• trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 days ago

    I mean, maybe, but I seriously would not underestimate the internalized misogony of older women.

    A few years ago, we had an event in our village and I was assigned to do the dishes, along with a handful of younger girls.
    And for whatever reason, my aunt came into the kitchen, saw me in the dishwashing corner and then basically wanted me to say that I was only there to show the girls how to do it, not because I was working there myself.

    Like she was seriously disgruntled when I replied that the girls know just as well how to do it.

    • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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      23 days ago

      I was raised by two women like this and despite my best efforts I have internalized misogyny now. It takes a great deal of effort to overcome, especially when I’m anxious. It did make me determined to make sure my kids don’t suffer the same fate.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      23 days ago

      I worked with a Gen X nurse who once said to a patient who had told her she was an engineering student that “Oh I’m sure that’s hard! You know us women aren’t good at math.”