Anthropain is pain inflicted by human beings on other human beings.
Women experience anthropain in the negotiation of their everyday
lives. This book tells the stories of eight women and their
reactions to anthropain encountered as they engage in their
respective socio-economic and political struggles. The eight women
are drawn from a village in Africa. They express their feminine utu
(humanness) through what is termed here "sweet sobs." They weep in
pain, but turn their tears into creative energy that generates
resilience, hope, productivity, inspiration, positive change, and
sustainable development. This book is about shunning the ostrich
mentality, avoiding living in denial, turning lemons into lemonade,
and acknowledging that, while life will not always be fair, one has
to negotiate in life to achieve desired outcomes. It is a
celebration of women's resilience, creativity, and bouncing back
amidst adversity. While the issue of class, privilege, race,
ethnicity, and stereotyping has divided the global women's
movement, the book represents a handy common denominator to rally
women to stop violence, gender stereotypes, and exploitative
economic relations and leave a positive legacy that inspire others.
The analysis is illuminated by Gikuyu orature, womanism, and
feminism. It contributes to the understanding of the feminist
crisis in the public domain, in corporate and government
boardrooms, and at the grassroots level in peasant and economic
informal activities and in rural households and informal
settlements. It calls for the re-evaluation of current gender
methodologies, which portray women as victims of patriarchy,
exploitative economic relations, and climate change. It
demonstrates the power of the story as a tool of gendered research
and women's empowerment.
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