What Four Foreign Cultures Taught Me About Femininity

I struggled as a woman growing up in American culture- until I traveled abroad and learned some major lessons from other women

A couple walking hand-in-hand in a Polish city | Credited: Katie Critelli

Introduction: Beyond Honor And Shame

As a teenager, my idea of what it meant to be an American woman was shaped by Cosmopolitan magazine, Hollywood movies, Victoria’s Secret catalogues, and vague…