[LMB] Predators vs. Protectors

[Dorian E. Gray]

Jill said...

> 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.

It worked the other way round for me; my parents always taught me that I 
could become anything I wanted to and the fact that I was a girl was 
irrelevant.  Imagine my surprise when I first got hit over the head with the 
sexism bat!  (It made me angry, not compliant.)

Until the sky falls on our heads...

Dorian.
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