Iyanla Vanzant appeared on “The Breakfast Club” on Wednesday, saying she takes issue with women apparently being conditioned to behave like men.
The former “Fix My Life” star sat down with Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy to touch on the distinction between “feminine power” and “masculine power,” though, Vanzant believes it’s become all too common for women to embody the traits that are usually associated to a man.
“We’ve been trained to be men in skirts, we do everything like men,” she said before adding that women are now even competing like the opposite sex. Vanzant then recalled a previous conversation she had not too long ago, explaining how some women would usually want their significant other to act like their girlfriend, “but when the man comes home, what they meet is another dude.”
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When asked by DJ Envy why she would consider that to be a problem, the 69-year-old said that the feminine presence is missing in the world, to the point where women’s “feminine power” is being disrespected and overlooked. “And we’ve also been taught and trained that our softness is inappropriate and dangerous; our emotions are inappropriate — you know, nobody wants to be bothered with that,” she continued. “So where do we go with that?”
Back in 2021, Vanzant shocked fans of the OWN network when she announced that her show, “Fix My Life,” would be coming to an end. The television series consisted of 10 seasons and over 130 episodes as the New Yorker helped rebuild relationships between couples and families and was regarded as one of the most popular shows on OWN.
The move to end “Fix My Life” doesn’t appear to have been a move made by executives but by Vanzant herself, after explaining in an interview with Danielle Young why she felt it was time to move on from her lengthy stint on TV.
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“One thing that eight years of Fix My Life has taught me is how mean and nasty and unkind people can be. I don’t want that energy in my life anymore,” she said.
“I don’t want people calling me names and talking about me. I’m just very sensitive to energy. I don’t deserve it and I don’t want it. So now, if you want a piece of me, you’ve got to come to me and you got to pay for it.”