"CONFIDENCE" is a cult

Summary by Krater

The video discusses the "cult of confidence" and the pressure on women to achieve personal improvement and self-confidence, while ignoring structural systemic issues like poverty and racism.

From the video

Answers: What is the cult of confidence and how does it affect women?

• self confidence
• cult of confidence
• women empowerment
• structural inequality
• mental health
• woke washing

Ingredients

• green onion
• lemon
• shrimp
• butter
• potatoes
• cabbage slaw
• bread roll

What it concludes

• The idea of inner confidence has been pitched as a foolproof solution for so long that it has become inescapable and cult-like.
• Confidence culture incites women to confess their insecurities while ignoring structural sources of vulnerability like poverty, ill health, racism, and sexism.
• Companies often brand themselves as woke to capitalize on political awareness while their internal structures do not reflect these values.
• Self-care cannot be an act of political warfare if the only battle you are waging is against your frown lines with a $110 moisturizer.
• The online self-care community is elitist and classist, and ignores systemic issues affecting marginalized people.