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History of Feminism

redqueen

(115,173 posts)

3. Yeah I was shocked

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 2, 2024, 09:50 AM

Feb 2024

I watched these things and allowed my daughters to watch them without it even registering. Glad to see younger generations are seeing it and calling attention to it.

Reminds me of how racism in cartoons used to be acceptable until people started calling that out.

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Cartoons Messed Us Up [View all] redqueen Feb 2024 OP

it's a patriarchal society et tu Feb 2024 #1

That was pretty insightful. I'm an old man and never realized that this was going on, but clearly it is. NNadir Feb 2024 #2

Yeah I was shocked redqueen Feb 2024 #3

Yeah. What struck me was that it was in movies I liked without ever realizing the implications. NNadir Feb 2024 #4

Thanks for stopping by and watching it! redqueen Feb 2024 #5

I remember learning a long time ago about how the media sexualizes females. love_katz Feb 2024 #6

I didn't realize how harmful and pervasive this was and just realized how I never felt, I measured up as a female, ShazamIam Feb 2024 #7