Eve’s message is that everyone has been oppressed not just one type of person. She believes all humans, man or woman have lost their inner girls. This is very different from all the other speakers because they all focused on one group of people and how they were oppressed. Eve does specify one specific group which are young ladies who have been physically violated, but these woman began her movement and started her whole thought process about the inner girl being lost. Eve is a very unique empowering woman. She wants everyone to allow feelings and confusion back into our lives. She believes being a girl is very unique and that its powerful that’s why everyone has been trained not to be one. Eve showed many other sides of woman, and the benefits of how they are genetically wired. She said shes proud that she is an emotional creature! Shes proud she creates the way she does. It is who she is and it allows her to be her. I agree with Eve 100%, everyone needs to allow that vulnerability back into their lives, allow themselves to feel every emotion out there. While traveling and listening to these women, helping them repair them selves she has realized all women want to please. Whether they want to make their fathers proud of them or some other male figure, they want to do the best they can and be the best they can all the time. And I for one feel this most of the time, I always want to please everyone which most of the time is impossible. And needs to be changed I am all for changing the verb to educate or empower or any other verb. Girls have been this was since the beginning of time. Eve has a very different message, she wants everyone to find and connect their inner girl.
Eve is an empowering woman! I am pretty confident that she has gained a lot of awareness about this issue just from her Ted talks speech. I think that she has convinced everyone to find their inner girl to let their emotions roam free without even trying to persuade them; well, she tried to persuade them, but she didn’t say things directly and repetively about finding your inner girl. People who do hide their emotions and “girl cell” traits are missing out for sure!
I also agree that everyone needs to be more vulnerable sometimes. You did a good job interpreting her speech!
Your post summed up her speech really well since you told about her views in detail! The idea of everyone having an “inner girl” seems pretty logical, I mean, maybe I’m biased, but everyone should be able to feel what women feel, at least a little. Compassion and showing vulnerability should not be seen as weak, like you said. Great post!