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The Power of Women's Anger | Soraya Chemaly

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Hi! So for this week, I've decided to listen to a podcast on Ted Talks Daily  delivered by Soraya Chemaly  where she explains about the POWER OF WOMEN'S ANGER  So first, lets start off with the definition of anger given by the speaker. She mentions that anger is a  Human emotions, whether good or bad. It warns us of threat, insult, indignity and harm.   And truth be told,  girls and women are mainly taught that their anger is better left unvoiced .  It is almost like it has been gendered/categorized by who knows who, that explains that : 1. If you are a man, then it is okay to let out your anger. 2. You are expected to penalized anger if you are a woman.  3. If you're a white man and you let out your anger, then it proves that you have civic virtues. 4. However, if you're a black man, if you let out your anger, you will be labeled as criminal.  In the talk, the speaker mentioned about how her own mother h...