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delicatelysublimeforester · 2 months ago
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Celebrating Gender Equality Week: Embracing Equality in Saskatoon’s Green Spaces
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girltalkcollectives · 22 days ago
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Double Standard Dictionary: A Guide to Things That Are Only "Problems" When Women Do Them
Let's have an honest conversation about something that drives me absolutely crazy. You know those little comments and judgments that somehow only seem to apply to women? Yeah, we need to talk about that.
The Professional Edition
When men vs. when women do the exact same thing:
He's assertive → She's aggressive
He's focused → She's cold
He's passionate → She's emotional
He's dedicated → She's obsessed
He's confident → She's arrogant
He's strategic → She's manipulative
He's busy → She's neglecting her life
The Dating Double Standards
The classics that never seem to die:
He's dated around → She has "a past"
He's a bachelor → She's "left on the shelf"
He's selective → She's picky
He's career-focused → She's married to her job
He's a social butterfly → She's attention-seeking
He's "finding himself" → She needs to settle down
He's direct → She's desperate
The Appearance Police
The endless contradictions:
Look professional, but not too try-hard
Be attractive, but not attention-seeking
Wear makeup, but keep it "natural"
Be fit, but not too muscular
Dress well, but not too sexy
Look youthful, but not immature
Age gracefully, but never look old
The Emotion Edition
How it's perceived:
His anger is justified → Her anger is hysteria
His sadness is deep → Her sadness is dramatic
His stress is from hard work → Her stress is from "not coping"
His excitement is enthusiasm → Her excitement is over-the-top
His concerns are valid → Her concerns are paranoid
His anxiety is pressure → Her anxiety is weakness
The Family Chronicles
The never-ending judgment:
He's babysitting → She's just parenting
He's helping around the house → She's doing her job
He's focused on work → She's neglecting family
He needs time to himself → She's selfish
He's weighing his options → She's wasting time
He's figuring out what he wants → Her clock is ticking
The Office Politics
Things I'm tired of seeing:
Men get mentored → Women get hit on
Men network → Women "sleep their way up"
Men are busy → Women "can't handle it"
Men are thorough → Women are perfectionists
Men delegate → Women are lazy
Men need work-life balance → Women are uncommitted
The Social Scene
The ridiculous expectations:
Be fun but not too wild
Be social but not too friendly
Be smart but not intimidating
Be successful but not threatening
Be independent but not difficult
Be strong but still need help
Be confident but still humble
The Success Paradox
What we're dealing with:
Be ambitious but not threatening
Lead but don't be bossy
Achieve but don't outshine
Negotiate but don't be demanding
Succeed but stay likeable
Excel but remain modest
Win but make it look effortless
The Reality Check
What this actually means for us:
Constant second-guessing
Walking on eggshells
Energy drain from overthinking
Imposter syndrome
Reduced authenticity
Limited self-expression
Unnecessary stress
The Way Forward
What we can do about it:
Call it out
Name the double standard
Question the logic
Point out the inconsistency
Support other women
2. Break the patterns
Reject unfair labels
Define success personally
Set our own standards
Celebrate authenticity
3. Change the narrative
Share success stories
Highlight achievements
Create new networks
Mentor others
To Every Woman Dealing With This
Remember:
You're not "too much"
Your achievements are earned
Your feelings are valid
Your ambitions are worthy
Your standards are important
Your voice matters
Your path is yours
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sreehari28 · 1 year ago
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"Are Men Really More Logical than Women?" is a thought-provoking exploration of the gender stereotypes surrounding logical reasoning abilities. This insightful discussion challenges the commonly held belief that men possess inherently superior logical thinking skills compared to women. Aims to promote a more equitable and unbiased understanding of gender and cognitive abilities. Challenging stereotypes and fostering critical thinking, it opens the door to a more inclusive and respectful dialogue on the topic, empowering readers to embrace diversity and celebrate the multifaceted nature of human intelligence.
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dazedasian · 2 months ago
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DON'T STOP TALKNG ABOUT CONGO
**It’s a privilege** to look forward to the launch of the new iPhone 16, while people in the DRC face modern-day slavery, mistreatment, and abuse as they mine the very minerals that power our cherished phones. Zoya Reebye, founder of Let’s Talk WOC, sheds light on the unimaginable hardships women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo endure in the mines. From being underpaid to facing a rising rate of sexual assault, these women live through a humanitarian crisis the world must not ignore. Even as teenagers, **we can make an impact** by amplifying the voices of those working in the DRC, raising awareness, and holding companies accountable for their actions. 1. **Raise awareness** about the situation in the DRC. The more people know, the more pressure we can put on those responsible. 2. **Be mindful** of your consumer choices. 3. **Do your research.** Investigate the supply chains of companies you buy from, choose refurbished or secondhand electronics, and recycle your devices responsibly. Let’s strive for a world where our technology is not built on exploitation.
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stylerenders · 4 months ago
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femmefatalevibe · 1 year ago
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What’s your view on toxic female friendships. I think it’s such a shame betrayal seems to be more common theme in female friendships. Men seem to have life long friends without any drama at all. Of course there are women out there with good life long friends but sadly it’s rare especially in this era we live in
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I think the underlying themes here are patriarchy and internalized misogyny. It can appear in blatant forms like women who sabotage each other for male attention, body/appearance/slut shame other women, or overly criticize other women's behavior and choices.
But I also believe there's a more covert patriarchal dynamic to women-women friendships vs. men-men friendships that's only recently become a prominent conversation in the public sphere/social media. As women, we're taught that it's our responsibility and culturally conditioned to perform all the emotional labor for the people in our lives – mainly men, but also other women. Men are taught and socialized with the opposite mentality.
So, I believe the dilemma comes down to this:
Female friendships exist as an outlet to unload our emotional stressors from all the men and women in our lives, so along with strict standards to be the "perfect" woman, it is easy for women to get on each other's nerves/bad side when we're all constantly emotionally exhausted and unloading onto each other. We overemphasize the emotional labor we should expect out of each other because we are conditioned to do this for the men in our lives. But, because other women aren't men, we start to resent/project onto them this anger. It's a very insidious type of internalized misogyny that I think a lot of women aren't aware of and therefore do not confront.
Then, there's the other side of the coin, where men don't really have these expectations of other men. Their friendship is based more on camaraderie through mutual interests, upbringing, lifestyles, or shared experiences (like working together, attending the same university, etc.). They don't uphold this expectation of performing emotional labor for themselves or each other. That role is reversed or the women in their lives.
Of course, I believe most men are so socially conditioned by patriarchy that they don't even realize this underlying dynamic and there are plenty of exceptions of emotionally intelligent men who desire to/actively unpack this to create more emotionally nourishing and equitable relationships in their lives, but I'm speaking in generalities for comprehension's sake.
Hope this resonates with some of you and answers your question. Bisous xx
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mikasasrippedtoenail · 6 months ago
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Most of the government's women empowerment schemes are just misogyny in disguise. Poor women in the name of empowerment work in trades of sewing, embroidery, cooking, farming etc. Their labour is exploited for very little pay in return.
They are not given access to esteemed universities or taught high paying skills. It's because men in power don't actually want women to flourish. They do the bare minimum and manipulate women into believing they have been given the world. Their schemes are only a vote hoarding tactic, never meant for women's actual interest.
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artofkhaos404 · 2 months ago
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Does anyone else feel like the general attitude towards cross dressing is so misogynistic? Because to me it feels like women presenting masculinely are treated as if they're empowering themselves; some people are threatened by it and some are attracted to it. Whereas when a man presents femininely, he is almost always treated as if he's degrading himself for the benefit of others' sexual interests. Which falls right in line with how women have been treated for decades, doesn't it? If a woman wears makeup and gets dolled up, it's ALWAYS assumed that she's doing it for men, and no matter WHAT she does, she WILL be degraded for it. Whereas if a man puts on some ruddy cologne and slides into a clean suit, he is treated as the most powerful person in the room. Why is it that women are only seen as independent and powerful and dominant when they're imitating a traditional man? Why is it that men are seen as slutty, attention seeking and incompetent when imitating a traditional woman? Does anyone else see how absolutely fucked up that is?
I hate all of these useless words like "feminine" and masculine" that don't mean anything of substance. I want to live in a world where we shed adjectives that push people in gender-based boxes and we all embrace our most authentic selves; the way God created us to be.
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john4the4leper · 4 months ago
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there is a point I have reached as a trans person where I don't care for online discourse about gender and pronouns and sexuality. wake up, go meet queer people in your neighborhood.
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isawthismeme · 4 months ago
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Being trans is normal, being trans is not new.
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niiwa-angel · 30 days ago
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I'm going to say something wildly unpopular in the Radfem community, but IDC, because I think it needs saying.
This little fantasy a lot of Radfems women have about whipping up a group of women, buying a plot of land, and living off it in the name of separatism is a fairytale at best and a dangerous endeavour at worst. My family lives off grid in rural Canada, it's no fucking picnic. First of all, it costs thousands of dollars for solar panels and they don't collect as much power as you'd think, especially in wooded areas. We put them on top of buildings and in fields for a reason and it's because if there are shadows across them, they don't get as much power. Winters are also hard because the days are shorter and the sun is weaker, so in most places, you'll be reliant on a generator for power in the winter.
Now I hear what you're saying "but Angel! We'll have wind turbines too!" Fantastic, and how are you going to maintain them? Those massive white ones you see in fields are out of most people's price ranges and the smaller ones are at risk of being damaged by debris during rough winds or a storm. Which is fine, if it's not your only power supply, but if you're dependent on it, that's a problem.
Now let's move on to other things, because that's important. How are you going to live off the land? Farm it? Raise animals? Hunt? How are you going to pay for the equipment you'll need to farm crops or butcher livestock? How are you going to feed the livestock? My family has goats and chickens, those mother fuckers eat A LOT and it isn't cheap. How are you going to pasteurize the milk you get from animals? What's your plan if your crop fails, how do you feed your group?
How about buildings? First of all, how do you plan to get permits to build? Just because you own the land doesn't mean you can do whatever you want on it, you need to talk to Conservation, Zoning, and your municipality before you break ground and that can take months or even years. How do you plan on getting the buildings up? Do you know how much heavy machinery costs to rent? Do you know how much building supplies cost? What's your plan if something goes wrong, because it can. Do you have the skills needed to operate the type of heavy machinery used in construction? Do you have the safety training to minimize the likelihood of someone getting hurt or killed?
How are you going to take care of yourselves? Remember, you won't be going forever, what happens when you physically can't work the fields anymore? What happens when you need regular treatment for your ailments? Farming and construction are hard jobs, they take a toll on the body. Do you go to the doctors outside of your group, or do you hope that the medical knowledge any members of your group brought with them 5, 10, 15 years ago is still accurate? That they still remember how to perform those treatments? How will you get equipment if you need it brought home, can your power grid even support it?
What are you going to do about sewage? The septic tank will get full eventually, who do you call to empty it? Can you afford to get it emptied with all the other expenses you have? What if your septic tank needs replacing? Who do you call to do that, can you afford to do it yourself? If you can do it yourself, what do you do with the broken tank?
What about money, how are you going to fund this operation, because that'll be a big one. If you want farmable land, you're going to need to buy land with fertile soil, which can be insanely expensive, then in top of it, you'll need seeds, fertilizer, farming equipment, fencing, storage containers like silos, and labour, none of which is cheap. And all of which needs to be purchased repeatedly, such as seeds and fertilizer, or needs to be maintained, such as silos and farm equipment. How do you plan on upholding those costs?
How do you ensure that your farming community doesn't just die out after 1 generation? How will you recruit new members? How can you make people want to come work for you? Can you afford to make it worth their while?
Listen, I understand wanting to build your own community and I'm not necessarily knocking that. What I am saying is, let's be realistic here. Trying to remove yourself completely from society is not a solution, not a long term one at least. If you want to empower yourself and other women, you need to actually fight to make a better society.
Get a degree in something useful, like chemistry, biology, social work, nursing, teaching, etc, and then volunteer with educational programs for girl children and adolescents. Take on female apprentices and teach them what you know! If you have a degree in something like Early Childhood Education and are working at or run a daycare, reach out to your local women's shelter and offer to take in some of the young children there, free of charge, so their mothers don't have to worry about childcare while job/house hunting. If you get a medical doctorate, do research on female specific illnesses, apply for study grants and make yourself heard!
If you work in Social Work, focus on women! Make women's only addiction recovery, homeless services, housing services, and long term care services! If you want to get a job in agriculture, do it, and then take on female apprentices! If you're in a trade, volunteer some of your time to women's shelters teaching women the basics of home maintenance and repair, as well as servicing the shelter. They often struggle for funding and if you'll redo their roof for the cost of materials, or can fix some plumbing issues, that takes a load of their plate! If you're in an office setting, team up with your fellow women and push for more wages and promotions, build each other up!
You will have to fight for these, and that's okay! Do you think the first Suffragettes just gave up when it got hard, hopped on a boat, and found an uninhabited island to make a commune on? NO! They stayed and they fought, and it was hard, and they were ridiculed and judged but because of them, women can vote today, we can own property!
Being a woman in society is hard but the solution is not to run off and live like pioneers with no sustainability! The solution is to dig out heels in, and push for a better society so that women tomorrow don't have to.
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girltalkcollectives · 18 days ago
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‘Women Supporting Women’ Shouldn’t Be a Trend
Let’s talk about this whole “women supporting women” movement that’s plastered all over social media. Don’t get me wrong — I absolutely love seeing women lift each other up. But can we address the elephant in the room? Why is this a “movement” in the first place? Why did we need to make basic human decency into a hashtag?
Think about it: When was the last time you saw #MenSupportingMen trending? Or why isn’t there a viral movement about humans being decent to other humans? The fact that we had to turn women supporting each other into a trendy social media campaign speaks volumes about where we are as a society.
It’s giving very much “bare minimum, but make it aesthetic.”
Here’s what bothers me: We’re celebrating women supporting women like it’s some revolutionary act of kindness, when in reality, it should be as normal as breathing. We’re out here acting like it’s groundbreaking when a woman compliments another woman without ulterior motives or celebrates another woman’s success without feeling threatened.
Let that sink in.
We’ve literally had to create a whole movement just to normalize something that should have been in the default setting. It’s like having a trend called #PeopleBreathingOxygen or #HumansEatingFood. Like… why do we need to make this a thing?
And here’s another layer to unpack: Why is this responsibility primarily placed on women? Why are we the only ones expected to be carrying this torch of supportiveness? Last time I checked, being supportive, kind, and uplifting wasn’t a gendered trait.
The internet is flooded with:
“Girls supporting girls!”
“Women empowering women!”
“Sisters before misters!”
But where’s the energy for:
“Everyone supporting everyone!”
“Humans being decent to humans!”
“Basic respect for all!”
Don’t these sound ridiculous when you spell them out like this? They should, because they’re pointing out things that should’ve been obvious from the start.
The fact that “women supporting women” has become a marketable trend tells us two things:
Society has such low expectations of women’s relationships with each other that we had to brand basic decency
We’re still not addressing the bigger issue of why support and upliftment aren’t universal values
Here’s what really gets me: Brands are now capitalizing on this movement. They’re selling us “girl power” and “women supporting women” merchandise like they didn’t spend decades profiting off of putting women against each other. The same media that thrived on “who wore it better” segments is now preaching about female solidarity. The irony is not lost on me.
And let’s talk about how this movement, while well-intentioned, sometimes feels like it’s putting even more pressure on women. Now, not only do we have to succeed in a system that wasn’t built for us, but we also have to be everyone else’s cheerleader 24/7. When did support become another item on women’s already endless to-do list?
Don’t misunderstand me — I’m all for women supporting women. I’ll shout about my friends’ achievements from the rooftops. I’ll hype up strangers in bathroom lines. I’ll celebrate every woman’s win like it’s my own.
But I’m also tired of acting like this should be remarkable.
I’m tired of it being a “woman’s responsibility.”
I’m tired of it being a trend instead of a norm.
What I want to see is:
Support being genderless
Celebration becoming universal
Kindness becoming standard
Upliftment becoming natural
Because honestly? The real trend should be everyone supporting everyone. Period.
The next time you see #WomenSupportingWomen, ask yourself: Why isn’t this just called being a decent human being? Why did we have to gender basic respect? Why did kindness need a marketing campaign?
Maybe instead of making women’s support for each other a trending topic, we should focus on making it so normal that it doesn’t need a hashtag. Maybe we should expand this energy to include everyone, regardless of gender. Maybe we should make basic human decency the standard, not the exception.
Because at the end of the day, supporting others shouldn’t be a trend.
It shouldn’t be a gender-specific responsibility.
It shouldn’t be remarkable at all.
It should just be how we exist in the world.
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thepersonalwords · 6 months ago
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You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken.
Abhijit Naskar, The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality
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teanicolae · 7 months ago
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a joy to present my PhD work at the School of Divinity [Edinburgh] yesterday on my first research panel 😊 i talked about the gendered politics inscribed in the body of Draupadī, the Mahābhārata's heroine. i argued that it is significant that a text such as the Mahābhārata, which holds so much religious, cultural and spiritual weight, includes the story of a sexually assaulted woman, and, moreover, one of divine origin, because it offers women subjected to gendered violence the opportunity to unearth psychological comfort in Draupadī's story, and the opportunity to shed shame and fears of impurity rooted in varied internalisations of social or religious messages. through the prism of shared experience, the trauma is voiced and processed, which percolates in the social stratum, where, by claiming and reimagining Draupadī's symbol, women ask for and enact socio-political change. i am exploring this movement in my thesis. ❤️‍🔥
astounding to listen to & learn from the presentations of the colleagues who shared the panel with me, and to engage with the work differently during the q&a portion; openings to approach the work differently, freshly, in ways i wouldn't be prone to without external stimulus.
thank you @ishitahp for the photos & video! 🫶
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femmefatalevibe · 1 year ago
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I really loved your advice on walking/ coffee type of dates ❤. I see a lot of women on insta/ tiktok ( within the glow up/ change your life and mindset community) saying that these dates are low effort and the man has to show he's intrested in you by giving his (financial ) best from the 1st date.
Honestly I would not like to go on some fancy dinner and have someone I barely know pay for an expensive night, just to go home and be like " yeah I don't really want to have something going on with this person". I find it ok to want to develop a serious relationship and build a strong foundation, but it seems that lately everyone puts too much emphasis on having men pampering you and spend a fortune on you right away, without you two even going trough some stages of getting to know each other and see if you really are compatible. Let's not mention the disappointment if you have to waste your time and he wastes his money because you barely have something in common and the dinner is going to be awkward... total disappointment for both...
Hi love! Thank you so much. I agree with you!
I would never want to waste the time/money/energy on a first dinner date with someone I don't know or might not vibe with, even if they're properly vetted/seem safe. Anyone who gives too much (materially, emotionally, etc.) right off the bat gives me love-bomber/emotional manipulator vibes, so I would be very wary of someone who doesn't want to take time to cultivate a deeper relationship.
Honestly, I think this new wave of expecting "princess treatment" is deeply rooted in purity culture with the subtext that women are commodities to be "earned," which is incredibly misogynistic, and objectifying, and can put a lot of women in potential harm – either because they learn to conflate material bribes with love or begin to commodity themselves and allow men to control their sexuality/personhood based on the products and services they can provide them during their time together.
Bisous xx
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thaiblmovies · 5 months ago
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Thai BL Movies and LGBTQIA+ empowerment
I can see fancy rainbows shining everywhere. Yes, you're right, it's pride month. This is a perfect time to talk about something that is deeply rooted in the realms of BL.
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LGBTQIA+ empowerment. Let's face it, even in our modern society, discrimination and stereotypes still exist. Well, the world is becoming more inclusive because of the fast proliferation of information brought by social media, but not everyone is still open-minded about this.
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Thai Boys' Love movies are not just entertainment materials. They serve as a platform for positive changes to happen. From opening the eyes on gender oppression to challenging heteronormativity in society, BL is the most fluid tool to spread messages to the viewers.
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A good thing about the three Thai BL movies (Dew the movie, 2gether the movie, and Waterboyy the movie) is that the perspective of the Filipino viewers on LGBTQIA+ community widened. Boys' Love is not soft porn full of homoeroticism, but it is an art that resonates the plight of the members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Thus, it helps in demystifying the underrepresented pain and laughter that have been kept in the closet for a long time.
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Also, there is a better acceptance of LGBTQIA+ relationships because of these Thai Boys' Love movies. More people in the society have been exposed to information about the LGBTQIA+ community. Hence, having enough knowledge on such can really lead to acceptance. It's also not a big deal now as compared before to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Numbers don't lie, there are a lot of LGBTQIA+ influencers.
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Furthermore, a lot of fans agreed that the popularity of Thai Boys' Love movies added to the confidence of the members of the LGBTQIA+ community to be proud of their identity. It's really heartwarming to imagine how BrightWin can inspire people to be proud of their relationship. Ohooooooooo, na rak! (Oh, so cute!).
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Thailand massively contributes to the plethora of information on the LGBTQIA+ community. The Thai BL movie industry is not just a driver of economy, it is also an advocate for equality.
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It's on the hands of Thailand to be responsible on portraying scenarios which are beneficial and realistic to community that they represent.
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