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Edited on Wed Nov-23-11 01:04 PM by redqueen
But that would be a lie, wouldn't it?
It doesn't magically get better for women, just because you grow up and stop being around kids who can be such jerks.
It only gets better if you numb yourself. Try to stop noticing all the ways that society keeps trying to force you into a little box marked 'other'. Try to stop noticing all the ways that so many women buy into the patriarchy, and even ape it for male attention for approval. Try to stop noticing all the ways that society sets us up to compete with each other... and for what? Male approval.
Yeah, we deserve this campaign. But first, it has to be true.
We have to start speaking out against the constant myriad reminders of society's sexist and misogynist conditioning, and not just sighing and trying to ignore it.
Ignoring it is not helping. Ignoring it is enabling people to make things worse.
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