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It was a trap!
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I mean, maybe, but I seriously would not underestimate the internalized misogony of older women.
A few years ago, we had an event in our village and I was assigned to do the dishes, along with a handful of younger girls.
And for whatever reason, my aunt came into the kitchen, saw me in the dishwashing corner and then basically wanted me to say that I was only there to show the girls how to do it, not because I was working there myself.
Like she was seriously disgruntled when I replied that the girls know just as well how to do it.
I worked with a Gen X nurse who once said to a patient who had told her she was an engineering student that "Oh I'm sure that's hard! You know us women aren't good at math."
Yeah my older female relatives really hate women.
I was raised by two women like this and despite my best efforts I have internalized misogyny now. It takes a great deal of effort to overcome, especially when I'm anxious. It did make me determined to make sure my kids don't suffer the same fate.