A study of children & their parents around the world that I quote in The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls found that gender stereotypes are set at an early age. By the time they’re 10, girls have accepted they’re weak & vulnerable; boys that they’re strong & independent
It resonates as we watch the dangerous masculinity of #Trump & other men engage in by refusing to wear a mask, scoff at #Covid_19 etc “As they grow up, boys are more likely to engage in dangerous and deadly behavior ― drug abuse, smoking, reckless driving” google.com/amp/s/www.huff… 
“Such differences are socially not biologically determined.”
The study released in 2017 by the World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found Kids learn this “truth” about gender from their parents, friends and teachers at a very young age.
The study released in 2017 by the World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found Kids learn this “truth” about gender from their parents, friends and teachers at a very young age.
For the Global Early Adolescent Study, researchers conducted interviews beginning in 2011 with boys and girls and their parents in 15 countries ― including the United States, Belgium, China, Egypt, India, Kenya and Nigeria.
#Covid_19 has killed more men than women - double # in Italy.
And yet #Trump is exhorting “Don’t let it dominate you! Don’t be afraid!”
Will the pandemic entrench these socializations or will we take it as a chance to demolish the deadly consequences of dangerous masculinity?
And yet #Trump is exhorting “Don’t let it dominate you! Don’t be afraid!”
Will the pandemic entrench these socializations or will we take it as a chance to demolish the deadly consequences of dangerous masculinity?
Reading about why men are so fucking cavalier about #COVID19, researcher after researcher effectively says we have to tiptoe around men’s egos.
Men like #Trump bully doctors & those around them into letting them die.
Telling them they endanger their families DOESN’T WORK.
Men like #Trump bully doctors & those around them into letting them die.
Telling them they endanger their families DOESN’T WORK.
I am thinking of that last point when I yell FUCK THE PATRIARCHY.
Men are socialized to be selfish. We keep telling them patriarchy hurts you too. Even when it hurts them, they continue to bully those around them into letting them die. And it doesn’t just hurt them alone.
Men are socialized to be selfish. We keep telling them patriarchy hurts you too. Even when it hurts them, they continue to bully those around them into letting them die. And it doesn’t just hurt them alone.
I’m thinking out loud for an essay I’m writing.
I made this FEMINIST GIANT Dispatch from the Pandemic in May. We must say loudly and clearly “Fuck Normal.”
The “normal” that brought us here is deadly.
🎥 @rerutled
I made this FEMINIST GIANT Dispatch from the Pandemic in May. We must say loudly and clearly “Fuck Normal.”
The “normal” that brought us here is deadly.
🎥 @rerutled
Patriarchy is dangerous.
The ways patriarchy socializes us all are deadly.
Patriarchy hurts most of us - when it’s not actively killing - and very few benefit from it.
Asking “what is patriarchy?” is like asking a fish “what is water?”
The ways patriarchy socializes us all are deadly.
Patriarchy hurts most of us - when it’s not actively killing - and very few benefit from it.
Asking “what is patriarchy?” is like asking a fish “what is water?”
It is everywhere. Its effects are especially visible during this dangerous, intense & incredibly unjust time of pandemic.
We must not lose the opportunity we have to target & dismantle it. The octopus is a wonderful creature & also perfect for my analogy.
We must not lose the opportunity we have to target & dismantle it. The octopus is a wonderful creature & also perfect for my analogy.
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