International Women's Day

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend (for free, yay!) the International Women's Day Luncheon at Monash University Clayton. 

At the luncheon Dr Cordelia Fine gave a keynote address in which she talked about her recent research that examined how gender stereotypes pervade neuroscience research. As such, her most recent book, Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex has gone straight to the top of my Amazon wish list.  
Cordelia's background is impressive.  Alumni of Cambridge University, Oxford University and University College of London, you can only begin to imagine the achievements section on her CV.  Cordelia is the kind of women that young women need to be able to see in the media as per my previous post about the documentary, Miss Representation.  With role models like Cordelia visible in every day media, would women change the way they think about themselves, their abilities and perhaps begin to challenge gender stereotypes that have been entrenched within our society for so long?

This YouTube video was presented by Cordelia and received a huge laugh at the luncheon yesterday.  After considering this for some time I can't help but wonder if as women we are required to be more masculine in order to begin to break down gender stereotypes?  Do we need to lose femininity in order to prove our worth?


Happy Thinking x