💼 The Economy of Care: Why Feminine Intelligence Belongs in System Design. TechSheThink | Systemic Reform | Women in Tech
⚙️ Opening Reflection The global economy runs on invisible labour — and most of it has a woman’s name on it. From unpaid care work to emotional management in the workplace, women sustain the systems that pretend to run without them. But what happens when the “soft skills” that keep organisations functioning are systematically undervalued? When empathy becomes an afterthought — or worse, a liability — in an age of AI and automation? We’re at a breaking point. Not just socially, but systemically. Because no system built without care can sustain itself for long. 💡 Section 1: The Myth of Meritocracy in Tech and Economics We talk about merit as though it’s neutral. But merit in most systems has been coded around masculine values — competition, control, and speed. Women in tech and economics navigate a world that rewards certainty over intuition, output over empathy, and noise over nuance. Feminine intelligence — emotional literacy, relational thinking, intuition — doesn’t fit ...