A boundary is a line that marks the limits of an area. Sounds simple enough right? But when I say the word boundaries to a woman I am working with, I invariably get the same reaction without fail. She exhales and says something like, “I suck at boundaries!“ It would seem there is an epidemic of women who, though well educated, successful and informed lack this one very important skill set.
In modern culture, women have been encouraged to be diminutive, coquettish and above all else, anything but what might be considered masculine.
But if you go back far enough in human history, you will see that strong women used to be revered and given a place of prominence in tribal cultures; the Medicine Women, the
Shaman and the Matriarchs to name just a few. Since the Industrial Revolution, roles that would have required a man to do them have diminished. Even the “manly jobs“ didn’t really require a man to do them in a lot of cases!
What can be done to shift the Dynamic? How To Impose A Meaningful Consequence?
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