In the room in which we normally have our Combat classes is filled with toddlers during the hour before our class begins. I usually get there early, and I get the dubious pleasure to see them run from the class to the nursery. This time I made an alarming observation; apart from one, ALL girls were dressed in something pink or lacey or pink *and* lacey. All the boys, on the other hand, were wearing perfectly normal clothing.
What does this tell to the girls? That you must be wearing a certain thing and behave in a certain way in order to be accepted? That being yourself isn't enough? That there's no going outside without having to put on a show or a role of some kind?
What does this tell to the boys? It's okay to be themselves.
... fuck this patriarchal society!!!
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Playing:
'The Heart of Everything' by Within Temptation.
