Trauma cycle on our gender....

shinyjewels · 2020-11-27T22:26:25+00:00

Society has conditioned us to not be assertive. From a young age, our boundaries are continually tested, and we are punished for being firm in our boundaries ("don't be mean", "he probably didn't mean it", "you're overreacting"). Society literally trains women to be pushovers in our own lives.

SpringJonesOcean · 2020-11-27T21:39:59+00:00

LOVE her.

san__404 · 2020-11-28T13:14:58+00:00

AOC is such an amazing role model. She’s constantly belittled but she is such a force of power I know that she will go even further in success. I can’t wait to see her progress even more she’s definitely inspiring a new power

Novemberinthechair · 2020-11-28T00:04:32+00:00

This has been better said by Andrea Dworkin, Kimberle Crenshaw, Gloria Steinem, Fran Lebowitz and Margaret Atwood. Read them all.

Galileo_Spark · 2020-11-28T17:20:58+00:00

This also what the constant pushback against “Karens” by primarily men is all about. Cowing other women into silence.

There was a post on legaladvice about a woman who tried to get a ring fixed. She noticed they switched out the expensive and unique stone when they fixed it. When she called to complain he said she was just being a “Karen“ to try to shut her up. Men will try to use labeling women as Karen’s to get them to shut up should they try to speak out. I consider men who go on and on about Karen’s to be waving a small red flag,

Title	Trauma cycle on our gender....
Author	libralia
Upvotes	791
Comments	14
Date	November 27, 2020 6:21 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/FemaleDatingStrategy
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/k26itb/trauma_cycle_on_our_gender/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/trauma-cycle-on-our-gender.330385 https://theredarchive.com/post/330385

Comments