The Problem With “Strong Women”
The phrase is generally an excuse to give women an extra load.
5 min readMar 25, 2019
One of the niftiest things about the patriarchy is it manages to take even those things that should be good for women, and turn them against us. Take the trope of the “Strong Woman.” It sounds complimentary — like it would be recognising the fact that women are just as strong as men, breaking the…