For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

Allende frames “real change” as requiring not only more women in formal authority but also a revaluation of traits culturally coded as “feminine” (e.g., empathy, care, cooperation, long-term stewardship). The quote argues that representation matters (“a critical number of women in positions of power”) because institutions tend to reproduce the values of those who lead them. Yet she also resists a simple gender binary by urging the cultivation of “feminine energy in men,” implying that social transformation depends on shifting norms of masculinity as well as opening doors for women. The underlying claim is that political and economic systems are distorted when they privilege domination and competition over relational responsibility.