Listeners' Choice: The Good Girl Syndrome

Thinking Reimagined® with Dr. Ama

The Good Girl Syndrome is a mindset imposed on girls and women to the detriment of their sense of Self, success and overall well-being. It is masked as socially acceptable norms - from behaviour to presentation and how to interact amongst others, to name a few. Often girls are told not to climb trees or to sit in a less suggestive manner because it would attract the wrong type of attention. Ladies are taught not to express strong views so as not to sound aggressive. They are taught to modify their attire and speak with a particular tone to avoid being labelled as rebellious. The Good Girl Syndrome is the unwritten sensible script which follows a woman throughout her life beginning with parents, then through school and then with her partner - those who expect her to have blossomed from a ‘good’ girl to a ‘good’ woman, who then becomes a ‘good’ mother. In this episode of Thinking Reimagined, Nifemi Oguntoye (Moderator), Ms. Vena Ramphal (Dancer Instructor, Author, Philosopher), Ms. Abi (Founder & Executive Director, PATISS) and Dr. Ama (Founder, Allied Empowerment®️ & Live Abundantly®️) place ‘The Good Girl Script' on the table of reason, dissect it and explain why it must to be torn up and discarded to ensure equity, inclusion and belonging in society and the workplace.