And when it is said this way often enough, and when you parrot it and get the appropriate reward, it sinks in. Really, really deeply.
Proof by repetition. If you say something enough times, then it becomes true. A favourite amongst marketeting departments.
I remember viewing adulthood as this barren wasteland where you wander around as a broken person, your dreams and individuality stunted beyond repair.
I remember viewing adulthood in a simmilar light. Actually, I think I still do view it that way.
my preparation for adulthood consisted of this constant pressure to be someone-not-me, by way of the silencing of my own galla-voice and the replacement of it with something suitably “masculine.”
I think this goes much deeper than a gender issue. Telling children who they are, rather than asking.
My experience of being educated was a relentless attempt to stamp out anything in the way of natural diversity which may have existed between us as children.
Education should be about finding out who you are, and growing into yourself.
Instead it seems to be about learning how to play some pre-determined role so well that most people don't even realize they're just acting out a part which they were taught to play. This may be a gender role, but not necessarily.
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Date: 2007-06-15 10:22 pm (UTC)Proof by repetition.
If you say something enough times, then it becomes true.
A favourite amongst marketeting departments.
I remember viewing adulthood in a simmilar light. Actually, I think I still do view it that way.
I think this goes much deeper than a gender issue.
Telling children who they are, rather than asking.
My experience of being educated was a relentless attempt to stamp out anything in the way of natural diversity which may have existed between us as children.
Education should be about finding out who you are, and growing into yourself.
Instead it seems to be about learning how to play some pre-determined role so well that most people don't even realize they're just acting out a part which they were taught to play. This may be a gender role, but not necessarily.