"The trouble is that, for women, being “nice”
often translates into putting up with things we should never put
up with. How many times has some creep sat uncomfortably close to
me on the bus and stared me down, yet I’m too afraid to
just get up and move, lest I offend him? We smile when
we’re harassed on the street or hit on by jerks. We laugh
at sex1st jokes. We learn that when we have strong opinions,
we’ll be called b!tches and that if we get angry,
we’ll be called hysterical. When we say what we want,
we’re called pushy or aggressive. Part of learning
“ladylike” behavior is about learning to smile
politely when someone is being crude. Femininity has long been
attached to passivity and to being docile. Men fight, women
giggle and fume silently."
I
joined today and i hope you can take my
opinion
