But in reality, people who believe society shld be patriarchal & people who are feminists are a minority & most of us are neither.
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And the general idea that we can see & hear a wide range of values and make choices. Literal constraints on this must be illegal.
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If people feel psychologically constrained by certain cultural ideas, the answer is strengthening the psychology, not restricting the ideas
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In a nutshell, my problem is with 'women are made to feel' arguments followed by some prescription for protecting women from said feelings.
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Whereas men largely assumed to be able to cope with all sorts of ideas & expectations & have the psychological strength to make own choice
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It is likely that there's some truth in the claim that women need social approval more & depend on social support more but...
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...it is regressive in the true sense to underestimate & undermine women's individuality & autonomy in addressing it.
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It's patronizing & infantilizing, like women can't handle anything. Women who kick ass are the really "empowered", & that's attractive too!
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There's a lot of people who would call that notion "very gross and problematic", and then accuse you of [internalised] misogyny.
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