Self-Deprecating Women

Here's a review of Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives, by Anna Fels. The book tells the tale of women's dance of denial -- denying praise, attention and adulation that comes from a job well done. This lack of ambition translates to economic loss for women and reinforces the social notion that women aren't capable of achieving. Women may encourage each other, encourage their daughters and want for them and themselves to be able to achieve everything they're capable of, but at the same time, they frown on pride and a female's time in the limelight. It's a social phenomena that needs to change -- when half of our population continues to not be equal, it's time to for a revolution.