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Why Women Are More Susceptible to Unreasonable Behavior
Why are women accused of being more susceptible to unreasonable behaviour? That's the idea that is so long running, that men are inherently rational, keep creatures, and women are hysterical. And really, what I found out is that that is because it's an enduring story that has been told about us. Because when you have only one particular slice of humanity that sees the power to tell these stories then you can even start to believe those things yourselves. So many of these kinds of codes of behaviour have to do with getting women to hide the very things that the men want from us. The not showing your rest while your breastfeed is one of the things that really got to me. But I think
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