78: Confidence Porn (Episode 78)

In this Episode

Have you ever considered the consequences of focusing so heavily on women and girls’ confidence, or lack thereof? If women and girls are excluded from certain spaces and careers, or don’t negotiate salaries, or struggle to ask for what they want in a relationship, the solution is often: “She just needs more confidence…She needs to believe in herself more!” On this week’s pod, Shaunna and Lisa discuss their views on the harm created by an over-emphasis on women and girls’ confidence and how it obscures the systemic nature of their inequality. In a culture so dedicated to individualism, “leaning-in,” and working hard, it is all too easy to focus on the need for women and girls to change something internally rather than on the traps inherent in the various systems they encounter. Whether employment, family, or sport, it isn’t always a lack of confidence that holds women and girls back. This episode was inspired by the article How Women’s Confidence Became a Cult in The Atlantic, published March 7, 2022 by Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill.

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