I have often observed that the harshest critics of women are women. The judgments women sometimes pass on other women are scary. It’s one of the many topics addressed in Liza Donnelly’s TedX talk, “Drawing Upon Humor for Change.”

The primary policemen [of rules women should conform to] are women. We are the carriers of the tradition. We pass it down from generation to generation.

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