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Originally Posted by Toaster
Isn't it the women's responsibility to not let small statements fuck up their mental health and self-image? Hint: it is.
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Seconded.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Did
anyone else hear this in kindergarten? Well, it stuck with me, and I wish it stuck with more people.
The instant you let someone else's words "screw you up," you're the one failing - not them. You're giving THEM control over YOUR self-image. Worse still, you're giving THEM control over what YOU think. That doesn't bother you?
I value the right to my own emotions and my own thoughts, and I sure as hell am not going to let someone's disparaging comment take that control away.
I don't care if your mother, father, brother, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, sister, brother, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather and your entire village told you that you were ugly daily. And I don't care if it was during a 'developmental' period or not.
Your choice to let it bother you NOW is your fault NOW, not their fault.