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minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoIt feels like emotion shaming. “Boys don’t cry/big girls don’t cry.” Maybe that’s why there are so many suicides, which I also think suicide shaming the victim is wrong. Shame the society/circumstances that led up to it, you know?
minus-squarejumperalex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoMoving past the joke of de-gendering a gendered colloquialism; yes I do agree with you on both of your points.
It feels like emotion shaming. “Boys don’t cry/big girls don’t cry.” Maybe that’s why there are so many suicides, which I also think suicide shaming the victim is wrong. Shame the society/circumstances that led up to it, you know?
Moving past the joke of de-gendering a gendered colloquialism; yes I do agree with you on both of your points.