Depression among girls and women - when will this stop being treated like news?

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5. I was lucky and had a very feminist mother

She didn't let fools get away with anything. It is only looking back that I can see how she shaped my self-worth by never letting anyone insult my gender, subtle or otherwise. I owe her a lot, because I realize that standing up wasn't easy.

It's definitely harder to stand up against this violent culture when you're a teenager. It's like painting a target on your back - at least in the beginning. But if it's a good cause, other people are going to join us because they will understand that they can't stand idly by. I think it says a lot about a person that they dare to speak up when others doesn't.