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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I think part of why women struggle to charge what they’re worth is because many of us are socialized to prioritize helping others. We want to be seen as generous, not self-serving. And while that mindset isn’t always valued in men, it’s often more socially acceptable for them to put a price on their expertise without being labeled as greedy.

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Suze's avatar

I am sure I read somewhere else about the points you make here. That women were sidelined as capitalism took over, while men were brought up to be ready for war at any time - thus conditioning them out of “feminine” traits. If men cared too much they wouldn’t be ok with killing the enemy.

Caroline Criado Perez argued, in one of her newsletters, that the unpaid work that women do should be included in the calculation of GDP. Thank you for the info about Women Built, I shall look out for that. The patriarchy keeps telling us that we are the weaker sex. If a woman had the first baby and her partner had the second, there’d be a third but not a fourth. Smash the patriarchy!

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