26/07/2021
~~ Une des raisons pour laquelle il y a moins de filles en compétition? En vague, en tout cas, j'ai souvent entendu "je n'ai pas le niveau" comme raison pour ne pas participer et beaucoup d'autocensure :/
"You know, we teach our sons to be confident; we teach our daughters to be perfect. And I think one of the most important things is to teach our daughters to be persistent instead of perfect. Teaching them to be perfect actually works well right through college. They end up valedictorian. All is fine. And then they get out into the first job and a position opens, and there’s four requirements, and they have two of the four, and they say, “Well, I can’t apply for this, I’m not perfect.” And a guy comes along and has one of the four and says, “Yeah, I got this.” And gets the job even though he’s half as qualified".
Since her transition, the Rev. Paula Stone Williams says she’s lost so many friends. “It still is devastating.”
