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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
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