I think some people are overreacting to Keira Knightley saying she has chosen films for her 3-year-old daughter in which women have strong roles and rejected ones in which they are passive. I don't know any of her other views on gender issues which could be awful but this is OK.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't think that there is anything wrong with passivity, fragility, or gentility. I encourage my daughters to pursue literature with a wide variety of characters because the world is filled with a wide variety of characters. I want my daughters to value all personality types.
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Replying to @arceyt3
Hmmm. Not a fan of the whole anti-fragile thing? I don't think there's a problem with being a reserved and gentle person, of course, but I do think people who lack agency and can't cope with life need to seek help.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Is there a correlation between gentile, fragile, passive natures and an inability to cope with life? I have no clue about the science.
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Replying to @arceyt3
This is what is being referred to, yes. Passivity is the opposite of taking action and fragility is about not being able to cope with things. The latter if most often used in relation to the increasing sensitivity to words. Microaggressions. Trigger warnings etc. See Haidt.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Ahh ok. I was thinking emotionally sensitive/ empathetic/shy/unassuming vs. So fragile you are unable to cope with language. I have a passive, shy, soft spoken daugter. I'd hate for her to believe that she needs to abandon her gentle nature to be a valued person.
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Replying to @arceyt3 @HPluckrose
I also have a very aggressive, spit fire of a girl with no fear and a very dominant personality. So idk if its a nurture thing.
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I have one somewhere in between but not in the sense of being a more average personality. Mix of social awkwardness and fearlessness!
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