Asymmetric game

[arpad]

When boy cries it is “why do you cry, silly boy?” When girl cries it is “don’t cry, dear, you are good girl, it will be OK”…

When boy drinks his father’s wine it is “your playstation is sold. Let it be a lesson to you”. When girl drinks her father’s wine it is “what happened dear, are you OK?”

I perfectly understand feministic hate of “gentleman behavior”. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.

Comments

[angerona.livejournal.com]

yes, but it's even worse when it's explicit (and it is, in the case of my grandmother, for example): "but you shouldn't do THAT -- you are a girl." "But you should be more flexible -- you are a girl." "But you should be neat -- you are a girl." Should, should, should.