Can women REALLY have it all 👩🏻⚕️; Applications open for the next 5G and IoT Accelerator in Cambridge 🤖; FemHealth Insight's Revitalize Summit 🔥 + more
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While the phrase “having it all” became popular in the 1980s due to a book by the same name, its very genesis has since been debunked as both a misrepresentation and a myth.
Written by Helen Gurley Brown, who was the then-editor of US Cosmopolitan magazine, the self-help book for women made almost no mention of children and was largely about money, sex, diet, exercise, and appearance. The title has since been exposed as a marketing gimmick, one the author tried hard, but failed to have changed. Four decades later, “having it all” is a far less aspirational goal and a far more capricious penalty.
“Having it all” is now largely weaponised against professional mothers. It’s a bar men aren’t expected to reach, and yet it’s one that continually shifts and moves for women. By its very design, all unwilling participants are destined to fail.
We need a new metric – or heck, our own individualised metrics – because what is “all”? If you choose not to have children, haven’t found your soul mate, and have zero interest in a seat at a boardroom table, do you have “nothing”? We should be having more conversations and columns about priorities, self-care, sacrifice, timing, and opportunity costs. A fairer and more realistic metric is one that doesn’t reward a system where women are expected to do it all.
Read more in the story in The Guardian here.
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Community news and updates 📣
📆 FemHealth Insights is organizing a 1-day virtual summit on June 28th to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of females being included in clinical trials in the US. Use promo code WOW for 50% off your ticket!
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💬 Our member Gaby Jesson has written a blog about digital marketing for health tech companies, check it out here.
💬 Femtech: Why it's the Future of Global Healthcare, a new blog by our friends at Freshcode.
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📆 fermata announces the fourth annual Femtech Fes! 2023 in Tokyo, Japan
👭 Gennev and LifeStance Health Partner to Provide Integrated Care for Women in Menopause
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📚 Flo’s reproductive health survey reveals stark knowledge gaps amongst UK women
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