Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

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Patriarchic society imposes woman that they should stay behind the men and never become more powerful than men. However, Abby Wambach and her teammates and the women players before them refused patriarchic limits and choose their own way.

So, the questions arise: she was a former professional player, so what was wrong with her now? Why she had pain in her body after every time she ran? As a teenager, for example, Wambach dated boys. Why? Because it seemed to be what every other girl her age was doing. But something was missing from these early encounters, and during high school, she realized she was gay. Scared of her family’s judgment, Wambach initially hid this part of her identity, even from herself. Toward the end of high school, though, she fell in love and finally embraced her sexuality. This was her first taste of what it meant to step off the beaten path and go against the grain, following her heart rather than the status quo. Accordingly, women already have what they need for their living and they shouldn’t want more. Moreover, society tells women if they want to fight for more power, they should fight with other women. Basically, they say that women are not enough to fight with men to gain power; they should fight with each other. My problem with rating this is the execution of the book. It's just okay, very short (it might take an hour to read), and left me wanting more. Maybe I read too much nonfiction where there is a bibliography or footnotes, and I get that inspirational pieces don't always have that. This is written from the heart, based on personal experience, and at that it succeeds nicely. Apparently I expect more of something like this in book form so maybe that's my problem that should not impact my rating, but there you have it. Let's call it 3.5 stars.And I use triggered in the valid "reacting to something that brings forth an unhealthy reaction" as opposed to "I don't agree with your beliefs because they hurt my feelings or offend me." Towards the end of high school, she saw a girl and fell in love. She embraced her sexuality and came out. It was the first time that she went off course and was against the tide. She followed her heart rather than following the usual. Women must learn to refuse inequality and become stronger than ever, to resolve the inequality in pay.

At the end of the seventeen years of professional career, Wambach decided to retire. When she retired, she gave herself 3 years of recover – resting and relaxing. When she recovered she wanted to start doing exercise. Whenever she went out for running, she came home in pain. Her whole body ached every run after. On occasion, a Canadian gets swept up,such as the off-duty Montreal police officer on vacation in 2011 who was beaten so badly for taking pictures of another officer exchanging niceties with Hells Angels and other gang members that he required extensive surgery.

According to Wambach, the story of change in leadership in her team can make lots of teams, even the teams not from the sporting realize that leadership doesn’t have to show power and dominance only. The best teamwork happens not only when all the members support, motivate and listen to each other, but also when the leaders aren’t afraid to leave the old styles behind. For example, she dated boys when she was a teenager. Because every other girl was doing it that way. However, she was not sure about what she was going through while dating boys. During high school, she realized that she was homosexual. She was scared about what would her family say and she hid this fact and she couldn’t even confess to herself. For me, the more unfortunate part is always lost potential. This book captures a high intensity moment of the characters’ lives, but does nothing to expand on the characters’ respective actions and the subsequent plot elements. For example, why not explore the first episodes of changing and how the family kept this secret from the rest of the town? Why skip 15 years of the main character’s lives, making the rationales for their respective personalities a mystery? Why not explore the characters’ bizarre behaviours through the lens of Tora’s crush, letting the reader experience the connection and reason why said 'crush' might make a good ally? I have no idea. What keeps the pay gap in existence is not just the entitlement of men. It's the gratitude of women. Our gratitude is how power uses tokenism of a few women to keep the rest of us in line. p37 Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kristin Ramsey, an arson investigator investigating the cause of the forest fire

Gender equality… Even though this phenomenon seems improved as compared to the past, there are still things to do to make it better. After all those years, patriarchy still affects society and many women do nothing but obey those maxims of patriarchy. The stated maxims don’t let women become more powerful and freer than before. In this story, women made a great success, yet it’s not the same result for the other women around the world. Patriarchy imposes that a woman should be a perfect figure for whatever she is doing. Thus, when women fail at something, they get disappointed and lose their motivation, because they think that they are not perfect. What I loved: The writing style was expertly selected and employed in this book to provide all the context and information in a really visceral and emotional way. The style made the girls' feelings seem more raw and intense as the reader travels through the group in terms of perspectives. Their curiosity, pain, and anger really came through the scenes where it applied.

They became stronger, braver and more successful. You can do the same. Find powerful and courageous women like yourself and stay with them. Praise, celebrate, support and sustain each other. In the soccer match, teams should score a goal to win the game. Whichever team scores most wins. So, scoring a goal is the most joyful moment in the match, because the team comes closer to the winning. Throughout her career, Wambach scored 184 goals and after scoring every single time she praised her teammates by pointing at them. I learned about this book because of the new Paramount+ show. It's been advertised alongside the Teen Wolf reunion movie, so OF COURSE I had to give it a shot. The story tension builds through the points of view of eight of the nine girls who each have their own poems, and a collective POV voice of "we" representing the girls as a group. The story grows through these multiple voices which combine to show the workings of Havenwood and other significant characters who live there and how the girls engage with the community. There are a few encounters with the outside world, both people coming in, and twice the girls venturing out. I didn't notice until I'd read through the book that one of the nine, Rose, did not have her own poems. It was skillfully done and of course, raises the question: why?