4. Ever been told…?
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I my self have never been told that, but an older African American teacher shared at one of my seminars that when she was having trouble with math in 1st grade, a kindly teacher said, “Don’t worry, dear, you’re so pretty that you don’t need math in our life; just make sure you find a good husband.” She eventually made sure to become a high school math teacher!
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I love when people use aweful comments to make themselves stronger — great story, Dolly!
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I respect this personality trait! Thank you so much for a great comment, darling!
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I hope nobody utters such blunders Da-Al
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It should not be about looks, that kind of judgement is outdated, prejudiced.
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I’ve not heard that one but I was always told by my mother :”Little girls should be seen and not heard.” Needless to say I did not pay that any attention!
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thank goodness for all of us, Anne — we’re lucky when those who seek to hold us back only make us more resolute 🙂
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No, never, that wasn’t a thing that would be said or even thought in my family. I met those attitudes first when I started to work, and then I laughed at them. I was never really cute, playing my feminine attributes or so that wasn’t me. Still I never had a lack of admirers. 😉
I never liked this differentiating between women and men. I always thought that every person has the right in its own way, to live the way he or she wants, as long as it didn’t hurt others, but let’s do away with this drawer thinking. Some women want to be housewives and mothers, some want professional careers, let them do as they choose without looking down on each other.
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& when did you say you were moving to U.S. to run for president, dear Stella? ❤
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That would be the day …
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