Women Don’t Create Anything? Let’s Talk About That.

When Louis Theroux recently explored the “manosphere,” one claim stood out for its sheer confidence—and its complete detachment from reality:

“Women don’t create anything.”

It’s the kind of statement that feels almost surreal when you pause long enough to examine it. Not just because it’s incorrect—but because it ignores both history and the world we’re living in right now.

Let’s check the facts.

The Original Creators

Long before modern industry, long before venture capital and corporate hierarchies, women were seen as the creators of life itself.

In ancient societies, the feminine wasn’t diminished—it was revered.

Across cultures, we see the Mother Goddess: a symbol of creation, fertility, wisdom, and continuity. Life didn’t just pass through women—it was understood to begin with them. Creation, in its most profound form, was inherently feminine.

And societies reflected that belief.

Many early cultures operated with matriarchal or matrifocal structures, where wise women held positions of influence. They weren’t rulers in the modern sense—but guides, organisers, and keepers of balance.

Men and women had different roles—but they were complementary:

• Women orchestrated social, cultural, and familial life

• Men often carried the burden of physical labour

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It wasn’t about who created more—it was about recognising that creation itself takes many forms.

The Highest Expression of Being

At its core, creation isn’t just something we do—it’s something we are.

The highest expression of our being is to create.

We create life. We create connection. We create meaning, ideas, systems, families, businesses, art.

Every human carries that impulse.

But as a mother and a business owner, I feel this truth deeply.

To grow a child. To build something from nothing. To hold a vision and bring it into the world—again and again.

That is creation in its fullest form.

And while this isn’t limited to women, it is something many of us experience in a uniquely embodied, lived way.

A Story We Were Never Taught

If this idea feels unfamiliar, it’s not because it isn’t true—it’s because it wasn’t widely told.

One of the most powerful resources I’ve come across is Dr. Amanda Foreman’s documentary series The Ascent of Woman.

It traces 10,000 years of women’s history, showing how women have shaped civilisation across politics, science, culture, and society—often invisibly, often uncredited.

It also highlights something fascinating:

History hasn’t been a straight line of progress. Women’s status has risen and fallen dramatically over time, shifting between empowerment and restriction depending on the structure of society.

And honestly—I’m a huge documentary fan (it’s how I get through editing sessions or even ironing), and this one is absolutely worth watching.

The Shift: Power, Wealth, and Control

As societies evolved—particularly with the rise of agriculture, property, and industry—wealth began to accumulate.

With that came:

• Ownership

• Hierarchies

• Control

  
  

Technological advances and agricultural settlements reduced the reliance on hunting, physical labour and men stayed closed to home. Men also gained more access to leisure, power, and decision-making, and women were gradually relegated to the private sphere. Especially as with greater wealth, came greater reliance on the trappings of society and the need to protect it. Physically stronger men excelled in leading the sphere of protection -via which they became increasingly elevated to leadership positions.

As for women, their contributions didn’t disappear.

They just became:

• Less visible

• Less valued

• Less acknowledged

  
  

The narrative shifted from “women are creators” to “women belong in the home.”

The Invisible Work That Still Builds the World

Today, we still feel the echo of that shift.

Women carry:

• Around 70–75% of unpaid labour

• Work contributing roughly 7–11% of global GDP

  
  

The kind of work that:

• Holds families together

• Sustains communities

• Shapes the next generation

  
  

And yet—remains largely unseen.

And Still… We Create

Despite this, women are not only stepping back into public life…

They are excelling.

• Female founders generate more revenue per dollar invested

• Women-led businesses drive stronger job growth

• Women continue to lead breakthroughs across science, medicine, and technology

  
  

All while still carrying much of the invisible load.

A Return to Balance

What we’re seeing now isn’t something new.

It’s a return.

A remembering.

Women reclaiming space—not by rejecting their nature, but by expanding it.

Not as a competition with men—but as a restoration of balance.

Because creation was never owned by one gender.

So Let’s Be Clear

Women don’t just create.

We:

• Build

• Invent

• Discover

• Lead

• Nurture

• Sustain

• Transform

  
  

And always have.

The world isn’t better despite women.

It is better because of them.

And If You Need a Lighter Reminder…

Women create so much that isn’t always tangible.

Not always seen. Not always measured. But deeply interwoven into the fabric of our society—and unmistakably felt.

Stories. Culture. Emotion. Connection. The invisible threads that shape how we see ourselves and each other.

So if you’d like something a little less academic but equally convincing…

May I gently point you toward Shonda Rhimes—creator of worlds, stories, and cultural phenomena—and Bridgerton, which (let’s be honest) has probably done more for global conversation than most boardrooms.

Proof, perhaps, that women don’t just create…

We create what people feel, what people carry, what people connect through.

And sometimes—yes—what they can’t stop watching.