“In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My ‘dream’ action for the women’s liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their ‘pleasing’ smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.”
-Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution
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The Arbourist
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September 26, 2017 at 8:18 am
Steve Ruis
Hear, hear! When I was growing up, women were also taught to end every sentence they spoke with a rising inflection, turning every statement into a question. God forbid that a woman make an assertive statement. I wish there were a switch we could throw to rid ourselves of this cultural rubbish.
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 6:08 AM, Dead Wild Roses wrote:
> The Arbourist posted: ” “In my own case, I had to train myself out of that > phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this > meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real > smiling, I had less to smile about. My ‘dream’ action for the” >
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