True Woman 1829
You’ve heard of True Woman 2008, True Woman 2010, and True Woman 2012 … but have you ever heard of True Woman 1829? – a grass-roots movement in the 1800s that encouraged gals to “aspire after ‘true womanhood”?
Tag: "womanhood"
Wear the Pants MAN-ifesto
The Docker’s ad campaign reveals that there’s an underlying sentiment amongst men that their masculinity has been devalued. They have been feminized – “left stranded on the road between boyhood and androgyny.” The new cultural definition of manhood does not “fit” with who they are, and they are keenly feeling the disconnect.
I Am Woman
“I am strong! I am invincible! I am WOMAN!” I remember striding down the school hallway with a couple of girlfriends, belting out the words of Helen Reddy’s chart-topping song. We were perched on the verge of womanhood. And we were confident that we would be the first generation to get the meaning of womanhood right.
Steel Magnolia
I love the phrase “Steel Magnolia” because to me it speaks to the essence of womanhood. The image melds beauty with perseverance, softness with backbone, delicacy with durability, sweetness with stamina. It reminds me of what the first man exclaimed when he saw the first woman.
