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History of Feminism

redqueen

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4. Definitely women should call it out in front of girls. Every time.

Reply to cinnabonbon (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 12:51 PM

Jan 2014

It sucks. During adolescence, more than at any other time of life, it's so much easier to just go along to get along. It's harder to choose to face these harsh truths head-on. But it pays off in so many ways.

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Depression among girls and women - when will this stop being treated like news? [View all] redqueen Jan 2014 OP

Exactly so Demeter Jan 2014 #1

I don't understand why Reviving Ophelia didn't result in widespread awareness. redqueen Jan 2014 #3

It might be uncomfortable and a little painful in the beginning cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #2

Definitely women should call it out in front of girls. Every time. redqueen Jan 2014 #4

I was lucky and had a very feminist mother cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #5

Yep, as my teen girls get older redqueen Jan 2014 #6

They're lucky to have a mother like you. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #8

Aww, thanks redqueen Jan 2014 #9

thank you for pointing this out. definitely in the "duhhhhh, ya think???" category niyad Jan 2014 #7

Right? redqueen Jan 2014 #10

It's far more complicated than that BainsBane Jan 2014 #11

What is simple is that this imbalance is true all over the world. redqueen Jan 2014 #12

The issue is depression. It's in the title of your OP BainsBane Jan 2014 #13

I stopped reading after you accused me of knowing "very little about the subject" redqueen Jan 2014 #14