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Alana
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Can we change 'em?
April 28, 2001 - 02:28 AM
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Do you gals out there have to deal with criticism from elders or even from your parents? I know that in my family, my narrow minded grandfather constantly rolls his eyes when I talk about university. He thinks that a woman's education might get in the way of finding a husband. I get so frustrated because my cousin, who is the same age as me, has really destroyed his life with drugs, and yet my grandfather still idolizes him because he's a boy. In the mean time, here I am getting straight A's and going off to university and all i get is criticism....ahhh it angers me. I wonder if ther is any way to change their mentality or do we have to sit tight and wait for people like him in his generation to....(to put it honestly) die out? I hate to be so harsh, but I get the feeling that we'll never be able to change them!
I've tried telling him that women can do anything they want and that women are strong individuals too, but this never works.....he just doesn't get it.
I really think that with the education we are receiving, our generation (anyone 25 and under) will really be a different type of adult. We will be more tolerant and smarter! What a gret world to look forward to!
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MJ
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Re: Can we change 'em?
May 8, 2001 - 03:26 AM
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Male Chavanism has been around for centuries and will continue to exist in the future. They will never die off until all men cease to exist. So you have to decide what you want to do for your life and accept the differences of all types of people and not be burdened by their beliefs of what women should do and be. You have to make your own choices and do what you want and accept those standards and traditions of the past that you want and discard and leave those that you don't like behind.
The majority of women have all somehow experienced some type or form of Male chavanism, it is up to the individual to deal with it accordingly. The same would apply for a man dealing with a woman who is a feminist.
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Nicole Corriero
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Re: Can we change 'em?
May 9, 2001 - 10:12 AM
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As a female hockey player, I know exactly what you're talking about.
I mean, if I had a penny for every time some idiot said "Girls can't play hockey!" I would put Bill Gates to shame! 
Its pathetic really...I think that men are this way, not because they truly believe that women are inferior, but for the exact opposite reason. They feel threatened by women, and as a result, feel the need to try and curb the potential of women by imposing limits and chauvenistic restrictions on them.
Men are so insecure about the role of women, because they SO know that we can pretty much kick their butt in everything, so they make up stupid rules that exclude us, to save them from potential embarassment.
But we'll get them.
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Michael Furdyk
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It's getting better!
June 21, 2001 - 05:05 AM
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But it's getting better.... So many issues like this around today 
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