There’s a depletion in respect people have a reason to give you when you aren’t a trustworthy person, constantly saying inauthentic things makes you untrustworthy it’s a domino effect of having reliable people in your life bc you’re a liability
Boy math is calling women as "bad
drivers" when in fact men are responsible for 73% of car accidents. Boy math is calling women "emotional" when men are responsible for 90% of violent crimes. Boy math is calling women as "dependent" even though women carry out about three times more unpaid care and domestic work than men around the world. Boy math is calling women as being "overly sensitive" even though women score higher in cognitive empathy in 57 countries. Boy math is calling women "weak" while in most countries men have a significantly shorter life expectancy than women.
AUGUST
A - Authenticity over approval.
U - Understanding my needs without apologizing for them.
G - Growing into the person I no longer have to pretend to be.
U - Unlearning the beliefs that taught me to abandon myself.
S - Speaking my truth, even when my voice shakes.
T - Trusting myself to choose the life that feels true to me.
You should study what makes you defensive. The topic you avoid, the joke that irritates you, the question that feels insulting, the feedback you instantly reject. Defensiveness is usually the guard dog sitting in front of a weakness you have not trained yourself to face.