I actually believe that university degrees train the mind to approach issues and solve them with a process that stays with people for life. Learned skills are not job specific.
I don't understand why there's a desire to strip away Esther's achievements and describe her as reliant on the male chemistry major for decision making and structure. She was an accomplished intelligent woman in her own right, not a subservient woman dependent on a man for direction.
I think there is a misunderstanding here.
I’m thinking, by way of example, of the comedic stereotype of the “absentminded professor”...a genius in his field who muddles, at times thru the simple things in daily life. In our family, we have a beloved member...a physician...with numerous advanced degrees including graduating from the most prestigious training hospital in the US. She is brilliant and acknowledged to be so in her field...but locks herself out of her own house, forgets to close the door of her car backing out of the garage.etc She is honed in like a laser on her job, but the trivial things of life, sometimes not so much.
We do chuckle about this in the family...as does she, when these things are over...but that in no way strips her of any of her amazing achievements or impacts her contributions in her field of work...nor does it imply disrespect from any of us for her achievements. Frankly, the whole family is in awe of her.
In our discussion of Esther, in the same way, we can be greatly impressed by her achievements and still examine her preparedness for her sport as well as her mental state. Why discuss her mental state...because it is Esther herself who is repeatedly referencing her fears, worries, anxieties about the future. We are only discussing what she has publicly given us to discuss...on an OPEN TO ALL blog and Instagram.
We have been looking in particular at her routine and preparedness for her solo adventures. In doing so, we have relied a lot on her own comments and her own descriptions of her feelings. Yes, there have been two articles from tabloids, but would they have been on interest if she had not laid the groundwork with her public comments?
‘And yes, questions arise about a mysterious missing woman, when we examine public comments that she herself provided to us.
Why does she seem so dependent on Dan “to get her going” to the point that he makes numerous texts of do so?
Why, why does this accomplished mature woman make numerous comments about having to rely on Dan to give her confidence?
Why so many comments that specify her fear?
How can she be perceived as anything but vulnerable when she’s tells us this HERSELF?
Aside from this groundwork of pervasive anxiety, I believe it is valuable to read what our experts have said about her preparation. Why does she seem unprepared as to whether there’s a “winter room” at her planned next stop, when she’s at a peak late in the afternoon?
Asking for food, muted colors of clothes, all have been points of concern in our discussion. If an accident happened, we hope to understand why. IMO, it’s not blaming Esther to try to understand her own words; nor is it blaming her to assess her preparedness on this trip by what verified experts would suggest.
“Save the next girl.”
How can this be blaming the victim when the victim herself provides an open public record herself? Or when experts try to understand what confluence of choices might have made her vulnerable to an accident?
