Summary Of Sherri Daye Scott's Global Perspective

Girl Power and Men Global Perspective In this article, Sherri Daye Scott explains that girl power has uplifted women but has also in some way failed men. She believes that a woman can do anything a man can, and example of this is when she writes “Show me a man’s accomplishments, and I’ll raise you a woman who did the same or close to it” (Scott 2017). She explains that relationships are better when they are based on who the person is rather than who they need to be. She asks rhetorical questions such as “So why do we continue to perpetuate the idea that a man’s value in heterosexual relationships is tied to his ability to provide and protect when we know that women are perfectly capable of protecting and providing for themselves? Why have we not told men that their value lies in their willingness to act as an engaged, equal partner, promoting and supporting their own personal growth and the

Sherri Scott emphasizes that feminism has encouraged women and girls to be who they want to be but because of gender roles, men feel like they have to be breadwinners and when they are not they believe that they are not masculine. She is disheartened when she finds that recent studies say “more than 90 percent of millennials supported gender equality in business and public services in 2014, 58 percent of high school seniors also believed men should be the outside “achievers” when it comes to earning a living” (Scott 2017). Sherri Daye Scott celebrates the fact that “For eight years, the Obamas provided a public example of a marriage of equals. He ran the country, but we all know she had the brains, talent and tenacity to the same. Just as he has enough kindness, patience