#MeToo Will Not Survive Unless We Recognize Toxic Femininity

Women are not monolithic. Pretending they are holds everyone back.

Meghan Daum
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Published in
7 min readOct 25, 2018

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Sometimes I wish I could gather up all the women I’ve ever known, or encountered, and conduct this informal poll:

Raise your hand if you’ve ever behaved badly and blamed it on your period.

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Meghan Daum
GEN
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