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Female friendships often become places where women can think out loud, laugh without explanation, admit they are struggling and celebrate successes without feeling they have to minimise them. They are not simply pleasant additions to busy lives. For many women, they are among the relationships that help sustain them through life’s changing seasons.
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There are certain compliments that have become so woven into everyday conversation that we rarely stop to think about what they really mean. We tell friends they look amazing. We tell colleagues they look well. We ask whether someone has lost weight, usually with a smile and every intention of making them feel good about themselves. These comments are almost always offered kindly, which is perhaps why they have escaped scrutiny for so long. Yet they reveal something rather unsettling about the way we continue to value women.
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