Breeder and other words we use to hurt our own.

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Originally Posted by Dylan

I wonder why conversations about U.S. specific sexism and misogyny always/often turn into conversation about global sexism and misogyny and focusing on issues "over there".

I still contend that women/girls ARE *still* seen as baby makers, and I also still contend that they're groomed to be such the second they come out of the womb in this country...this one, right c'here.

I also still contend that this originally stems from thousands of years of religious tyranny, and that it is fully perpetuated in children's television/advertising/clothing options/etc.

I would also like to add that the Sacred Mother b.s. is what keeps many women covered in burqas and such (which many people on this site find offensive to women, yet some of those same people don't see how we do the same thing in this country to 'protect' our women).

i agree and i woke up wondering how all/any women (the ones here posting now) side-stepped the female-indoctrination in our society.

*and i had pretty "liberal" parents/was raised in southern california. i knew my 'place' and what was expected of me as *female*. also, i think people may *know* now the difference but it's one thing to learn some theory (as an adult), quite another thing to have experienced a pretty average childhood where you watched some tv, attended school (not home-schooled), went to a few friends' houses, had some religion or not--the media (even if you never watched TV) exposes you to society's expectations.