It does try. However, we're largely ignoring this as usual & doing our own thing anyway.
#WomenAreNotCulturallyConstructed
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I don't deny social pressure exists but think we need to promote ignoring it &asserting individuality more than accuse others of exerting it
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'I was made to feel this & so couldn't do what I wanted to do or be who I wanted to be' is feeble & makes others responsible for ur feelings
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Which isn't to say it doesn't happen and people don't feel daunted by social expectations & give into them.
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But if you're a woman in the west now, you really do have the power to decide what to do with your life quite safely & with minimal censure.
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So I'm not hugely sympathetic to 'I was made to feel unwelcome in science because a scientist wore a shirt with cartoon women on it' or...
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The shirt incident was ridiculous. But what about cases where they're repeatedly put down because of their gender?
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