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"She Can't Keep a Man": Unpacking a Harmful Phrase and Reclaiming Your Standards
There's a phrase that gets hurled at single women, especially those who've had relationships end: "She can't keep a man." It's wielded like a weapon, designed to shame, to make women question themselves, to suggest some fundamental inadequacy. But let me tell you what I've learned: this phrase says far more about outdated expectations than it does about the women it targets. The Women They're Actually Describing When people say a woman "can't keep a man," they're often talkin
Naeemah Shakir
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