“If you want to ask your dad to go over to a friend’s house, you need to do it like this...” It starts early. The emotional management of men. A lot has been made, thankfully, over the past decade or two about the presumptions within hetero romantic relationships that labor is (at best) unequal. We’ve even begun to broach the topic around the required permissiveness in the workplace – typically when it comes to the men who have power over the handful of women attempting to break one of our many glass ceilings.
“On my hopeful days, I ruminate on the emergence of those being raised right now by GenXers and Millennials who are offering a refusal to adhere to the rules and presumptions of their grandparents.” Solidarity. Thanks for spilling your heart onto this essay. Painful, but relatable read. ❤️
“On my hopeful days, I ruminate on the emergence of those being raised right now by GenXers and Millennials who are offering a refusal to adhere to the rules and presumptions of their grandparents.” Solidarity. Thanks for spilling your heart onto this essay. Painful, but relatable read. ❤️