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My dad is a chauvinist.
First I must say, right on sister! Your site rocks. And you're a feminist. That's cool. You take something as serious as this and add a funny twist to it. I like it :)
Anyway, for my question. I'm thirteen years old and I've already noticed that men and women are incredibly unequal. Men get the better jobs, men get paid more, men think they're cooler. I HATE IT! I feel I have to express my feelings about it. But when I try to talk to my family about it; to release the tension, my dad criticizes me. He's such a chauvinist, too! He works with models. THAT DRIVES ME INSANE! What do I do? Ignore it? Or set him on fire?
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Well, you could set him on fire, but I think you'll find it more rewarding to just prove him wrong. Remember: both men and women enable the patriarchy. I think one of the biggest reasons women don't get equal pay or better jobs is because society conditions them to just not ask for it... we're supposed to be polite, not ask for a raise. We're supposed to be afraid of technology, not go to school for it. Once you realize you're a feminist (and you have... go you!) you've won half of a very big battle... convincing the men can sometimes be the easy half.
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