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It might help to make this about feminism, if she is into that sort of thing. I am a woman. I was a homemaker for a lot of years. Getting a public life has bee
by Mz 9y ago
It might help to make this about feminism, if she is into that sort of thing.
I am a woman. I was a homemaker for a lot of years. Getting a public life has been a difficult experience. In spite of spending most of my life around the military and being fairly savvy about information security, I still did incredibly dumb stuff for the longest time.
I have only recently concluded that this is at least partly rooted in how women get socialized differently from men. Women are expected to give other people access to us in a way men are not. We are actively groomed in many ways to be professional victims. I see her behavior as rooted in that type of socialization. She doesn't like being targeted, yet can't imagine doing anything to protect herself.
Maybe reading up on some of the current buzz words (if you don't already know them), like emotional labor, and rolling your eyes at how she is letting companies take advantage of her, just like rape culture trains girls to let men take advantage of them will be a hook that opens up productive discussion.
(Try to tread lightly. Custom fit to your situation. Other provisos likely apply.)
Best.
- tambienben 9y agoDo you have any reading suggestions that helped you open your eyes to the grooming phenomena you describe?
- Mz 9y agoI am 52 years old. I have read a lot of stuff over the years on a wide variety of subjects, from research into women's issues to social psychology to negotiation books. I also did a bunch of therapy in my teens and twenties to sort out my own issues. I wish I had a short list of reading recommendations for you to sum this stuff up in a nutshell. I don't. I blog about what I think about such things because I am still trying to sort it all out myself and I don't know of anyone or anything that yet has it all figured out.