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What is bad is often not the things themselves but pressure to do them and consequences when one doesn't.
E.g. things like make-up. Without gender expectations it could be an interesting hobby or a funny thing to do from time to time.
What is bad is often not the things themselves but pressure to do them and consequences when one doesn't.
E.g. things like make-up. Without gender expectations it could be an interesting hobby or a funny thing to do from time to time.
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Just like any other hobbys. But it's something totally different when there is pressure in the society for females to apply it (it takes a lot of time which can be spent elsewhere) and there are negative consequences, if they don't.
Just like any other hobbys. But it's something totally different when there is pressure in the society for females to apply it (it takes a lot of time which can be spent elsewhere) and there are negative consequences, if they don't.
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Things are often neutral (but some are not e.g. extremely high heels are unhealthy), but it's society values that makes them tools of oppression. Societies can make many neutral things into tools of opression.
Things are often neutral (but some are not e.g. extremely high heels are unhealthy), but it's society values that makes them tools of oppression. Societies can make many neutral things into tools of opression.
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The fight is not against things themselves but against their use as tools of oppression by the society.
Many people seem to miss this difference.
When a thing is no longer used as a tool of opression, it doesn't make sense to fight against it anymore. The work is done.
The fight is not against things themselves but against their use as tools of oppression by the society.
Many people seem to miss this difference.
When a thing is no longer used as a tool of opression, it doesn't make sense to fight against it anymore. The work is done.
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The difficult part is to realise which things are tools of oppression and which are neutral. People have different ideas about it and that's good. They discuss and make their own minds and provide arguments for things being or not being tools of oppression.
The difficult part is to realise which things are tools of oppression and which are neutral. People have different ideas about it and that's good. They discuss and make their own minds and provide arguments for things being or not being tools of oppression.
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