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i grew up in an actually-really-trad culture; I thought women shouldn’t be allowed to vote, the expectation for my future was to definitely become a housewife, women weren’t allowed to hold religious authority over men, wives were explicitly expected to submit to husbands 1/

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Tangent answer: making sure no kid gets confined in a narrow worldview like that is one of the reasons I am, in principle, for mandatory public education. The role of the State is to protect the citizens, that include protecting kids against their parents' madness.

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I was homeschooling and, while it obvious had downsides, I consider that to be one of the best things that happened for me in my entire life

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Well, some of my years in public education were among the best things that happened for me. So… Society is always about compromise. We forsake the thrill of the hunt for the safety of a full belly. Avoiding kids less resilient than you be messed for life is worth considering.

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