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Originally Posted by abaya
Definitely... just ask my husband about how much I dislike most women, for those same kinds of behaviors that make me dislike most men. I dislike most people, really.
However, I'm not going to lighten up. Most people around here know that about me. Just one of my character traits, at least when it comes to topics like these in a setting like this.
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I used to dislike people ... back in my Goth(tm) days
. And then I realized it wasn't true; I dislike most of the people I was around ... the other goth kids. I told myself that I disliked people ... and then I started meeting different people and realized that they weren't so bad. I'm not saying this is true for you ... just that I identify with what you are saying.
I dislike stereotypes ... and for some reason during that time that's all I saw. Stereotypes. But the more people I met the more I realized that those stereotypes are just really wrong. One example: a few rednecks that I met ... some of them actually liked and read poetry and didn't really mind my long purple and black hair. That's not typical redneck behavior and I realized that I could no longer dislike rednecks as a whole. Only AFTER I met someone could I dislike them.
When I moved to the South I expected nothing but racism and oppression. It's just not true. Sure it exists ... but I saw more racism (white vs. black) in the North Bronx than I do down here. Again, the examples down here tend to be extreme and therefore NEWSWORTHY.
I just couldn't live my life hating humanity anymore.
But I'm rambling. I'm not comparing my life to yours ... I'm just picking up on something you said.
As for little girls growing up in households with domineering fathers ... again, educate the parents. Of course, it's very easy to say it ... it's another thing entirely to actually DO it.