Feminist movements vary in their scope of theories, ideologies, perspectives, and focus. Original feminist movements fought for an equal-to-men place in a man-designed world: to vote and voice in men-designed financial and political systems. To be taken seriously in a workspace designed for men and by men. To be rewarded in a no lesser extent while performing the same scope of work. To become sexually free and promote self-permission to pleasure and joy.
While it was necessary, important, and groundbreaking to get representation in traditionally men’s fields, roles, and games, the process of women’s inclusion into the male-designed world is not over. It is still ongoing through the fight with a system for reproductive freedoms and rights, freedom from body image stereotypes, freedom to choose household and parenting roles, and to be included in political, social, financial, cultural, and educational areas and research. We are still fighting for the basic right to feel safe, for crying out loud.
But we are still trapped in never never-ending task of comparing. We carry loads of self-doubt, guilt, resentment, and shame – because that is how we view ourselves, through men’s eyes, while not hard -and-softwired like them.
Achieving gender equality and addressing patriarchy has been a focus of feminist movements for so long already. Cycle syncing, a wise and much needed movement that promotes inner connection with one’s femeninity through cycle awareness and syncronization with phases of cycle, although does not offer a framework for protests and manifests, plays a massive role in uplifting and uniting women through a deep understanding of womanhood, the rise of gender self-awareness, and in leading towards a stigma and shame-free life as a woman.
We should exercise those two things at once – be a feminist irl and on social media, to spread uplifting girls’ power around, and remember to live cycle synced. It is the only way to gain agency over ourselves, our bodies and minds. Only then, with self-knowledge, self-love, and self-acceptance, it might finally be enough to break free from a men-centered, men-designed, ma(i)n-streamed reality where every concept turns around a golden standard to be compared to, a standard of testosterone-driven men, although they have no resemblance to estrogen-driven us. Finally, we can break free from searching for approval somewhere else and start approving ourselves.
What’s next?
Now, what is next? I see an opportunity to rethink the present so we can shape the future. I call it Flow Feminism – feminism with a cornerstone in women’s cycle synchronization.
- Flow Feminism recognizes that the modern world has inherited a generational testosterone-driven set of rules, standards, and expectations.
- Flow Feminism recognizes that in the pursuit of equal participation of women in a man’s world, women were bound to copy men’s ways while neglecting their estrogen-driven way.
- Flow Feminism recognizes that testosterone-based routines are not sustainable for estrogen-driven people, leading to unnecessary social, physical, and emotional strain.
- Flow Feminism, finally, acknowledges women’s estrogen rhythm as nature-intended and as valuable as a testosterone one.
- Flow Feminism encourages women to re-evaluate areas of their lives in terms of synchronization with their bodies’ and minds’ rhythms and encourages them to review the adopted testosterone-intended lifestyle.
- It does not compare genders, as it recognizes to each their own.
- It understands that while genders pursue equity and equality, it shouldn’t be confused with sameness. Male and female – are equally important, equally valuable, equally needed, and equally appreciated.
- Flow Feminism does not go over past trespasses but puts time and effort into helping to shift society’s mindset toward learning and growth. It acknowledges women’s not testosterone-driven timelines for being, feeling, and doing, and empowers educating and learning about them.
- Flow Feminism rethinks traditional women’s empowerment built on men-oriented routines and includes cycle-syncing skills into the women’s empowerment pitch and into relationship growth.
- Flow Feminism fosters neutral language around women’s physical and emotional volatility throughout the estrogen cycle to eradicate sexist jokes and women’s own internalized misogynistic stereotypes. It helps to heal generational shame.
- It believes that with cycle-synced womanhood, humankind is more conscious and whole.
If you (a woman or a man) are tired of rivalry, resentment, and passive-aggressive name-calling; If you aspire for feminism to be a movement of women who know who they are and how they flow; If you are ready to release yourself from the pressure of fitting in into the molds not intended for you to fit in; If you want to feel whole, then you are already a part of a Flow Feminism and ready for living in sync with your estrogen-driven flow.
