‘It is really not so simple to define who or what is a woman’

By 2025-06-26T11:03:00

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Veronica Zundel explains why she believes society struggles to explain what a woman is – but urges us to treat each individual with respect

“Sugar and spice and all things nice / That’s what little girls are made of.” Clearly whoever wrote this had never been to an all-girls school…But if it doesn’t mean that, what does it mean to be a woman? Does it mean to like pink, glitter and frills? Or to be maternal and nurturing? Or to find one’s fulfilment in supporting others?

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