Amanda NorthcuttFounder & CEO | Keynote Speaker, LevelUp · B2B sales as a solo is HARD. I’ve got you. I help consultants & coaches sell high-ticket services comfortably & confidently, while enjoying consistent, predictable revenue | Founder & CEO | Speaker |

How women can smash the patriarchy

12 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker argues that achieving gender equity requires both individual and systemic change, driven primarily by women gaining financial power. She emphasizes that when millions of women control money, they can fund politicians and shape policies that promote equity. The speaker calls for personal responsibility, unlearning harmful behaviors, and establishing new habits, while also urging a collective commitment—a shared "playbook"—so that micro‑level actions align with macro‑level policy shifts. The overall message is that women already have a historic track record of effecting change, and with coordinated financial empowerment, they can create a decisive shift toward equity.

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The big shift happens when we have millions and eventually billions of women all rowing in the same direction toward equity. It starts with you. It starts with me. We all have responsibility. Nobody gets a ticket out of this, right? If we want to make the change, we've all got to be in on it. And to bring this conversation like just totally 100% full circle, women having money in their hands means that women can support, again, politicians and therefore policy change that bring about equity on a macro scale within our governments. And I firmly believe that if we can make If we're making changes on both the individual level and the policy level, the micro will meet the macro again, and that's where the big shift is going to occur. And as women, like, we hold the power within ourselves and within our communities to bring this about. We just need the playbook and a commitment from each of us. We all undoubtedly have a list of behaviors that need to be unlearned and new habits established. But considering the track record of all the women, all that women have done throughout history, I think we've got this. We can make this happen.