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myxinidaes · 1 year ago

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I think a lot about how a girl chafing against and actively rejecting the gender roles enforced upon them when they were young has been labeled internalized misogyny.

if you hate pink because you were forced to wear pink when you were younger bc thats what little girls wear? internalized misogyny, according to the internet. if you hate dolls because you got in trouble for wanting to play with dinosaurs and cars? internalized misogyny, according to the internet. if you resent the beauty industry and the way that in order to be seen as a human if you're not conventionally attractive, you need to redraw your face to fit constantly shifting beauty standards? internalized misogyny, according to the internet.

beginning to think that the average internet user doesn't know what internalized misogyny is! beginning to think that you all are unable to think critically about the world we live in and how our identities are used to sell products and enforce gender roles!

#so infuriating.#i like makeup because people treat me better when im wearing it. this is because i live in a system where #a person read as a woman must be attractive in order to get respect from some people.#if i want to look professional i need to wear several makeup products. my own natural face- the face i was born with! isnt good enough.#asterposting #this both is and isnt about barbie.#thinking about getting called a bulldyke when i was six by my grandmother because i wanted to play with the boys instead of dolls with her.#(congrats M! you were right! your grandchild did turn out to be a dyke! but its nasty to call a 6yo a dyke)#thinking about the 4th grade teacher that told me every day i should be “quiet and ladylike like the other girls”#and how in response to both of those i just became even more obstinately myself.#and thats not internalized misogyny. thats being rightfully angry at a system that works against you to make you into something youre not

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