[LMB] Predators vs. Protectors

[Jill Tallman]

----- Original Message ----
From: Elizabeth Holden <azurite at rogers.com>
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Well, that does sound objectionable, but what I was
thinking of was really another social model.  The
Victorian or 1950s scenario of the husband being a
provider and a buffer between his wife and the world,
taking care of her so nothing can harm her, but also
not giving her the freedom to go out in the world and
make her own choices.
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when I was but a youth, I was most disgruntled at being born a girl for precisely that reason.
When you're a kid, you think the things you are exposed to are laws of nature. I once told my older cousin that I didn't *want* to grow up, because then I would have to smoke cigarettes and drink coffee. Imagine my surprise when she told me I wasn't required to do those things! Her statement opened a whole new world to me, giving me a freedom and strength I would never have though possible.

Jill







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