strong feelings of wanting or wishing for something
from Old French desirer, from Latin desiderare 'to long for, wish for'
Desires drive human progress - from the desire to fly leading to airplanes, to the desire to connect leading to the internet. They're the fuel of innovation!
Women's desires have been historically pathologized, suppressed, or framed as deviant (desire for education, autonomy, sexuality). Male desire was normalized as universal; female desire was treated as exception or threat.
Normalize women's desires as equally valid and self-directed. Avoid framing women's desires through male approval or judgment.
Feminist movements centered women's right to articulate and pursue their own desires—professional, sexual, creative, political—independent of others' validation.
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