Walking Out, Quietly: Women’s Subtle Acts of Resistance
What does it really mean to “walk out on family”? At first glance, the phrase sounds straightforward and even gender-neutral. But through the lens of culture, it carries a heavy weight - especially when the one doing the walking out is a woman. Society often condemns such acts as selfish or unnatural, reducing women to caricatures when they step outside the strict boundaries of family life. Yet not all walkouts are loud or dramatic. Many women resist quietly, in fleeting moments of refusal, carving out hidden spaces of selfhood within the folds of patriarchy. This blog reflects on these subtle, everyday acts of defiance - resistances that may appear invisible, but which hold profound power. When we say someone “walked out on family,” do we ever pause to ask: who do we imagine doing the walking out ? The phrase sounds gender-neutral, but through the lens of culture it rarely is. The act becomes deeply political the moment the subject is a woman. For women, to walk out on family is ...