Meghan Markle today claimed that ‘strong-minded women’ are branded ‘difficult’ because it is a codeword for ‘b**ch’ – and Túi xách đi làm said that while ‘not everyone is going to like you, the goal can be for them to respect you’.
In her latest Archetypes podcast for , the said that the ‘B-word’ is being used to ‘gaslight’ women who know what they want.
Meghan also described disliking the word ‘pushy’ and admitted moderating her behaviour to avoid being perceived that way.
Describing what people mean when they say ‘b**ch’, Meghan says: ‘What these people are implying when they use that very charged word, is that this woman, “Oh, she’s difficult”. Which is really just a euphemism or is probably not even a euphemism.It’s really a codeword for the B-word.’
And speaking about the word ‘difficult’ as a way to describe women, she added: ‘My friend said to me, there’s a certain point when you come to terms with the fact that not everyone is going to like you, the goal can’t be for everyone to like you, but the goal can be for them to respect you.’
Meghan said friends are ‘reclaiming’ and ’embracing’ the ‘B-word’ – but she herself refuses to say it on the podcast, calling it the ‘B-word’ throughout or spelling it out for listeners.She said she would never use it except when referring to a female dog.
She said: ‘I remember when I was a kid and people would say “sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you”. Well, that was just a flat-out lie. Of course names hurt. But what happens when we use that pain to fuel purpose, when the B-word is shouted with one intent, but you’re able to let it go and to remind yourself of all the other words with a ‘B’ that better describe you.Beautiful, túi xách nữ thời trang xách nữ hàng hiệu blessed, brilliant, beguiling, blissful, bedazzling. Take your pick’.
On this week’s episode Meghan spoke to business leaders and entrepreneurs including Mellody Hobson, the chairwoman of Starbucks who was the first black woman to chair an S&P 500 company. She is married to creator George Lucas.
The episode entitled ‘To ‘B’ or not to ‘B” also stars Victoria Jackson, Túi xách đi làm the make-up mogul and a friend of Meghan. Miss Jackson is part of the Sussexes’ ‘close-knit group of friends’ in Montecito, California.She described being ‘raped and stabbed’ by the notorious ‘pillowcase rapist’ in the 1970s.
Miss Jackson went on to build a $1billion business and then moved into medical research after her daughter was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal eye condition.
Meghan’s new episode ‘To “B” or not to “B” is about the use of the word ‘b**ch’ and how it and other language is used to put women down
On the show Meghan speaks to business leaders and entrepreneurs including Mellody Hobson, the chairwoman of Starbucks, and her close friend Victoria Jackson, the make-up mogul