day how old I was. I'm 29. He then proceeded to inform me I still have time to have children. I told him I didn't want any. Then he said I must want children. I told him I'm too sick(not that I need a reason), he told me I was not too sick. I have depression, anxiety, severe PTSD, and I'm on 4 medications and have never been able to work full time because of sickness. But this guy who met me five minutes prior knows that I must have children and that I'm obviously capable. My doctor of all people. I almost wanted to cry cause it's a sensitive issue for me. Screw that guy.
fair warning, it is a TERF account (you'll see that if you go through enough posts)
