As dismal as this may sound, I'm not advocating that women abandon their trust in sisterhood. I'm just saying that it's important for women to be real about it. Sisterhood is not sainthood. Women can be feminists, love other women, work for their sistas' continued advancement and still occasionally exhibit less than benevolent behavior. Fronting like we're morally superior and less prone to competitive, jealous, aggressive, violent, devious or even trifling impulses not only thwarts our attempts at personal growth, it puts other women in danger.
Friendship is built on a personal relationship between two people.
Sisterhood is built on an allegiance to a cause. You can be down for the cause without blindly inviting female strangers into your personal life. Trusting a woman you barely know with your man, your money, your children or the intimate and most precious details of your life is not feminist. Women would be wise to learn the distinction. Shop O2 .