Olivia and Raven talk about women being demonized for how sensitive they are, the emotional work women do, and the value in emotional awareness and emotional expression.

Discussion Summary:

00:54: Whether women are conditioned to be nurturing and sensitive, or if it’s primarily biology.

02:39: Women are expected to be sensitive, but they’re demonized for being too sensitive and for not being sensitive #enough.

05:31: Learning when there’s space for your emotions, the value in being sensitive to others, and the emotional obligations women tend to have.

10:57: Why some women are people pleasers, learning to put yourself first, and whether being a people pleaser makes you a good person.

16:27: What’s problematic with being a submissive woman, and the difference between being a submissive person and a people pleaser.

22:04: How living your life for others is still prioritizing your purpose, and why living a life as a mother and housewife is not necessarily submissive, even though it’s what’s expected of women who are taught to be submissive.

26:40: The push for black women to submit to a husband, and not be strong-willed and independent-natured, when that’s not in our culture.

30:25: Healthy ways of incorporating passion, compassion, and vulnerability, using our emotions as women to empower ourselves and others, and the need for both emotional awareness and emotional expression.

34:21: The focus on developing emotional intelligence, what it is, and how it can help in our interactions with others.

38:39: Black Beauty Highlight: Marley Dias.

39:26: Outro.

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Music credits: Opening: Goestories - Noir Et Blanc Vie

Black Beauty Highlight background music: "Bass Walker" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Closing: First Class - DJ Williams