My book club started as a group of professional women but now we're all in our 40s and some of us are climbing corporate ladders while others stepped back for family, and every discussion somehow becomes about whether we're living up to feminist ideals. We used to bond over shared ambition but now our different choices feel like implicit judgments of each other's lives.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group united by shared values is learning that those values can be interpreted in ways that pit members against each other, turning support into subtle competition.
“Where Are You with The hyphenated identity and belonging?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.