Dear Friends,
Emma Watson is taking He For She to the next level, IMPACT 10x10X10.
As a mother, I raise my son to be androgynous, to have a set of skills that are both instrumental and expressive, both masculine and feminine traits. Because the traditional gender roles do both men and women a disservice, depriving them both of affection and accomplishments, warmth and achievements, friendliness and assertiveness.
According to research, girls are accepted as tomboys more than boys as feminine. But the good news is that each new generation is more egalitarian. Emma is a wonderful model for the new generation.
What I find key, is that not one gender is more important than the other, we are both human. This isn’t a hate-men campaign, on the contrary, a campaign of unity.
My husband, being a compassionate man, sees himself as a feminist, and also as a vessel to encourage other men to become aware of their feelings, and help them feel comfortable in providing warmth, tenderness, affection and support to their partners.
A 2006 survey found that marriages with both spouses in traditional gender roles are generally less happy with their marriages than androgynous couples, even still as time goes by.
When we enter a romantic relationship, we all want warm and affectionate partners, but a person with high instrumental skills and low expressive skills, makes it difficult to have an intimate relationship.
And being low in instrumentality is like being low in assertiveness and personal strength.
This campaign, is not only for women, and that is what I love about it, it’s also for men. Where both genders benefit.
As Elizabeth Gilbert said beautifully, “It seems rude NOT to call yourself a feminist, given what feminism delivered to us.”
Cheers to He For She!