A Stark Conversation about Femmephobia with Samantha Martin

In this episode, I am talking to Samantha Martin, founder of the Femmish organization. Samanatha uses research to bring awareness around femme phobia- the systematic devaluing of femininity that people engage in when they police feminine qualities in others. This is an excellent conversation about how the world looks down on most things feminine and refuses to allow people assigned male at birth to embrace anything feminine but yet expects women to embrace femininity only to use it as a launching point of degradation.

We discuss:

The Femish Organization

The double standard of femininity vs. masculinity

Trusting other people's experiences

The devaluing of feminine professions

Toys from the Pink aisle

The value of research

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