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riderinthestorm

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10. My husband's a pro athlete in a sport that's completely gender neutral

Reply to HockeyMom (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 09:23 PM

Feb 2014

Both males and females compete in total gender equality (horse sports). Even the horses themselves are gender neutral with as many successful female horses as male.

My daughters have grown up in a world where everyone does everything - on a farm there's no luxury of a "male" task versus a "female" task. If a fence board's down, whoever sees it has to get out the tools to fix it. If I'm overtime handling horses for the vet, my husband makes dinner.

Your OP reinforces some of my own experience. True working class homes really never had the luxury of gender roles.

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Gender roles [View all] HockeyMom Feb 2014 OP

exactly hockey it is bullshit. and it is being sung loudly in every corner. all the time media seabeyond Feb 2014 #1

And the backlash is getting stronger Warpy Feb 2014 #4

exactly. this reducing a woman merely to a fuck is really the only thing that is left. seabeyond Feb 2014 #13

+ eleventy thousand! Squinch Feb 2014 #2

That's probably because they are kids LittleBlue Feb 2014 #3

In practice, "eliminating gender roles" means "no pretend guns, no running and no competition". lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #5

cause really, no girl plays with guns, runs or competes. makes me a boy. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #6

Skyrocketing male suicide rates have everything to do with gender roles. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #11

If so, then it's reasonable to ask what we were doing right in 1955. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #12

Or figure out what drove them to suicide in the first place NuclearDem Feb 2014 #19

actually, from what i understand is our girls attempt suicide more, the boys are more effective. and seabeyond Feb 2014 #14

Or at least Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #7

my son at 19 is finding that has very much changed. i hope so. agreed. these are learned, seabeyond Feb 2014 #8

I agree 1000words Feb 2014 #9

many people, especially a strong push from men, believe it is innate and they are not conditioned seabeyond Feb 2014 #15

My husband's a pro athlete in a sport that's completely gender neutral riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #10

i was raised as a person, not a gender. my challenge in adult life, seabeyond Feb 2014 #16

Oh sea... still holding my breath about my wild child but maybe there's light? riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #20

wowsers.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #21

I know you and your brother's story which is why I was so open riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #22

as always.... seabeyond Feb 2014 #24

BRAVO! redqueen Feb 2014 #17

I really don't have anything to add... one_voice Feb 2014 #18

A family after my heart :) nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #23

Im of the opinion LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #25