The Manual, Part 1: "Good Girl" Conditioning

Is it possible to thrive in a biased world? It can feel like an impossible task, one where we're always at risk of failing someone else. Or our own standards. Trying to navigate a world that has soooooo maaaannny rules for how we're supposed to do things can be utterly exhausting. And thankless. It also leaves many of us as perfectionistic people-pleasers. But where did those rules, standards and expectations come from anyway? In this episode, we break down the process of how we ended up in this state, starting with "good girl" conditioning. We also take a glimpse of how conditioning of additional cultural identities can compound the pressures of socialization. And we talk about the tools for breaking free of all of it. What You'll Learn:  What Good Girl Conditioning is, and how it turns into internalized sexism How we end up carrying around a "Manual", and how we end up deferring to it How our cultural background impacts the Manual The problem with the Manuals we have for ourselves Why breaking free of Good Girl Conditioning requires re-writing our Manual For more information, visit The Mental Offload.