Um, I don't think I would have any moral authority for saying no, since they're @laurenarankin's words, not mine.[*] If you feel like mentioning that you saw it through my posting it, great, but I'd say even that is optional since ultimately I have no claim on what @laurenarankin wrote.
And yes, even given what society and even often parents teach, not all lessons stick, thank goodness. Heck, society and my parents tried really hard to teach me I was supposed to be a man, and I'm not ...
[*] My thinking is: it was posted in public without any visible "please don't quote" notices and -- importantly -- the quotation is short enough to seem in my non-lawyerly opinion to be a fair-use-suitable size, so it should be okay (I hope) for me to have quoted.
Well, I was going to link to you/your post directly but of course I can do it the other way, too, in which case I agree no credit would be needed.
And yes, even given what society and even often parents teach, not all lessons stick, thank goodness. Heck, society and my parents tried really hard to teach me I was supposed to be a man, and I'm not...
See, I could go on and on over what society taught any of us and how malleable and quite frankly rebellious (but in an instinctually and emotionally intelligent way) human nature can actually be. Society taught me to be...a lot of things..but the older I get the more I find I'll consciously rebel as opposed to quietly accepting how I'm supposed to act/what I'm supposed to say/do/think.
Which is why, "Oh, but society socializes men to be rapists/murderers/plunderers/warriors" strikes me as quite frankly bullshit. Society socialized me to be June Cleaver with more than a dash of "human doormat" thrown in, but you'll find that's not actually who or what I am. It's just another way to apologize for, overlook or justify putting up with bad men and I'm not buying one more minute of anyone's air time on that.
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And yes, even given what society and even often parents teach, not all lessons stick, thank goodness. Heck, society and my parents tried really hard to teach me I was supposed to be a man, and I'm not ...
[*] My thinking is: it was posted in public without any visible "please don't quote" notices and -- importantly -- the quotation is short enough to seem in my non-lawyerly opinion to be a fair-use-suitable size, so it should be okay (I hope) for me to have quoted.
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And yes, even given what society and even often parents teach, not all lessons stick, thank goodness. Heck, society and my parents tried really hard to teach me I was supposed to be a man, and I'm not...
See, I could go on and on over what society taught any of us and how malleable and quite frankly rebellious (but in an instinctually and emotionally intelligent way) human nature can actually be. Society taught me to be...a lot of things..but the older I get the more I find I'll consciously rebel as opposed to quietly accepting how I'm supposed to act/what I'm supposed to say/do/think.
Which is why, "Oh, but society socializes men to be rapists/murderers/plunderers/warriors" strikes me as quite frankly bullshit. Society socialized me to be June Cleaver with more than a dash of "human doormat" thrown in, but you'll find that's not actually who or what I am. It's just another way to apologize for, overlook or justify putting up with bad men and I'm not buying one more minute of anyone's air time on that.
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Oh! Of course you can link directly here if you prefer! Sorry, I misunderstood.
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