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History of Feminism

BainsBane

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1. I'm not sure

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 03:33 PM

Mar 2014

I definitely had authoritarian parents. I don't think they were particularly sexist, however. My mother is strongly pro-choice, emphasized (demanded) high educational success, taught me about birth control at a young age, and insisted that being a woman didn't depend on having children. All that sounds great, and it is. It was the stuff you list above that wasn't so great.

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Authoritarian parenting and sexism/misogyny: is there a correlation? [View all] YoungDemCA Mar 2014 OP

I'm not sure BainsBane Mar 2014 #1

Interesting YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #3

at least in two ways: assoc with fundamentalism, assoc with battering zazen Mar 2014 #2

PS: Authoritarian isn't authoritative zazen Mar 2014 #4

Great posts, thank you. nt redqueen Mar 2014 #5

It is definitely a tight rope. boston bean Mar 2014 #7

there you go. difference. cause i have hard ass lines. i repsect the kid. i have always listened seabeyond Mar 2014 #8

I agree with you re: fundamentalism YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #6

Authoritarian parents mzteris Mar 2014 #9

If that division is extreme, possibly ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #10

interesting point--when mass sexual self-objectification is cultural norm, zazen Mar 2014 #11

I think there's a lot of truth in that. I read or heard that fathers who treat their wives badly Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #12