In her book, We Should All be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes, “Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” P. 40
NOTE: Perhaps it is because I was raised by my mom and her sisters while my dad was away at war. Or, because I was the only male in a household of six females (my wife and 5 daughters) that I am not uncomfortable around strong, independent women. They shaped the culture in which I grew up and lived. They did not let the culture shape them.