Many people have pointed out that my experience of not being condescended to could be related to my liberal & female-dominated workspaces.
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I concede that this probably is a reason I am quite focused on the problems in feminism & also think sexism against men is a thing.
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I am aware that highly socially conservative communities exist where men can be expected to lead in all ways. I don't live in one tho.
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I'll certainly support women who do. But I find most of the complaints of mansplaining etc come from women with similar backgrounds to me.
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My father is very conservative in all things including gender roles but this did not extend to regarding me as less intellectually capable.
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It does mean that he tends to think it doesn't much matter what I do, tho. He's quite happy for me to study history & write about culture.
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I know that if I'd have been a boy, he'd be incredibly disappointed that I'm not spending 80 hrs a week running a highly successful business
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As I have no desire whatsoever to do that, it works out rather well. Nevertheless, he did try to interest me in economics.
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And his lessons on economics & maths probably underlie my loathing of economics and my irrational fear of maths, tbh. XD
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