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In reply to the discussion: "We raise girls to cater to the fragile egos of men." [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)but, we were not equal. not even a consideration. i can remember as an older teen, it dawning on me, regardless of the words i used, regardless of what we were all starting to say, i believed, that man was simply more competent and capable. was like me hitting my own head up against the wall.
i was so angry. the audacity of society to be so... insidious to feed and condition me with this crap when intellectually i knew better.
my parents did not play out that role. they did not feed it to me. the expected more out of me than brothers. my mother very vocal. my father the utmost in respectful and loving.
and yet still, society and culture had conditioned me.
think how easy it is for the boys, that are being rewarded, not punished like us girls. if we bought into it, then just how fuggin' easy will it be for boys.