#GoodRead | Sallie Krawcheck: Why I’m Over Women’s ‘Empowerment’
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"Sallie Krawcheck: Why I’m Over Women’s ‘Empowerment’":
Obviously, what we have been doing to push for gender equality is not enough. To make progress, we need a more active stance.
To begin with, let's throw out a few closely-held ideas that just aren't playing out. One: the belief that progress is inevitable. Yep, that’s gone. Two: that ground, once gained, is held. And three—this one may really surprise you—I for one think we should get rid of “empowerment” as a defining word of feminism.