The Sisterhood Wound
- May 22
- 2 min read
Feminine spiritual circles call it “The Sisterhood Wound.”
I am bringing it mainstream.
Much more complex than the Queen Bee Syndrome, which tends to focus only on the female leader, The Sisterhood Wound is a paradigm that has been established among female communities across generations and cultures.
The Sisterhood Wound paradigm thrives on discourse among women. It influences how women conduct themselves around visibility, trust, support and safety. Often formed on the playground, in classroom settings and in pre-teenage friend groups,The Sisterhood Wound is developed through experiences of comparison, exclusion, betrayal, competition, jealousy, social punishment, emotional scarcity and conditional belonging. These patterns are developed when girls play with each other, and are solidified when women work together.
The Sisterhood Wound is a complex set of behaviors, mindset and social patterns. In its broadest sense it leans on conformity. It’s designed to keep women in line, and unconsciously in fear of one another. If a woman doesn’t adhere to the rules of the community she fears exclusion and betrayal.
Underneath conformity as a result, it feeds on the fact that women are biologically programmed to be in community with one another. We need each other. Loneliness is detrimental to our genetic makeup. It causes mental and physical health problems.
And, for a feminine leader, this paradigm is crazy making.
Like I said on Monday, women need community, but they will opt out if the community doesn’t have their highest good at the forefront.
Read the full Substack Article Here: Feminine Leadership: What Happens When Women Don't Feel Safe With Other Women
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